The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative Men of Chicago, Milwaukee and the World's Columbian Exposition

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versalist, and is one of the most liberal supporters of Unity Church, at Oak Park. A Republican in politics, he votes that ticket unless he is satis¬ fied that an opposing candidate would be a better officer, when he usually indorses him. Except¬ ing holding the position of school director for twelve years and school trustee three years, he has uniformly declined office.
In personal appearance Mr. Gale is five feet, five and a half inches tall, and rather stout ; has light complexion, blue eyes, dark-brown, curly hair, well mixed with gray, and, as a commentary
upon the healthfulness of Chicago, he says he was never sick a day in his life. He is of strictly tem¬ perate habits and has a cheerful disposition.
Of his six sons, the eldest, Walter H., is one of his partners. E. Vincent, a practical tanner, is in the employ of W. N. Eisendrath & Co. Both of these are married. Thomas H.,who graduated at the University of Michigan in 1888, is in the real estate business. xA.bram is learning business with his father, while the two younger, Greenleaf Whit- tier and Oliver M., aged respectively fifteen and thirteen, are still attending school at Oak Park.
JAMES  HOBART   MOORE,
CHICAGO,   ILL.
IN the little town of Berkshire, Tioga county. New York, the subject of this biography was born, June 14, 1852, to Nathaniel F. and Rachel A. Moore, being the second of a family of two children. He received an academical education at the Cortland Academy, Homer, N. Y., and at the age of nineteen entered the banking office of N. F. Moore, his father, at Greene, N. Y.
In 1871 he entered the service of the Susque¬ hanna Bank, at BInghamton, N. Y., where he re¬ mained with much credit to himself for two years, when he determined to cast his lot in Chicago, removing to that city in 1873. There he occu¬ pied positions of trust with several institutions until 1878, when he took up the study of law in the office of Small & Moore, which firm was com¬ posed of Edward A. Small, formerly of Galena,. 111., and William H. Moore, the latter an elder brother. Having pursued his studies successfully, in due time he was admitted to the bar, and on the death of Mr. Small, in 1881, he entered into partnership with his brother, under the style of W. H. & J, H. Moore, to which firm Mr. William A. Purcell was subsequently added. While this firm has enjoyed an extensive and increasing gen¬ eral practice, it has been largely occupied in or¬ ganizing corporative enterprises, the principal among them being the Frazer Lubricator Co., the Price Baking Powder Co., the Diamond Match Co., the American Strawboard Co., and the New York Biscuit Co., of which latter Mr. James H, Moore is second vice-president.    He is also
second vice-president of the Diamond Match Co., and a director or stockholder in each of the other companies named. Mr. Moore's firm also numbers among its clients numerous other large and well-known Chicago corporations and business firms.
Mr. Moore is a Democrat, though not actively participating in political affairs. In his profession Mr. Moore Is primarily a counsellor, having a keen legal mind and strong common sense, and as such he stands In high repute among his associates and the business public. The ready success at¬ tending his efforts in placing large amounts of capital stock for the several corporations above named among the leading financial institutions of Chicago, attest their confidence alike in his judg¬ ment and integrity.
He is a man of unusually clear perception, and a good reader of men. While he is affable and approachable to a degree, he at the same time always maintains a becoming reserve and dignity.
Mr. Moore is a man of most generous disposi¬ tion, and more than one young man in Chicago now prospering and on the road to fame and for¬ tune owes his condition to Mr. Moore's personal active efforts in his behalf when most In need of a helping friend.
^'Fidelity to his friends" is a marked trait in Mr. Moore's character. While he has risen by his own merits to affluence, his earlier as well as later friends have retained their places in his affec¬ tions.    He is in the fullest sense a self-made man.