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:

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:

Death

He died on June 29, 1868 in Jefferson, Louisiana.[1] He was buried in the Lafayette Cemetery in New Orleans.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 FindAGrave: Edwin Warren Moïse
  2. "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Permanent series, Volume 9". p. 319. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 MOÏSE, Jewish Encyclopedia
  4. Robert N. Rosen, The Jewish Confederates, Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2000, p. 116
  5. Jonathan D. Sarna, Adam Mendelsohn, Jews and the Civil War: A Reader, New York City: NYU Press, 2010, p. 37
  6. 1 2 Samuel S. Hill, Religion in the Southern States: A Historical Study, Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 1983, p. 143
  7. FindAGrave: Cecilia Woodville Moïse
  8. Theodore Lopez Moïse
  9. FindAGrave: Sallie Lopez Moïse
  10. FindAGrave: Louise Moïse
  11. FindAGrave: Marie Aline Moïse Conrad
  12. FindAGrave: Harry Moïse
  13. FindAGrave: Theodore Sidney Moïse
  14. FindAGrave: Warren Hubert Moïse
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