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Benjamin MOATS

Benjamin MOATS

Male 1838 - 1904  (66 years)

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  • Name Benjamin MOATS 
    Born 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] 
    Died 1904  [1] 
    Buried 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 location,   d. 9 Mar 1876  (Age ~ 34 years) 
    Married 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 location,   d. 1882  (Age 29 years) 
    Married 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 location,   d. 24 Apr 1950  (Age 97 years)  [6] 
    Married 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, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (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] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (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.