Moore, Lindley

  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: See full biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindley_Murray_Moore
  • Wiki Biography:
    • Lindley Moore (May 31, 1788 – August 14, 1871), was a Canadian-American abolitionist, educator, and farmer. With Frederick Douglass, he coordinated travel plans on the Underground Railroad and they gave speeches at anti-slavery assemblies. Moore worked with Hiram Wilson to identify and make education available for formerly enslaved people who had made it across the United States-Canadian border. 
    • Moore operated private schools in the New York City area and was a superintendent and a teacher at Haverford College. In Rochester, New York, he operated a 170-acre farm in the 1830s and then returned to teaching. His wife, Abigail Mott Moore was the niece of Lucretia Mott.
    • Lindley Murray Moore was born May 31, 1788, in Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada into a Quaker family. His parents were Rachel Stone and Samuel Moore. His father, born in New Jersey,[ named him after his friend Lindley Murray.
    • Before Lindley’s birth, Samuel Moore, his wife, and their children had lived in the United States. During the American Revolutionary War, the family became concerned about being attacked by American soldiers and left their New Jersey home for New York City.
  • Son of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=5971
  • Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40841741/lindley_murray-moore