MOORES, CHARLES WASHINGTON, JR: 1862-1923.
Charles Washington Moores, Jr. , was born in Indianapolis Feb. 15, 1862. He was the son of Charles Washington and Julia Dumont Merrill Moores and the grandson of Samuel Merrill. After graduation from Wabash College in 1882 he studied law at Central Law School, Indianapolis , and began the practice of law in 1883. He was a lecturer at the Indiana Law School and at the Indiana University School of Law, a U. S. commissioner, and a member of the law firm of Pickens, Moores, Davidson and Pickens. In 1896 he married Elizabeth Nichols of Philadelphia . In addition to his books he was also the author of articles which were published in various law journals and magazines. He died in 1923.
Information from Dunn–Indiana and Indianans, Who Was Who in America; and the Indianapolis Public Library.
- Caleb Mills and the Indiana School System.
Indianapolis, 1905.
- The Life of Abraham Lincoln for Boys and Girls.
Boston, 1909.
- The History of Indiana for Boys and Girls.
Boston, 1909.
- The Life of Christopher Columbus for Boys and Girls.
Boston, 1912. (Also
published under the title, The Story of Christopher Columbus.)
- Lincoln Selections. 1913.
- President Lincoln At Home.
- Abraham Lincoln, Lawyer. Greenfield,
Ind., 1922.
