Chas. W. Moores
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Charles Washington Moores
February 15, 1862-December 7, 1923
Charles Washington Moores was born in Indianapolis and was graduated from Wabash College and the Central Law School. He entered the legal profession and was later president of the Indianapolis Bar Association. He had a strong interest in education and served on the Indianapolis School Board from 1900-1909. He was director of Butler College from 1903 to 1909 and director of the Indianapolis Art Institute in 1909 and 1914.
Moores was the first vice president of the Indiana Historical Society and was their representative on the Historical Commission. He was a member of the publication committee for the Commission. His historical publications include Caleb Mills and the Indiana School System (1905) and A History of Indiana (1916).
Source:
Jacob Piatt Dunn, Indiana and Indianans, Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1919, 3:1462.
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