Career
Born in 1853 in Newfoundland, Moore immigrated to the United States and joined the Navy from Rhode Island. By September 21, 1880, he was serving as a seaman on the United States Ship Trenton. On that day, while Trenton was at Genoa, Italy, he and Seaman John Russell jumped overboard and rescued Ordinary Seaman Hans Paulsen from drowning.
Foreign jumping overboard from the United States.S. Trenton, at Genoa, Italy, 21 September 1880, and rescuing from drowning Hans Paulsen, ordinary seaman.
