The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. VI, 1906Various
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The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. VI, 1906
Various
American-Irish Historical Society -- Periodicals; Ethnology -- United States -- Periodicals; Irish Americans -- Periodicals
=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 November 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 Cincinnati.
=Moynahan, Bartholomew=, lawyer, 120 Broadway, New York City; official
stenographer to the New York Supreme Court.
=Mullen, John F.=, 26 Trask Street, Providence, R. I.
=Murphy, D. P., Jr.=, 31 Barclay Street, New York City.
=Murphy, Edward J.=, of the Edward J. Murphy Co., real estate brokers,
Springfield, Mass.
=Murphy, Frank J.=, Lincoln Hotel, Ballston Spa, N. Y.
=Murphy, Fred C.=, of the Edward J. Murphy Co., Springfield, Mass.
=Murphy, James=, 42 Westminster Street, Providence, R. I.
=Murphy, James R.=, lawyer, 27 School Street, Boston, Mass.
=Murray, John F.=, captain of police, Cambridge, Mass.; residence, 9
Avon Street.
=Murray, Hon. Lawrence O.= (LL. D.), assistant secretary, U. S.
Department of Commerce and Labor, Washington, D. C. He is a lawyer
by profession. He first went to Washington as secretary to William
Edmund Curtis, assistant secretary of the treasury. Subsequently, he
held other positions in the treasury, including that of chief of
division, and, from September 1, 1898, to June 27, 1899, that of
deputy comptroller of the currency. He left the government
employment to become the trust officer of the American Trust
Company, continuing in that place for three years. He then went to
Chicago as secretary of the Central Trust Company of Illinois and
served there for two years before becoming assistant secretary of
commerce and labor.
=Murray, Patrick=, insurance, 318 West 52d Street, New York City.
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