The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. V, 1905Various
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The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. V, 1905
Various
American-Irish Historical Society -- Periodicals; Ethnology -- United States -- Periodicals; Irish Americans -- Periodicals
=Moran, Col. James=, Providence, R. I.; a veteran of the Civil War. He
was appointed second lieutenant in the Third Regiment, Rhode Island
Volunteers, by Special Orders 53, A. G. O., R. I., Aug. 27, 1861;
was commissioned second lieutenant, Fifth Rhode Island Heavy
Artillery, Nov. 5, 1861; mustered in, Dec. 16, 1861; in command of
Company A, from Aug. 8, 1862, until Sept. 20, 1862; assumed command
of Company D, Sept. 26, 1862; was commissioned captain and mustered
in as such Feb. 14, 1863; on General Court Martial, July, 1863; in
command of Fort Amory, at Newberne, N. C., from Sept. 1, 1863, until
Oct. 15, 1863; assumed command of Post, at Hatteras Inlet, N. C.,
April 21, 1864; in command of Forts Foster and Parke, at Roanoke
Island, from May 2, 1864, until January, 1865; mustered out Jan. 17,
1865. In May, 1873, he was commissioned colonel of the Rhode Island
Guards Regiment, and in June, 1887, became colonel of the Second
Regiment, Brigade of Rhode Island Militia.
=Moran, Dr. James=, 345 West 58th Street, New York City.
=Morgan, John=, 44 West 46th Street, New York City.
=Morkan, Michael J.=, P. O. Box 543, Hartford, Conn.
=Moriarty, John=, 135 Broadway, Waterbury, Conn.
=Morrissy, Thomas=, 48–50 West 14th Street, New York City.
=Moseley, Edward A.=, Washington, D. C., president-general of the
Society in 1897 and 1898. He succeeded to the position, in the
former year, on the death of Admiral Meade, who was the first
president-general of the organization. Mr. Moseley is secretary of
the U. S. Interstate Commerce Commission. He is ninth in descent
from Lieut. Thaddeus Clark, who came from Ireland, and died in
Portland, Me., May 16, 1690. Clark was lieutenant of a company of
men engaged in the defence of Falmouth, now Portland, during the
Indian War. He fell into ambuscade with his company while making a
reconnoitre, and was killed with twelve of his men. Mr. Moseley is
also a descendant of Deputy-Governor Cleeves (or Cleaves), a founder
of Portland, formerly Falmouth, and is sixth in descent from Lieut.
John Brown of Belfast, Me., who came with his father from
Londonderry, Ire., and was one of the settlers of Londonderry, N.
H.; Brown was chairman of the First Board of Selectmen of Belfast,
Me., chosen Nov. 11, 1773, ’74 and ’75; he removed from Londonderry,
N. H. While residing there he had been a commissioned officer in the
Provincial Army, and had served in the French War. Mr. Moseley is
also of patriotic Revolutionary stock, and is a member of the
Society of Cincinnati.
=Moynahan, Bartholomew=, lawyer, 120 Broadway, New York City; official
stenographer to the New York Supreme Court.
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