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Benjamin Moore (1818–1886), who married Mary Elizabeth Sing (1820–1895), in 1842, and was the father of Clement Clarke Moore, [2] grandfather of Barrington Moore Sr., and great grandfather of Barrington Moore Jr. Mary Clarke Moore (1819–1893), who married John Doughty Ogden, her older sister's widower, in 1848. [41] Clement Moore (1821 ...
The cover of a series of illustrations for the "Night Before Christmas", published as part of the Public Works Administration project in 1934 by Helmuth F. Thoms "A Visit from St. Nicholas", routinely referred to as "The Night Before Christmas" and "' Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously under the title "Account of a Visit from St ...
The Moore Mansion in the family's Chelsea estate, painted by Moore aunt, Mary Clarke (née Moore) Ogden, in 1855. During the Civil War, Moore was a captain in the 20th Massachusetts Infantry in the Union Army. [10] After the war, he became a companion of the New York Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.
Moore read Southey's work and commented not only on the quality of his writing but also on their similar personal losses. Clement Clarke Moore and his wife lost their 6th child, daughter Emily, on April 19, 1828, age 6yrs and 6 days. His wife died on April 4th, 1830. Second eldest daughter, Charity, died on Dec. 14, 1830 at age 14.
It is rumored that the famous poem "A Visit from St. Nicolas", (known more commonly as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"), by Clement Clarke Moore was written about this building for two reasons. The first reason was that Moore was the cousin of Mary Eliza, the wife of Constable Hall architect, William Constable Jr.
Clayton Moore (1914–1999), American actor; Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863), American professor and writer; Clifford Herschel Moore (1866–1931), American Latin scholar; Cliffton Moore (1496-) The Mennonite High Priest of Minnesota) Clover Moore (born 1945), Australian politician and Lord Mayor of Sydney, Australia
The cemetery is the burial plot of the Moore family, one of Queens's oldest families; [7] [8] its descendants included writer Clement Clarke Moore. [9] [3] The family is descended from John Moore, the first minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Newtown; he was one of the earliest settlers of Newtown, now Elmhurst, after the town was established in 1642.
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