William H. H. Moore

American insurance executive (1824–1910)

William Henry Helme Moore (February 13, 1824 – January 4, 1910) was an American lawyer and insurance executive who served as president of the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company.

Moore was born in Greenport on Long Island on February 13, 1824.^[1] He was the third son of Col. Jeremiah Moore (1779–1837) and Julia (née Brush) Moore (1782–1873) and was a descendant of Thomas Moore, one of the earliest English settlers in New York,^[2] who was born about 1615.^[3]

After preparing for college at Miller Place Academy, he attended Union College in Schenectady, New York, from where he graduated in 1844. After Union, he moved to New York City where he entered the law firm of Cutting & Moore (the firm of his elder brother, Charles B. Moore and Francis B. Cutting),^[2] and was admitted to the bar in 1847.^[4]

Career

After practicing law, Moore joined the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company as third officer,^[5] and remained affiliated with the company until his death in 1910.^[3] He became first vice president in 1886 and president from 1895 until April 7, 1897.^[6] Upon his retirement from the presidency, he was succeeded by Anton A. Raven.^[7]

Moore later served as first president of the Union College alumni association in addition to serving as a trustee of the College. In 1886 he received the degree of Doctor of Laws. He also served as vice president of the Phi Beta Kappa of New York and of the New York Geographical Society in addition to being president of the Haven's Relief Fund, manager of the Burke Foundation, and president of the Life Saving Benevolent Association.^[2]

Personal life

Moore was married to Adelaide Louisa Lewis (1844–1922), a daughter of Isaac Lewis and Cornelia Malvina (née Donaldson) Lewis.^[8]^[9] Together, they lived on West 72nd Street in New York and maintained a country home "at the ancestral seat of the family in Greenport, Long Island," and were the parents of:^[10]

Arthur Lewis Moore, who married Sarah Frelinghuysen Chambers, a daughter of the Rev. Talbot Wilson Chambers and Louisa Mercer (née Frelinghuysen) Chambers (daughter of John Frederick Frelinghuysen), in 1892.^[11]
Julia Louise Moore (1863–1934), who married LeRoy Cholwell Fairchild.^[12]
William Clifford Moore (1867–1939), a lawyer who died unmarried.^[13]^[14]
Adelaide Irving Moore (1871–1963), who married broker Elias Hicks Herrick in 1892.^[15]

He was a member of the Union League Club, and was a senior elder of the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York.^[2]

Moore died on January 4, 1910, at his residence in New York City. At his death, he was "the last of six brothers and sisters whose average age exceeded eighty years."^[2]

References

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1 2 3 4 5 "WILLIAM H. H. MOORE DEAD.; Ex-President of Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co. Was 86 Years Old". The New York Times. 5 January 1910. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
1 2 Weeks, Lyman Horace (1898). Prominent Families of New York Being an Account in Biographical Form of Individuals and Families Distinguished as Representatives of the Social, Professional and Civic Life of New York City. p. 409. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
↑ Strong, Theron George (1914). Landmarks of a Lawyer's Lifetime. Dodd, Mead. pp. 89–90. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
↑ Supreme Court, County of New York. GENERAL TERM.: Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company against William McLoon. New York: Phillips, Sampson and Company. 1867. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
↑ "Marine Insurance President Retires". Exporters' Review: Issued in Connection with the Exporters' Encyclopædia. Exporters' encyclopædia Company: 34. February 1915. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
↑ "ANTON A. RAVEN DIES AT 85.; Ex-President of Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company and Banker". The New York Times. 16 January 1919. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
↑ Snively-Snavely: The Swiss Ancestors and American Descendants of Johann Jacob Schnebele (1659-1743) and Other Snivelys and Snavelys of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Gateway Press. 1986. p. 491. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
↑ Cook, Michael L. (1978). Pioneer Lewis Families. Cook Publications. p. 600. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
↑ Virkus, Frederick Adams; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1930). The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy: First Families of America. A.N. Marquis. p. 343. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
↑ Chambers, Theodore Frelinghuysen (1895). The Early Germans of New Jersey: Their History, Churches, and Genealogies. Dover Printing Company. pp. 290–294. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
↑ Price, Norma Adams (1976). From Meetinghouse to Statehouse, 1683-1783: The Journey of One Family from Spiritual to Temporal Power in Pennsylvania. Historic Delaware County. p. 7. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
↑ Phi, Phi Delta (1897). Catalogue of the Legal Fraternity of Phi Delta Phi. Inland Press. p. 114. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
↑ "SHARES IN ESTATE". The Central New Jersey Home News. 27 May 1939. p. 2. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
↑ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. J. T. White. 1910. pp. 121–122. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

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