society. He was also possessed of a good business capacity; a prudent counsellor, a man of integrity, appreciated and loved by a very large circle of friends. In early life a whig, in middle and later life a free democrat. He lived in that city nearly fifty years, and participated in the early struggles, aided in the developments, and lived to share in the success of the place of his adoption.

Brother Moore was made a Mason in Harmony Lodge, No. 14, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, being raised March 10, 1819, before he was twenty-three years old. He was Junior Deacon of that Lodge during the year 1824, Senior Warden in 1825, and was elected Worshipful Master, December 13, 1826, serving as such three years. In 1858 and 1861 he was Master of Grand River Lodge, No. 34, Grand Rapids, and represented his Lodge in Grand Lodge for those years. At the annual meeting of Grand Lodge in 1863 he was elected Deputy Grand Master, and the following year he was chosen Grand Master, which office he filled with fidelity and ability. He was afterwards a faithful attendant at Grand Lodge until declining health prevented.

He was exalted to the sublime degree of Royal Arch Mason in Grand Rapids Chapter, No. 7, on March 4, 1863, and at the annual meeting the next year he was elected High Priest and served three

years.

He died at his home in Grand Rapids, November 24, 1882, at the age of eighty-five years, and was buried with the beautiful ceremonies of Masonry on November 27th, Grand Master Alanson Partridge conducting the services, which were attended by a very large number of Masons from that part of the state. Brother Moore had been a Mason for more than sixty-two years.

On the 23d of December, 1864, the new and beautiful hall of Lafayette Lodge, No. 16, at Jonesville, which had been dedicated a few months before, was destroyed by fire and all the property of the Lodge was burned. The loss to the Lodge was about $4,000. The charter being lost, the brethren were given a dispensation by Grand Master Moore, authorizing them to continue working until the next annual meeting of the Grand Lodge, when a new charter was given them.