Ia tusi se faaauauga o lenei palakalafa - Na fanau Moore i Norristown, Pennsylvania iā Tesema 25, 1810. Sa auai o ia i aʻoga tumaoti mo se taimi puupuu, ma amata loa ona auai i pisinisi faapisinisi, ma mulimuli ane i fale uʻamea. Na siitia atu o ia i New Jersey i le 1845 ma nofo ai i Atlantic County, New Jersey i Weymouth Furnace poʻo Weymouth Works i Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey, o loʻo galue o se pule mo Stephen Colwell. Na auai o ia i le pisinisi uʻamea i inā, ma na fiafia foʻi i le fausiaina ma le folau o vaa ma le atinaʻeina o faletupe ma isi faalapotopotoga tau tupe. Na avea o ia ma faamasino i le Faamasinoga o Faamasinoga Lautele mo le Itumalo o Atalani mai le 1855 i le 1865. O ia o se tasi o ē na faavaeina le vaega o le Republican Party ma o se sui o le 1856 Republican National Convention
. Na siitia atu o ia i Mays Landing, i New Jersey i le 1865 ma auai ai i le pisinisi o le fausiaina o vaa, i teugatupe, ma le alamanuia o le uʻamea.