Identifier: michiganofficial00mich_1 (find matches)
Title: Michigan official directory and legislative manual for the years ..
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Michigan. Dept. of State. cn
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Publisher: Lansing : (State of Michigan)
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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148,712 ; Edward S. Grece,peoples party, received 14,469 votes, and Myron H. Walker, prohibition,received 14,526 votes. JUSTICE MOORE. (Term expires December 31, 1905.) Joseph B. Moore was born at Commerce, Oakland county, Michigan,November 3, 1845. His early education was acquired in the common schools,supplemented by part of three years at Hillsdale College and one yearin the law department of the Michigan University. At the outbreak ofthe civil war an elder brother enlisted. The two boys who were left athome also desired to go to the front; the family could spare but one ofthem, so, on one December morning in 1864, they drew cuts for theprivilege of serving their country. The lucky number fell to Joseph B.(now Justice Moore), who went at once to Detroit, where he enlisted. Hewas in the barracks but ten days, when, to his great disappointment, thesurgeon in charge refused to accept him and sent him home, being onlynineteen years old when he made this attempt. The next day after the
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AARON T. BLISS.Governor. ALEXANDER MAITLAND,Lieutenant Governor. FRED M. WARNER,Secretary of State. DANIEL McCOY,State Treasurer. PERRY F. POWERS,Auditor General. CHARLES A. BLAIR,Attorney General. EDWIN A. WILDEY,Commissioner State Land Office. DELOS FALL,Superintendent of Public Instruction. PATRICK H. KELLEY,Member Stale Board of Education. JAMES H. THOMPSON,Member State Board of Education. LUTHER L. WRIGHT,Member State Board of Education. JOHN J. CARTON,Speaker House of Representatives. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 769 surgeons edict, his brother went to Detroit, where he enlisted in hisbrothers place and served faithfully, while Joseph B. looked after thefolks at home. He moved to Lapeer in 1868, where he has been engagedin the practice of his profession. He has served as judge of the sixthjudicial circuit for eight years ; during which period he heard and dis-posed of upward of four hundred and seventy criminal and fifteen hundredcivil cases, among them the Young murder case and the ce

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