Draft:Beauregard Moseley
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Beauregard Fitzhugh Moseley (1868 - December 1, 1919) was a lawyer, mayor, community leader, baseball team co-founder and executive in Chicago. He and Robert R. Jackson founded the Leland Giants.
He was born 1868 in Lincolnton, Georgia where he also received a basic education.[1] He then taught in schools for a number of years before moving to New Orleans where he studied law and became engaged with politics.[1] He married Miss Carrie Hammond with whom he had two children in New Orleans and two more in Chicago.[1] They had moved from New Orleans to Montreal in 1891 before moving to the warmer climate of Chicago.[1]
Moseley started a newspaper called the Weekly Republic in Chicago which he published until September 1, 1898 when he was admitted to the bar for both Illinois and federal courts.[1] He started his own law practice in Englewood, Chicago which a mostly white clientele and was successful enough to build a new home for his family and buy other property.[1]
He was elected the first mayor of the Idlewild, Michigan which was a new African-American vacation location.[1]
Moseley helped co-found the Leland Giants baseball club.[1]
He died December 1, 1919 at Fort Dearborn Hospital after catching influenza.[1] He was survived by his wife Carrie Moseley and a daughter who were both present when he passed.[1]
Notes[edit]
- In some sources his name was spelt Mosely.[2]
References[edit]
- This draft is in progress as of October 10, 2023.