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being a relief to all the family, In that year he returned to Bath, 
and was married by Dr. Binney at the Weigh House Chapel in 
London, since pulled down, to Eliza Deare, of 6, Widcombe 
Crescent, who now survives him. A fortunate marriage for him, 
affording him leisure and means to pursue his favourite study ;. 
giving him also a locus standi in the city, which henceforth 
became his home, and the scenes of his active city life, as well 
as the centre of his geological pursuits ! 
Such are a few of the details of his early life, for which I am 
indebted to an old resident in Bath (Mrs. Jeffery) who in past. 
days was acquainted with the Moore family at Ilminster. It may 
be of interest to add here that the Moore family had musical 
talent ; the grandfather, described as “a fine specimen of an 
upright straightforward man,” played the bass viol in the 
Unitarian Congregation, and the whole family seem to have taken 
up some instrument or other; Charles played the flute and led 
the choir in Trim Street Chapel for some time, so long as his voice 
served him, while his youngest sister occasionally sang at the Pump. 
Room Concerts in Bath. During his connection with Mr. Meyler, 
he was a regular Sunday School teacher and a most regular and 
constant attendant at the Chapel, morning and evening in all 
weathers (so long as his health permitted), and an active helper 
in various organisations connected with that body. The same 
energy that he showed in all his pursuits in life was conspicuous 
in his politics. Wherever there was a party conflict, Charles 
Moore was in the thick of the fight, and always on the Radical 
side. 
But let us pass over his politics and consider that scientific side 
of his character which has rendered him so famous, and entitled 
him to the well-known and well-earned position of the foremost. 
geologist of Somerset, and one of the foremost in England. 
Possibly his environment may have served in no small degree to 
mould his tastes. To an enquiring spirit like his, the surround- 
ings of his native town must have afforded many an occasion of 
