Life of General Edward Lacey
Greenville, SC: A Press, Inc., 1981. Reprinted [from a copy in the library of Brent Holcomb]. Wraps. Format is approximately 5.375 inches by 8.5 inches. [4], 21, [3] pages plus covers. Footnotes and final printed page entitled Footnotes [Annotations by Mr. Elmer O. Parker, Columbia, South Carolina]. Small scuff on front cover. Dr. Maurice Augustus Moore was born in York County, S.C. on August 10, 1795 to Alexander Moore and Dorcas Erwin Moore. At 16 he went to Mecklenburg County, N.C. and taught school for a few months and then became a clerk in his brother-in-law’s store. Moore’s brother James suggested that he study medicine. He read medicine with Dr. William Harris of Wadesboro, N.C. and finished his degree at the University of Pennsylvania. Returning to York, he went in to practice with his brother William. Dr. Moore married Adeline Allison in 1824. After she died in 1826, his health being poor, he went to Cuba to recuperate. After returning to the U.S., he married Sophonisba Nott in 1833 and moved to Union County, SC shortly thereafter. He gave up medicine and devoted his energies to agriculture. A few year later he was elected to the South Carolina Legislature serving two terms. Dr. Moore also helped develop Glenn Springs, served as an office in the Bank of South Carolina, and wrote several histories. He died on August 31, 1871. More