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Hon. Daniel Moseley, judge of the Circuit Court from 1839 to 1844, was a son of Pliny Moseley, and came from Westfield, Mass., to Onondaga Valley on horseback at a very early day. He read law with Forman & Sabine, and in 1809 began the practice of his profession at the Hill, where he lived in the large dwelling house now occupied by John Q. Fellows. He was made master in chancery March 31, 1811, and admitted as counselor in the Supreme Court October 37, 1830. February 14, 1831, he was appointed clerk of Onondaga county and in November, 1832, was elected to that office, which he held until the end of the year 1825. He was admitted to the District Court of Northern New York January 39, 1833, and as solicitor and counselor in the Equity Court for the Seventh Circuit in February, 1826. In 1837 he represented his district in Onondaga county in the State Legislature. 

Judge Moseley distinguished himself in these various positions by his strict application to duty and his profound knowledge of the law. He discharged every trust with a thoroughness which won for him a warm place in the esteem and affections of his constituents. His legal attainments had attracted the attention of the 
chief officers of the commonwealth, and on January 16, 1829, Gov. Martin Van Buren appointed him judge of the Seventh Circuit of the State of New York in place of Hon. Enos T. Throop, resigned. Judge Moseley ably and conscientiously filled this position until April 7, 1844, when he was succeeded by Hon. Bowen Whiting. He died October 3, 1851, aged sixty-five years. His son, William T. Moseley, for some time a merchant at the Hill, died February 11, 1876, at the age of sixty. Another son, Charles, was a farmer two miles south of the village. Two granddaughters are living: Lucy A., wife of Dr. F. O. Donohue, of Syracuse, and Miss Alice L. 
Moseley, of Skaneateles. 

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Biography: 
Hon. Daniel Moseley, judge of the Circuit Court from 1839 to 1844, was a son of Pliny Moseley, and came from Westfield, Mass., to Onondaga Valley on horseback at a very early day. He read law with Forman & Sabine, and in 1809 began the practice of his profession at the Hill, where he lived in the large dwelling house now occupied by John Q. Fellows. He was made master in chancery March 31, 1811, and admitted as counselor in the Supreme Court October 37, 1830. February 14, 1831, he was appointed clerk of Onondaga county and in November, 1832, was elected to that office, which he held until the end of the year 1825. He was admitted to the District Court of Northern New York January 39, 1833, and as solicitor and counselor in the Equity Court for the Seventh Circuit in February, 1826. In 1837 he represented his district in Onondaga county in the State Legislature. Judge Moseley distinguished himself in these various positions by his strict application to duty and his profound knowledge of the law. He discharged every trust with a thoroughness which won for him a warm place in the esteem and affections of his constituents. His legal attainments had attracted the attention of the chief officers of the commonwealth, and on January 16, 1829, Gov. Martin Van Buren appointed him judge of the Seventh Circuit of the State of New York in place of Hon. Enos T. Throop, resigned. Judge Moseley ably and conscientiously filled this position until April 7, 1844, when he was succeeded by Hon. Bowen Whiting. He died October 3, 1851, aged sixty-five years. His son, William T. Moseley, for some time a merchant at the Hill, died February 11, 1876, at the age of sixty. Another son, Charles, was a farmer two miles south of the village. Two granddaughters are living: Lucy A., wife of Dr. F. O. Donohue, of Syracuse, and Miss Alice L. Moseley, of Skaneateles.
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Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Onondaga's Centennial: Gleanings of a Century
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Dwight H. Bruce, ed.
Publisher Location: 
Boston
Publisher Name: 
The Boston History Company
Year: 
1896
Start Page: 
172
End Page: 
173
Citation Notes: 
https://archive.org/stream/onondagascentenn02bruc/onondagascentenn02bruc_djvu.txt
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Website
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https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/167243348:60525?tid=&pid=&queryId=fab47b3e51305da437f359841e6d26e6&_phsrc=LjP82&_phstart=successSource
Title of Webpage: 
Daniel Mosely
Website Viewing Date: 
Tuesday, October 25, 2022 - 11:00
Citation Notes: 
Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
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