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MOÏSE: (print this article) By : Cyrus Adler L. C. Harby L. Hühner ARTICLE HEADINGS: A. Welborne Moïse: Aaron Moïse: Aaron Moïse: Abraham Moïse: Abram Moïse: Camillus Moïse: Cherie Moïse: Columbus Moïse: Columbus Moïse: Edwin Warren Moïse: Edwin Warren Moïse: Hyam Moïse: Jacob Moïse: Penina Moïse: Theodore Sydney Moïse: American Jewish family descended from Abraham Moïse, who was born inAlsace and emigrated to the West Indies, where he married a member ofa Jewish family of St. Eustace. He amassed great wealth, but in 1791was compelled to flee on account of the insurrection of the slaves.With his wife, Sarah, and his sons, Aaron, Benjamin (d. unmarried),Cherie, and Hyam, he reached South Carolina. Three other sons and twodaughters were born to him in Charleston, S. C. A. Welborne Moïse: Eldest son of Aaron Moïse, the lawyer and editor; born in 1846. Afterserving as page in the United States House of Representatives from1857 to 1861, he entered the service of the Confederacy and servedthrough the war with distinction, being promoted for bravery.After thesurrender he studied law, practised for a time in Richmond, Va., andthen went West. Aaron Moïse: Elder son of the founder of the family; cashier of the Bank of theState of South Carolina. He married Sarah. Cohen of Kingston, Jamaica,by whom he had nine children. He studied medicine, but did not followit as a profession. Aaron Moïse: Lawyer and editor; born in Charleston, S. C., 1820; died in Richmond,Va., 1880. He was appointed clerk in the United States Treasury in1853, which position he resigned in 1861, when he went to Nashville,Tenn., and was appointed captain in a Tennessee regiment. Three monthslater he was called to Richmond and made chief clerk in the auditor'soffice of the Confederate government. After the war he took up thepractise of law, which he continued until his death. Abraham Moïse: Lawyer; born 1799, the first of the family born in America; died 1869.He married Caroline, granddaughter of Meyer Moses, and left two sons(Charles H. and Edwin W.) and one daughter. His brother Isaac marriedHetty Lopez, descendant of the Newport family of Lopez. Isaac diedearly, leaving three sonsIsaac, Edwin, and Davidand four daughters.All three sons served throughout the Civil war on the Confederateside. David afterward studied law, and was judge of one of the courtsof New Orleans at the time of his death. Abram Moïse: Succeeded his father as cashier of the Bank of Charleston, S. C.,which position he retained until his death; died without issue. Hemarried Louise Lopez, a member of the Newport family of Lopez. Camillus Moïse: Son of Aaron Moïse; died at the age of twenty-seven while serving inthe Mexican war. Cherie Moïse: Third son of Abraham Moïse, the founder of the family. He marriedHetty Cohen of Charleston, S. C. Their daughter Cordelia (b. 1809; d.1869) was known for her gift of poetry. She wrote a number of thehymns used by the Portuguese congregation of Charleston. Columbus Moïse: Son of Aaron Moïse; born in Charleston, S. C., 1809; died in Virginia1871. He married a daughter of D. C. Levy of Philadelphia, Pa. Forthirty-five years he was president of the principal bank of NewOrleans, La. He was postmaster of that city, and was chosen by itscitizens to receive Gen. Zachary Taylor on his return from the battleof Buena Vista. He was granted a large tract of land in Florida forservices rendered in the Indian war. Columbus Moïse wrote many shortpoems, one of which was sung at the laying of the cornerstone of thePortuguese synagogue in Charleston, S. C. Columbus Moïse: Son of Columbus Moïse; born in New Orleans, La., 1855; died in KansasCity, Mo., 1895. He was city attorney of East Las Vegas, N. M., regentof the Territorial College, master in chancery of the United StatesCourt of New Mexico, and chief justice of New Mexico. He wrote anumber of short stories and poems, contributing to "Harper'sMagazine," the "Century Magazine," and other periodicals, under thenom de plume "C. Esiom." Edwin Warren Moïse: Son of Hyam and Cecilia Moïse; born at Charleston, S. C., 1811; diedin New Orleans, La., 1868. After being educated as a physician atCharleston Medical College, he went to Woodville, Miss., where hepractised his profession with great success. In 1840 he removed to NewOrleans, studied law there, and for many years practised at the bar ofLouisiana. He was elected for a number of consecutive terms to theState House of Representatives, of which he was speaker for manyyears; later he was appointed United States district attorney, and in1861 was made judge of the Confederate States Court in Louisiana.Under the administration of Governor Wycliffe he becameattorney-general of the state. He was a secessionist of the Calhounschool, an acknowledged leader in the Democratic party of Louisiana,and was closely identified with the history of the state during theCivil war. Two of his sons, Harry and Theodore S., are identified withvarious railroad enterprises; the latter is now (1904) superintendentof the Georgia Central Railroad. Another son, E. W. Moïse, resides inCalifornia, where he is well known as a financier. Edwin Warren Moïse: Son of Abraham and Caroline Moïse; born May 21, 1832, in Charleston,S. C.; died in Sumter, S. C., Dec. 9, 1902. He married Esther Lyon ofPetersburg, Va., in 1854. In 1856 he opened a law-office in Columbus,Ga. When the Civil war began he organized a company of 120 men, 50 ofwhom he mounted and equipped at an expense of $10,000the whole of hisfortune. This company bore his name until it became Company A, 7thConfederate Cavalry, with Moïse as its captain; in 1863 he becamemajor of the regiment, and was in command of it at the end of the war;he had not received his colonel's commission, but he had beenrecommended for promotion after the battle of Burgess' Mills, and therecommendation had been approved by General Lee. He fought in all thebattles of the army of northern Virginia under General Lee, wasslightly wounded at Gettysburg, had three horses killed under him inthe battles below Petersburg, and was with Hampton in his raid andcapture of Kilpatrick's camp. With 200 of his men he built the dams atHatch's Run which protected Lee's left flank against Grant, and atSmithfield, N. C., in 1865, he performed the service of burning thebridges in the retreat of Generals Hampton and Butler from Bentonvilleto Raleigh. He surrendered with Gen. Joseph Johnston at Greensboro, N.C. Edwin Moïse emerged from the war penniless and settled in Sumter, S.C., where he practised law with success. He was largely instrumentalin redeeming South Carolina from radical rule in 1876, giving up hispractise to cooperate with Hampton for that purpose. He was nominatedas adjutant-and inspector-general of his state on the same ticket withHampton, receiving more votes than his leader. Reelected in 1878, heserved four years and declined renomination in 1880. He gave the wholeof his first term's salary to the public schools of his state. He wasa delegate to the Reconstruction Convention in 1865, was presidentialelector in 1880, and was repeatedly sent as a delegate to variousstate conventions.His son, Marion Moïse (b. June 15, 1855, atSullivan's Island, S. C.), was educated at the Virginia MilitaryInstitute and South Carolina College. He was elected intendant of thecity of Sumter, S. C., in 1884, serving two terms, and was chosenstate senator from Sumter county in 1886, serving four years. He isnow (1904) prominent as a lawyer at Sumter. He married (1877) Isabelde Leon of Charleston, S. C. Hyam Moïse: Fourth son of Abraham Moïse; born at Port-au-Prince 1755; died 1811.He married Cecilia Wolfe of Charleston, S. C., by whom he had twosonsTheodore Sydney and Edwin Warren. Jacob Moïse: Youngest son of the founder of the family; died in 1837. He marriedRebecca Cohen, of Charleston, S. C., and settled in Augusta, Ga.; theywere the first Jewish family there. His eldest daughter, Sarah Ann,showed literary ability at the early age of twelve. She married T. W.Dinkins, an editor, and is known for her stories, sketches, poems, andfor numerous contributions to the Jewish press. Her youngest brother,Howard, served through the Civil war on the Confederate side. He waswounded three times and was made deaf by exposure and by thebombardment of Fort Sumter. He helped to build the batteries on MorrisIsland in 1860. He now lives (1904) in Sumter, S. C.A. L. C
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