WILLIAM EVES MOORE.
1823-1899.
William Eves Moore, D. D., LL. D., was
born in Strasburg,
Pa., April 1st, 1823. His parents,
Jacob Moore, M. D., (Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, 1818), and Sarah
Faris Moore, came of
Scotch-Irish ancestors, who after the
siege of Derry migrated
to the northern part of Newcastle
county, Delaware, and for
generations held office in the same
Presbyterian church and
owned the original farm land given by
grant of Wm. Penn.
Returning from Strasburg to Delaware,
Dr. Moore's father died
when this, his eldest son, was six years
of age.
With two sisters older, and a brother
younger, there then
began for him all the vicissitudes in
life of a fatherless boy.
From the home of paternal grandparents in
Mill Creek Hun-
dred, he first attended school in New
London, and at ten years
of age was trudging on foot over hills
and country roads to New-
ark Academy. At twelve and a half years
he is a druggist's
apprentice in Philadelphia, laying in
stores of practical knowl-
edge to be of use on battlefields in
later life.
Following this came a service of one
campaign in the war
with the Seminoles in Florida, where
first he served his country
in arms and his fellow-soldiers with
care of the sick and dying.
Next were a few years upon a farm-a
signal benefit to his
future health, and whether ploughing the
field or sowing the
wheat his was the expert hand chosen for
all difficult tasks. And
now there came the call of the Master,
first to consecration of
heart and life to the service of God,
and then to the ministry of
the Word. But how should the orphan
youth find ways and
means for a long course of preparation ?
Educational opportuni-
ties had been few,-of means, he had
none. If any part of the
life of Dr. Moore was truly heroic and
full of Christian trust and
gratitude, it was in the eight years'
struggle following his de-
cision of this great question. At the
end of it, without aid from
educational societies, he yet was
without a dollar of debt! In
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