Laban Theodore Moore (January 13, 1829 – November 9, 1892) was a

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from

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. Born in

Wayne County, Virginia Wayne County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,982. Its county seat is Wayne. The county was founded in 1842 and named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne. Wayne County is ...

(now West Virginia), near

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, Moore attended Marshall Academy now

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in Virginia and was graduated from

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in Ohio. He attended Transylvania Law College in

Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, Fayette County. By population, it is the List of cities in Kentucky, second-largest city in Kentucky and List of United States cities by popul ...

. Moore was

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in 1849 and commenced practice in

. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1857 to the

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. Moore was elected as an

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candidate to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1860. During the

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he established and enlisted in the 14th Kentucky Infantry, of which he was elected colonel on November 19, 1861. He later resigned from this position on January 1, 1862, and moved to

Catlettsburg, Kentucky Catlettsburg is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. The city population was 1,856 at the 2010 census. Catlettsburg is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area ...

, where he resumed practicing law. In 1868, Moore's wife purchased the Catlett House in Catlettsburg. Once under his ownership, he named the house Beechmoor for the large

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that stood on the property and for his surname. Moore became a Democrat after the war and served as member of the Kentucky State Senate in 1881. He served as member of the Kentucky State Constitutional Convention in 1890 and 1891. Moore died in Catlettsburg on November 9, 1892, and was interred at Ashland Cemetery in

Ashland, Kentucky Ashland is a home rule-class city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. The largest city in Boyd County, Ashland is located upon a southern bank of the Ohio River at the state border with Ohio and near West Virginia. The population was 21,6 ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Laban Theodore 1829 births 1892 deaths People from Wayne County, West Virginia Opposition Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky Kentucky Democrats Union Army officers People of Kentucky in the American Civil War People from Catlettsburg, Kentucky 19th-century American legislators Members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky