Beauregard Fitzhugh Moseley[a] (1868 - December 1, 1919) was a lawyer, mayor, community leader, baseball team co-founder and executive in Chicago. He and Robert R. Jackson founded the Leland Giants.
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He was born 1868 in Lincolnton, Georgia where he also received a basic education.[2] He taught in schools for a number of years before moving to New Orleans where he studied law and became engaged with politics.[2]
He married Miss Carrie Hammond with whom he had two children in New Orleans and two more in Chicago.[2] They had moved from New Orleans to Montreal in 1891 before moving to the warmer climate of Chicago.[2]
Moseley started a newspaper called the Weekly Republic in Chicago which he published until September 1, 1898 when he was admitted to the bar for both Illinois and federal courts.[2] He started his own law practice in Englewood, Chicago with a mostly white clientele and was successful enough to build a new home for his family and buy other property.[2]
He was elected the first mayor of the Idlewild, Michigan which was a new African-American vacation location.[2]
Moseley helped co-found the Leland Giants baseball club.[2]
He died December 1, 1919 at Fort Dearborn Hospital after catching influenza.[2] He was survived by his wife Carrie Moseley and a daughter who were both present when he passed.[2]
