Charles A. Moore, Jr. was born on 23 June 1880 at Lynn, Massachusetts to Charles Arthur Moore and his wife Mary Campbell. He attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire and Yale University, where he was granted a B.A. in 1903.
He served successively as vice-president, president, and chairman of the board of Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc., a metal products and railroad equipment supply manufacturing company, which made pressure gauges, valves and cranes, founded by his father and based in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
He was an explorer and a member of expeditions to the Arctic, Hudson Bay, and Baffin Land. He was a member of the Peary Arctic expedition in 1897, which brought back the Cape York meteorite. He and Homer Davenport travelled to Arabia in 1906 and imported a large number of Arabian desert horses.
During World War I he was a major, the commanding officer in France of the Old Twelfth Company of Greenwich, which was attached to the Fifty-sixth Artillery Regiment.
He married twice. His first wife was Annette Sperry, daughter of Henry Sperry (1836-1916) of Nashville and his wife Mary Lee "Nanny" Jacobs. They married on 15 January 1907 at Nashville, Tennessee.
They had three children: [1] Elsie Annette Moore (1908-1993), who married John Prentice Kellogg, Rene Carrillo de Albornoz, and Edward Shaul; [2] Charles Arthur Moore III (1909-1989); and [3] Henry S. Moore (1912-1972).
They divorced in 1919, and Annette (Sperry) Moore subsequently married Spencer T. W. Stewart.
Charles A. Moore, Jr., married his second wife, Elizabeth Hyde (1897-1983), daughter of Seymour Jairus Hyde and his wife Elizabeth Worrall, on 5 June 1920 in Greenwich, Connecticut.
They had two children: [1] John Campbell Moore (1921-1943), who died in active service with the 853d Engineer Battalion while being transported on the H.M.T. Rohna in World War II; and [2] Bettine Moore, who married William Taliaferro Close. William and Bettine Close were the parents of actress Glenn Close.
Charles A. Moore, Jr. died of a coronary occlusion at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut on 23 August 1949.
Sources consulted:
Bulletin of Yale University, Obituary Record of Graduates of the Undergraduate Schools Deceased During the Year 1949-1950, p. 56.
The New York Times, 24 August 1949, page 25, column 3, "Charles A. Moore, Noted Sportsman"
He served successively as vice-president, president, and chairman of the board of Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc., a metal products and railroad equipment supply manufacturing company, which made pressure gauges, valves and cranes, founded by his father and based in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
He was an explorer and a member of expeditions to the Arctic, Hudson Bay, and Baffin Land. He was a member of the Peary Arctic expedition in 1897, which brought back the Cape York meteorite. He and Homer Davenport travelled to Arabia in 1906 and imported a large number of Arabian desert horses.
During World War I he was a major, the commanding officer in France of the Old Twelfth Company of Greenwich, which was attached to the Fifty-sixth Artillery Regiment.
He married twice. His first wife was Annette Sperry, daughter of Henry Sperry (1836-1916) of Nashville and his wife Mary Lee "Nanny" Jacobs. They married on 15 January 1907 at Nashville, Tennessee.
They had three children: [1] Elsie Annette Moore (1908-1993), who married John Prentice Kellogg, Rene Carrillo de Albornoz, and Edward Shaul; [2] Charles Arthur Moore III (1909-1989); and [3] Henry S. Moore (1912-1972).
They divorced in 1919, and Annette (Sperry) Moore subsequently married Spencer T. W. Stewart.
Charles A. Moore, Jr., married his second wife, Elizabeth Hyde (1897-1983), daughter of Seymour Jairus Hyde and his wife Elizabeth Worrall, on 5 June 1920 in Greenwich, Connecticut.
They had two children: [1] John Campbell Moore (1921-1943), who died in active service with the 853d Engineer Battalion while being transported on the H.M.T. Rohna in World War II; and [2] Bettine Moore, who married William Taliaferro Close. William and Bettine Close were the parents of actress Glenn Close.
Charles A. Moore, Jr. died of a coronary occlusion at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut on 23 August 1949.
Sources consulted:
Bulletin of Yale University, Obituary Record of Graduates of the Undergraduate Schools Deceased During the Year 1949-1950, p. 56.
The New York Times, 24 August 1949, page 25, column 3, "Charles A. Moore, Noted Sportsman"
Charles A. Moore, Jr. was born on 23 June 1880 at Lynn, Massachusetts to Charles Arthur Moore and his wife Mary Campbell. He attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire and Yale University, where he was granted a B.A. in 1903.
He served successively as vice-president, president, and chairman of the board of Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc., a metal products and railroad equipment supply manufacturing company, which made pressure gauges, valves and cranes, founded by his father and based in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
He was an explorer and a member of expeditions to the Arctic, Hudson Bay, and Baffin Land. He was a member of the Peary Arctic expedition in 1897, which brought back the Cape York meteorite. He and Homer Davenport travelled to Arabia in 1906 and imported a large number of Arabian desert horses.
During World War I he was a major, the commanding officer in France of the Old Twelfth Company of Greenwich, which was attached to the Fifty-sixth Artillery Regiment.
He married twice. His first wife was Annette Sperry, daughter of Henry Sperry (1836-1916) of Nashville and his wife Mary Lee "Nanny" Jacobs. They married on 15 January 1907 at Nashville, Tennessee.
They had three children: [1] Elsie Annette Moore (1908-1993), who married John Prentice Kellogg, Rene Carrillo de Albornoz, and Edward Shaul; [2] Charles Arthur Moore III (1909-1989); and [3] Henry S. Moore (1912-1972).
They divorced in 1919, and Annette (Sperry) Moore subsequently married Spencer T. W. Stewart.
Charles A. Moore, Jr., married his second wife, Elizabeth Hyde (1897-1983), daughter of Seymour Jairus Hyde and his wife Elizabeth Worrall, on 5 June 1920 in Greenwich, Connecticut.
They had two children: [1] John Campbell Moore (1921-1943), who died in active service with the 853d Engineer Battalion while being transported on the H.M.T. Rohna in World War II; and [2] Bettine Moore, who married William Taliaferro Close. William and Bettine Close were the parents of actress Glenn Close.
Charles A. Moore, Jr. died of a coronary occlusion at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut on 23 August 1949.
Sources consulted:
Bulletin of Yale University, Obituary Record of Graduates of the Undergraduate Schools Deceased During the Year 1949-1950, p. 56.
The New York Times, 24 August 1949, page 25, column 3, "Charles A. Moore, Noted Sportsman"
He served successively as vice-president, president, and chairman of the board of Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc., a metal products and railroad equipment supply manufacturing company, which made pressure gauges, valves and cranes, founded by his father and based in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
He was an explorer and a member of expeditions to the Arctic, Hudson Bay, and Baffin Land. He was a member of the Peary Arctic expedition in 1897, which brought back the Cape York meteorite. He and Homer Davenport travelled to Arabia in 1906 and imported a large number of Arabian desert horses.
During World War I he was a major, the commanding officer in France of the Old Twelfth Company of Greenwich, which was attached to the Fifty-sixth Artillery Regiment.
He married twice. His first wife was Annette Sperry, daughter of Henry Sperry (1836-1916) of Nashville and his wife Mary Lee "Nanny" Jacobs. They married on 15 January 1907 at Nashville, Tennessee.
They had three children: [1] Elsie Annette Moore (1908-1993), who married John Prentice Kellogg, Rene Carrillo de Albornoz, and Edward Shaul; [2] Charles Arthur Moore III (1909-1989); and [3] Henry S. Moore (1912-1972).
They divorced in 1919, and Annette (Sperry) Moore subsequently married Spencer T. W. Stewart.
Charles A. Moore, Jr., married his second wife, Elizabeth Hyde (1897-1983), daughter of Seymour Jairus Hyde and his wife Elizabeth Worrall, on 5 June 1920 in Greenwich, Connecticut.
They had two children: [1] John Campbell Moore (1921-1943), who died in active service with the 853d Engineer Battalion while being transported on the H.M.T. Rohna in World War II; and [2] Bettine Moore, who married William Taliaferro Close. William and Bettine Close were the parents of actress Glenn Close.
Charles A. Moore, Jr. died of a coronary occlusion at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut on 23 August 1949.
Sources consulted:
Bulletin of Yale University, Obituary Record of Graduates of the Undergraduate Schools Deceased During the Year 1949-1950, p. 56.
The New York Times, 24 August 1949, page 25, column 3, "Charles A. Moore, Noted Sportsman"
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