About Raphael J. Moses
Lived 1812 – 1893 (aged 81). Raphael J. Moses was an American politician and lawyer.
Major Raphael Jacob Moses (January 20, 1812 1893) was an American lawyer, planter, and politician who served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Biography
Early life Moses was born in 1812 to a prominent Jewish-American family in Charleston, South Carolina. His family fought in the American Revolutionary War of 1775–1783, and he was a fifth-generation South Carolinian. His father was Israel Moses and his mother, Deborah Cohen. He grew up in Charleston. Raphael J. Moses Jr. (1844–1909). Penina Septima Moses Robison (1846–1921). Isabel Adeline Moses Levy (1850–1934). Israel Moses Nunez (1838–1905) died in Texas.
Death He died on October 13, 1893, in Brussels, Belgium.
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American businessman, politician (1812–1893)
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Raphael J. Moses was born on 20 January 1812 in Charleston.
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Raphael J. Moses died on 13 October 1893 in Brussels-Capital Region.
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Raphael J. Moses was a politician and lawyer.
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Raphael J. Moses was American.
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