Reverend Moses Hoge, D.D. b. 15 Feb 1751/52 Cedar Grove, Frederick, Virginia, USA d. 5 Jul 1820 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: If the Legends Are True...

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Prefix Reverend

Suffix D.D.

Birth 15 Feb 1751/52 Cedar Grove, Frederick, Virginia, USA [1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]

Gender Male

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Alt. Birth 15 Feb 1751/52 [17]

Education 1778 Lexington, Lexington (city), Virginia, USA [5, 11]

Timber Ridge Academy and Liberty Hall

and in 1780 became a candidate for the ministry, having received his theological instruction from Reverend James Waddell, the " Blind Preacher."

Biographical received theological instruction from Rev. James Waddel ("the blind preacher" immortaized by William Wirt) [10]

Occupation 1781 Hardy County, Virginia [5, 10]

was ordained pastor of a Presbyterian church

During his eight years' pastorate, he also taught a school, which enjoyed a wide popularity.

Biographical 1793 [10]

was author of Strictures on a Phamphlet by the Rev. Jeremiah Walker, entitled Fourfold Foundations of Calvinism Examined and Shaken

Occupation 1799 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [5, 10]

author of Christian Panoply, an Answer to Payne's 'Age of Reason'

Occupation 1791-1807 [10]

Trustee of Washington College

Biographical 1810 [5, 10, 11]

received the degree of D.D. from Princeton

Who's who says "S.T.D. (hon.), Coll. of N.J. (now Princeton);"

Military Service in the Continental Army [5, 10]

served for a short time during the Revolution

Occupation 1812 [5, 9]

Professor of Divinity at Union Theological Seminary

after the establishment of the theological seminary at Hampden-Sidney

Occupation 1806-1820 [3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 14, 18]

President of Hampden-Sidney College

Hampden-Sidney is the seat of Hampden-Sidney College, founded by the presbytery of Hanover county as Hampden-Sidney Academy in 1776, and named in honor of John Hampden and Algernon Sidney. It was incorporated as Hampden-Sidney College in 1783. The incorporators included James Madison, Patrick Henry (who is believed to have drafted the college charter), Paul Carrington, William Cabell, Sen., and Nathaniel Venable. The Union Theological School was established in connection with the college in 1812, but in 1898 was removed to Richmond, Virginia. In 1907-1908 the college had 8 instructors, 125 students, and a library of 11,000 volumes. The college has maintained a high standard of instruction, and many of its former students have been prominent as public men, educationalists and preachers. Among them were President William Henry Harrison, William H. Cabell (1772-1853), president of the Virginia Court of Appeals; George M. Bibb (1772-1859), secretary of the treasury (I 8441845) in President Tylers cabinet; William B. Preston (1805-1862), secretary of the navy in 1849-1850; William Cabell Rives and General Sterling Price (1809-1867).

Hampden-Sydney College from above

Occupation 1820 [5]

published "Sermons"

Occupation 1820 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [5]

was a delegate to the general assembly of the Presbyterian church

and he died during it's session

Reference Number c-305

Died 5 Jul 1820 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]

In the Thrid Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, alongside of the pulpit, a large slab is erected to his memory with this inscription
:
Near this monument erected by filial affection, reposes all that was mortal of the Rev. Moses Hoge, D.D., president of Hampden-Sidney College, and professor of Divinity in the Union Theological Seminary of the Synod of Virginia. A man of genius, profound erudition, and ardent piety, he lived, loved, and died lamented, aged sixty-eight. From the General Assembly of the United States of America to the General Assembly of the Church in Heaven, his translation, afflictive to his friends, but joyous to himself, was accomplished July 5, 1820"

The Family of Hoge – 1927

Buried Third Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [9]

Person ID I5341 If the Legends Are True...

Last Modified 11 Dec 2009

Father James Hoge, b. 4 Jul 1706, Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania , d. 2 Jun 1795, Kernstown, Winchester (city), Virginia, USA

Mother Nancy Griffith

Biographical had 4 sons

History 1758 Frederick County, Virginia

they appear on a deed for land

Family ID F11 Group Sheet

Family 1 Elizabeth Poage, b. 1760, Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, USA , d. 18 Jun 1802, Alleghany County, Virginia

Married 23 Aug 1783 Augusta County, Virginia, USA [6, 10, 12, 16]

Children

>	1. Reverend James Hoge, D.D., b. 1784, Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, USA , d. 2 Sep 1863, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA
>	2. Reverend John Blair Hoge, D. D., b. 1 Apr 1790, Shepherdstown, Berkeley, West Virginia , d. 31 Mar 1826
>	3. Reverend Samuel Davies Hoge, D. D., b. 16 Apr 1791-1792, Shepherdstown, Berkeley, West Virginia , d. 24 Dec 1826, Athens, Athens, Ohio, USA
>	4. Doctor Thomas Poage Hoge, b. 14 Mar 1799, Shepherdstown, Berkeley, West Virginia , d. 23 Apr 1876, Barksdale, Halifax, Virginia, USA

Last Modified 30 Nov 2009

Family ID F1963 Group Sheet

Family 2 Widow Susanna Hunt, d. Yes, date unknown

Married 25 Oct 1803 [10]

Last Modified 22 Mar 2007

Family ID F2363 Group Sheet

Event Map

Event

	Birth - 15 Feb 1751/52 - Cedar Grove, Frederick, Virginia, USA
	Education - Timber Ridge Academy and Liberty Hall - 1778 - Lexington, Lexington (city), Virginia, USA
	Occupation - author of Christian Panoply, an Answer to Payne's 'Age of Reason' - 1799 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	Occupation - was a delegate to the general assembly of the Presbyterian church - 1820 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	Died - 5 Jul 1820 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	Buried - - Third Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Notes	According to "Moses Drury Hoge," Moses had a son James who lived in Pulaski, Virginia and had a great-grandson J. Hoge Tyler, Governor of Virginia. Peyton Harrison Hoge – 1899 John Randolph said that Dr. Hoge was the most eloquent preacher he had ever heard. Virtualology

[S71] Hoge, Family of, James Hoge Tyler (compiler), (Greensboro, North Carolina: James Fulton Hoge, editor & publisher, 1927), page 40 (Reliability: 4).
[S69] Hoge, Moses Drury - Life, Peyton Harrison Hoge, (Richmond, Virginia: Whittle & Shepperson, 1899).
[S80] Hoge, Moses Drury - Memorial, Robert P. Kerr, (Richmond: Southern Historical Society Papers #26, 1898), http://mdgorman.com/Written%20Accounts/Periodicals., http://mdgorman.com/Written%20Accounts/Periodicals/a_memorial_moses_drury_hoge_d_d.htm (Reliability: 3).
[S80] Hoge, Moses Drury - Memorial, Robert P. Kerr, (Richmond: Southern Historical Society Papers #26, 1898), http://mdgorman.com/Written%20Accounts/Periodicals., pages 255-287 (Reliability: 3).
[S81] Appleton's Cyclopedia, James Grant Wilson, John Fiske, and Stanley L. Klos, editors, (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889 and 1999), http://www.famousamericans.net/moseshoge/ (Reliability: 3).
[S9] FamilySearch Ancestral File, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, 1995-2005), 1CZQ-GJJ (Reliability: 3).
[S64] Kenzie, Ross B. Kenzie (compiler), (RootsWeb.com: 30 Aug 05), Kenzie - Descendants of John Hogue (Reliability: 3).
[S71] Hoge, Family of, James Hoge Tyler (compiler), (Greensboro, North Carolina: James Fulton Hoge, editor & publisher, 1927), page 96 (Reliability: 4).
[S191] Middle New River Settlements, David E. Johnston, (Huntington, West Virginia: Standard Printing & Publishing Co, 1906), Appendix C. Biographical - Hare-Howes. (Reliability: 4).
[S208] Who Was Who - Historical Volume, The A. N. Marquis Company, (St. Louis, Missouri: Von Hoffman Press, Inc., 1963), Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 43-378., page 255 (Reliability: 4).
[S73] Colonial Families of the U.S., George Norbury Mackenzie, (New York, New York: Genealogical Publishers, 1907, 5094 pages), Vol. IV, page 205 (Reliability: 3).
[S329] Hogg DNA, Dwight Hogg, Descendants of Sir John Hoge of Musselburgh Scotland: NJ1682 (Reliability: 4).
[S443] Compendium of American Genealogy, Frederick Adams Virkus, F. I. A. G., Vol. I, page 484 - THOMAS, John Jenks (Reliability: 4).
(Chicago, Illinois: A. N. Marquis & Company, 1925)
[S443] Compendium of American Genealogy, Frederick Adams Virkus, F. I. A. G., Volume I, page 362 (Reliability: 3).
(Chicago, Illinois: A. N. Marquis & Company, 1925)
[S473] Portland Oregon, Vol. III, Joseph Gaston, (Chicago - Portland, S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1911), page 521 (Reliability: 4).
[S477] GenWeb, Sherri Bradely (coordinator), (http://www.usgenweb.org/), Henry County Missouri Biographies - Pickerill to Puthoff (Reliability: 3).
[S486] Listen to the Mockingbird, Daniel Dunbar Howe, (Boyce, Virginia: Carr publishing Company, Inc., 1961), page 307 (Reliability: 4).
[S82] LoveToKnow, LoveToKnow, (www.1911encyclopedia.org: LoveToKnow, 2003, 2004), http://58.1911encyclopedia.org/H/HA/HAMPDEN_SIDNEY.htm (Reliability: 3).

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