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Notes: Transcription of published obituary of Allan W. Moore of Hoboken, no newspaper named or date, circa April 12-14, 1919. archives 2009.016.0012.
ALLAN W. MOORE DIES, A VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
FORMER ASSEMBLYMAN, PROMINENT HOBOKENITE, HAD LONG BEEN ILL.
CAUGHT COLD WHILE AT WORK AT UPTON.
Had Tried Unsuccessfully, to Enter Service - Then Did What He Could to Aid in Prosecution of War - Mother and Fiancee with Him at the End.
Despite the fact that it was not unexpected, the death yesterday morning of former Assemblyman Allan W. Moore at his home, 1227 Garden street, Hoboken came a distinct shock to his relatives and many friends throughout Hudson county and New Jersey.
Counselor Moore passed away at 11 o'clock yesterday morning after he had fought hard to overcome an attack of double pneumonia. Funeral services will be held to-morrow night at 8 o'clock at his late home, and will be participated in by members of Hoboken Lodge No. 74. B.P.O. Elks, of which he was a prominent member. The funeral will be held at 9:30 o'clock on Wednesday morning. A solemn high requiem mass will be celebrated in Our Lady of Grace Church, and interment will follow in Holy Name Cemetery.
The late Mr. Moore was the only son of Mrs. Annie E. Moore, principal of No. 5 School, and of the late William J. Moore, a well-known newspaper man in Hoboken about thirty-five years ago. He was a graduate of the public schools of the city, of the Hoboken High School, attended the College of St. Francis Xavier, and was graduated later with high honors from the Fordham University Law School. He was 31 years old.
Former Assemblyman Moore made several determined efforts to enter the service during the war. but was rejected because of a slight physical defect. He did what he could to aid in the prosecution of the war, however, serving first as Government appeals agent for Local Board No. 1 and then taking charge of the great task of naturalizing aliens in the army camps throughout the country for the Government.
It was while he was engaged in this work at Camp Upton, New York, that Counselor Moore contracted what at that time he thought was a slight cold. Later pneumonia developed. Mr. Moore fought off the attack successfully, but a week ago he was again stricken, this time with double pneumonia. In his weakened condition, he could no longer successfully combat the spread of the illness. He sank rapidly, though he fought to the end, and passed away yesterday morning with his mother and fiancee, Miss Florence Miller, of 716 Bloomfield street, Hoboken, to whom he was to have been married in June, as[at] his bedside.
In 1916 and 1917 the deceased was elected by overwhelming majorities as a member of the State Assembly from Hudson County. He was looked upon as one of the most promising young lawyers in the State, and was everywhere popular. Mr. Moore had offices in the Hudson Trust Building. He was for a time also counselor to the Hoboken Board of Health and to the United Aid Society.
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Status Date: 2009-05-15
