John Trotwood Moore

John Trotwood Moore
Born	John Moore, Jr. August 26, 1858 Marion, Alabama, U.S.
Died	May 10, 1929 (aged 70) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Resting place	Mount Olivet Cemetery
Alma mater	Howard College
Occupations	Journalist historian novelist
Spouses	Florence W. Allen Mary Brown Daniel
Children	1 son (Merrill Moore), 2 daughters
Parent(s)	John Moore Emily Moore
Relatives	Whitefoord Russell Cole (son-in-law's father)

John Trotwood Moore (1858–1929) was an American journalist, writer and local historian. He was the author of many poems, short stories and novels. He served as the State Librarian and Archivist of Tennessee from 1919 to 1929. He created Moore Academy in Pine Apple, Alabama in 1883. He was "an apologist for the Old South",^[1] and a proponent of lynching.