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Benjamin MOATS

Benjamin MOATS

Male 1838 - 1904  (66 years)


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  • Name Benjamin MOATS
    Birth 1838  Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Military Co K, 10th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  [3] 
    Residence Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 1904  [1] 
    Burial IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I43836  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 24 Aug 2010

    Father Jacob MOATS,   b. Mar 1799   d. 8 Jan 1885 (Age ~ 85 years)
    Mother Mary Elizabeth STARR,   b. 5 May 1805   d. 25 Mar 1873 (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F18650  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary I. PIERPOINT,   b. CA 1842, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1876 (Age ~ 34 years)
    Marriage 13 Oct 1864  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F18651  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth Featherland MORTON,   b. 1853, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1882 (Age 29 years)
    Marriage 12 Sep 1878  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F18653  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Amanda M. LOWTHER,   b. 30 Apr 1852, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Apr 1950 (Age 97 years)  [6]
    Marriage 10 Oct 1883  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F17712  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    2. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    3. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    4. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Benjamin Moats, 26, b. Wood Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Jacob & Mary; and Mary I. Pierpoint, 22, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Z. M. & Martha. Married Oct 13 1864.

    5. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Benjamin Moats, widowed, 40, b. Wood Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Jacob & Mary; and Eliza F. Morton, 25, b. Pennsylvania, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Robert & Elizabeth. Married Sep 12 1878.

    6. [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 270.

    7. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Benjamin Moats, widowed, 45, of Ritchie Co; and Amanda Lowther, 31, of Ritchie Co. Married Oct 10 1883.