Chief Justice of South Carolina.
Below is a link to his bio;
The State newspaper (Columbia, SC)
March 7, 1877
Death of Chief Justice Moses
Chief Justice Franklin Israel Moses expired at the residence of his son, ex-Governor F. J. Moses, in this city, between the hours of 12 and 1 p.m. yesterday (March 6, 1877).
It has been long known by the public, and especially by the friends of the aged Chief Justice, that his constitution could not recover from the shock of the last attack of paralysis with which he was stricken down some 10 days ago.
His remains will lie in state today at the residence of his son, and will be taken hence at half-past 8 o’clock tonight to the depot of the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad to be forwarded to Sumter, where he will be interred in the family burying ground.
Judge Moses, who was 72 years of age, was the son of Major Meyer Moses, an eloquent speaker and leading Israelite of Charleston. He graduated at the South Carolina College in December 1823, in a class of six, of whom were William F. Colcock and J. Ramsey Davis. He studied law with James L. Pettigru and settled in Sumter District 53 years ago, when the village of Sumter was but a crossroad. He married Miss McLellan (McClelland) (gbk: see notes in Reunion under Jane Dorcas McClelland).
He was a Union man in the nullification contest and was a leading lawyer of Sumter. He served for 30 years as a member of the South Carolina State Senate from 1836-1866; was appointed commissioner to North Carolina in 1861 to induce that state to secede; was for awhile on the staff of Gen. Wise of Virginia; was a member of this convention of 1865 to reorganize the state government, and was elected judge in 1866. Deprived of his office with all the other state judges by the new state government in 1868, he was soon after elected chief justice for six years and was reelected at the end of that term.
Judge Moses acted with the Republican Party until the famous decision in the mandamus case against the Board of State Canvassers. He voted for Wade Hampton for governor last year.
His decisions upon the supreme bench were generally supported by the best legal minds in the state.
Judge Moses was the fortunate possessor of a splendid law and miscellaneous library, which was a large part of the immense wealth left him after the devastating war between the states; his sole dependence being his salary as chief justice and the salary paid him in the law school of the University.
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GBK - [email protected]
Franklin J. Moses, Sr.
Below is a link to his bio;
The State newspaper (Columbia, SC)
March 7, 1877
Death of Chief Justice Moses
Chief Justice Franklin Israel Moses expired at the residence of his son, ex-Governor F. J. Moses, in this city, between the hours of 12 and 1 p.m. yesterday (March 6, 1877).
It has been long known by the public, and especially by the friends of the aged Chief Justice, that his constitution could not recover from the shock of the last attack of paralysis with which he was stricken down some 10 days ago.
His remains will lie in state today at the residence of his son, and will be taken hence at half-past 8 o’clock tonight to the depot of the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad to be forwarded to Sumter, where he will be interred in the family burying ground.
Judge Moses, who was 72 years of age, was the son of Major Meyer Moses, an eloquent speaker and leading Israelite of Charleston. He graduated at the South Carolina College in December 1823, in a class of six, of whom were William F. Colcock and J. Ramsey Davis. He studied law with James L. Pettigru and settled in Sumter District 53 years ago, when the village of Sumter was but a crossroad. He married Miss McLellan (McClelland) (gbk: see notes in Reunion under Jane Dorcas McClelland).
He was a Union man in the nullification contest and was a leading lawyer of Sumter. He served for 30 years as a member of the South Carolina State Senate from 1836-1866; was appointed commissioner to North Carolina in 1861 to induce that state to secede; was for awhile on the staff of Gen. Wise of Virginia; was a member of this convention of 1865 to reorganize the state government, and was elected judge in 1866. Deprived of his office with all the other state judges by the new state government in 1868, he was soon after elected chief justice for six years and was reelected at the end of that term.
Judge Moses acted with the Republican Party until the famous decision in the mandamus case against the Board of State Canvassers. He voted for Wade Hampton for governor last year.
His decisions upon the supreme bench were generally supported by the best legal minds in the state.
Judge Moses was the fortunate possessor of a splendid law and miscellaneous library, which was a large part of the immense wealth left him after the devastating war between the states; his sole dependence being his salary as chief justice and the salary paid him in the law school of the University.
Contributor:
GBK - [email protected]
Franklin J. Moses, Sr.
Chief Justice of South Carolina.
Below is a link to his bio;
The State newspaper (Columbia, SC)
March 7, 1877
Death of Chief Justice Moses
Chief Justice Franklin Israel Moses expired at the residence of his son, ex-Governor F. J. Moses, in this city, between the hours of 12 and 1 p.m. yesterday (March 6, 1877).
It has been long known by the public, and especially by the friends of the aged Chief Justice, that his constitution could not recover from the shock of the last attack of paralysis with which he was stricken down some 10 days ago.
His remains will lie in state today at the residence of his son, and will be taken hence at half-past 8 o’clock tonight to the depot of the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad to be forwarded to Sumter, where he will be interred in the family burying ground.
Judge Moses, who was 72 years of age, was the son of Major Meyer Moses, an eloquent speaker and leading Israelite of Charleston. He graduated at the South Carolina College in December 1823, in a class of six, of whom were William F. Colcock and J. Ramsey Davis. He studied law with James L. Pettigru and settled in Sumter District 53 years ago, when the village of Sumter was but a crossroad. He married Miss McLellan (McClelland) (gbk: see notes in Reunion under Jane Dorcas McClelland).
He was a Union man in the nullification contest and was a leading lawyer of Sumter. He served for 30 years as a member of the South Carolina State Senate from 1836-1866; was appointed commissioner to North Carolina in 1861 to induce that state to secede; was for awhile on the staff of Gen. Wise of Virginia; was a member of this convention of 1865 to reorganize the state government, and was elected judge in 1866. Deprived of his office with all the other state judges by the new state government in 1868, he was soon after elected chief justice for six years and was reelected at the end of that term.
Judge Moses acted with the Republican Party until the famous decision in the mandamus case against the Board of State Canvassers. He voted for Wade Hampton for governor last year.
His decisions upon the supreme bench were generally supported by the best legal minds in the state.
Judge Moses was the fortunate possessor of a splendid law and miscellaneous library, which was a large part of the immense wealth left him after the devastating war between the states; his sole dependence being his salary as chief justice and the salary paid him in the law school of the University.
Contributor:
GBK - [email protected]
Franklin J. Moses, Sr.
Below is a link to his bio;
The State newspaper (Columbia, SC)
March 7, 1877
Death of Chief Justice Moses
Chief Justice Franklin Israel Moses expired at the residence of his son, ex-Governor F. J. Moses, in this city, between the hours of 12 and 1 p.m. yesterday (March 6, 1877).
It has been long known by the public, and especially by the friends of the aged Chief Justice, that his constitution could not recover from the shock of the last attack of paralysis with which he was stricken down some 10 days ago.
His remains will lie in state today at the residence of his son, and will be taken hence at half-past 8 o’clock tonight to the depot of the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad to be forwarded to Sumter, where he will be interred in the family burying ground.
Judge Moses, who was 72 years of age, was the son of Major Meyer Moses, an eloquent speaker and leading Israelite of Charleston. He graduated at the South Carolina College in December 1823, in a class of six, of whom were William F. Colcock and J. Ramsey Davis. He studied law with James L. Pettigru and settled in Sumter District 53 years ago, when the village of Sumter was but a crossroad. He married Miss McLellan (McClelland) (gbk: see notes in Reunion under Jane Dorcas McClelland).
He was a Union man in the nullification contest and was a leading lawyer of Sumter. He served for 30 years as a member of the South Carolina State Senate from 1836-1866; was appointed commissioner to North Carolina in 1861 to induce that state to secede; was for awhile on the staff of Gen. Wise of Virginia; was a member of this convention of 1865 to reorganize the state government, and was elected judge in 1866. Deprived of his office with all the other state judges by the new state government in 1868, he was soon after elected chief justice for six years and was reelected at the end of that term.
Judge Moses acted with the Republican Party until the famous decision in the mandamus case against the Board of State Canvassers. He voted for Wade Hampton for governor last year.
His decisions upon the supreme bench were generally supported by the best legal minds in the state.
Judge Moses was the fortunate possessor of a splendid law and miscellaneous library, which was a large part of the immense wealth left him after the devastating war between the states; his sole dependence being his salary as chief justice and the salary paid him in the law school of the University.
Contributor:
GBK - [email protected]
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