Edwin Warren Moïse
| Edwin Warren Moïse | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 2, 1810 Charleston, South Carolina |
| Died |
June 29, 1868 (aged 58) Jefferson, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Lafayette Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Residence | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Spouse(s) |
Priscilla (Lopez) Moïse Louise (Hubert) Moïse (1827 - 1875) |
| Children |
Cecilia Woodville Moïse Sallie Lopez Moïse Theodore Lopez Moïse Louise Moïse Marie Aline Moïse Conrad Harry Moïse Theodore Sidney Moïse Warren Hubert Moïse |
| Parent(s) |
Hyam Moïse Cecelia Francis (Woolf) Moïse |
Edwin Warren Moïse (1810-1868) was an American physician and Judge in the Confederate States of America.
Biography
Early life
Edwin Warren Moïse was born on January 2, 1810 in Charleston, South Carolina.[1] His father was Hyam Moïse (1785-1811) native of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti)[2] and his mother, Cecelia Francis (Woolf) Moïse (1789-1871).[3] He grew up in Charleston, and attended Congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim with his family.[4] He was trained as a physician at the Charleston Medical College.[3]
Career
He worked as a physician in Woodville, Mississippi, an affluent town thanks to the cotton industry.[3] In 1840, he moved to New Orleans, Louisiana to become a lawyer.[3] He was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives and served as Speaker of the House.[3][5][6] He then served as United States Attorney.[3] Under Governor Robert C. Wickliffe (1819–1895), who served as the 15th Governor of Louisiana from 1856 to 1860, he served as Attorney General of Louisiana.[3][6]
During the American Civil War of 1861-1865, he served as the District Court Judge for Louisiana.[3] He was a secessionist, supported slavery and subscribed to the ideas of John C. Calhoun (1782–1850).[3]
Personal life
He was married twice. His first wife was Priscilla (Lopez) Moïse (1807-1839), the daughter of David Lopez (1750-1811) and Priscilla Lopez (1775-1856) and granddaughter of slave trader Aaron Lopez (1731–1782).[1] They had two daughters and one son:
- Cecilia Woodville Moïse (1836-1921).[1][7]
- Theodore Lopez Moïse (1839-1839).[1] He died a few days after was born.[8]
- Sallie Lopez Moïse (1839-1924).[1] Her mother died four days after her birth.[9]
His second wife was Louise (Hubert) Moïse (1827-1875), the daughter of William de St. Hubert (1781-1847) and Rose Emilie (De La Chenaye) Hubert (1796-1863), whose maternal grandfather owned a large sugar plantation in Saint-Domingue.[1] They had four sons and one daughter:
- Louise Moïse (1854-1856).[1][10]
- Marie Aline Moïse Conrad (1857-1906).[1] She married George Mather Conrad, and they had six children.[11]
- Harry Moïse (1861-1912).[1] He married Josephine Julia (Hereford) (1862-1941), and they had four children.[12]
- Theodore Sidney Moïse (1862-1915).[1] He married Mary Louise (Gaston) Moïse (1865-1936), the daughter of Dr John Brown Gaston (1834-1913) who served as the Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama from 1881 to 1885, and they had five children.[13] He worked as Superintendent of the Georgia Central Railway.[3]
- Warren Hubert Moïse (1864-1939).[1] He married Laura Mason (1876-1922), and he worked as a stock broker in San Francisco, California.[14]
Death
He died on June 29, 1868 in Jefferson, Louisiana.[1] He was buried in the Lafayette Cemetery in New Orleans.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 FindAGrave: Edwin Warren Moïse
- ↑ "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Permanent series, Volume 9". p. 319. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 MOÏSE, Jewish Encyclopedia
- ↑ Robert N. Rosen, The Jewish Confederates, Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2000, p. 116
- ↑ Jonathan D. Sarna, Adam Mendelsohn, Jews and the Civil War: A Reader, New York City: NYU Press, 2010, p. 37
- 1 2 Samuel S. Hill, Religion in the Southern States: A Historical Study, Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 1983, p. 143
- ↑ FindAGrave: Cecilia Woodville Moïse
- ↑ Theodore Lopez Moïse
- ↑ FindAGrave: Sallie Lopez Moïse
- ↑ FindAGrave: Louise Moïse
- ↑ FindAGrave: Marie Aline Moïse Conrad
- ↑ FindAGrave: Harry Moïse
- ↑ FindAGrave: Theodore Sidney Moïse
- ↑ FindAGrave: Warren Hubert Moïse