Ann Elizabeth Moffett1

b. 31 October 1851, d. 20 March 1880
FatherAbraham Gobble Moffett1 b. 4 Jun 1817, d. 13 Jun 1903
MotherSarah Ann Davis1 b. 22 Feb 1821 or 23 Feb 1821, d. 16 Sep 1855
Ann Elizabeth Moffett|b. 31 Oct 1851\nd. 20 Mar 1880|p22.htm|Abraham Gobble Moffett|b. 4 Jun 1817\nd. 13 Jun 1903|p16.htm|Sarah Ann Davis|b. 22 Feb 1821 or 23 Feb 1821\nd. 16 Sep 1855|p17.htm|Capt. John Moffett|b. 3 Jan 1771\nd. 25 Dec 1845|p24.htm|Isabel Davis|b. 24 Aug 1775\nd. 25 Sep 1835|p25.htm|John Davis|b. Apr 1778\nd. circa 1829|p1720.htm|Jane Ryburn|b. 8 Dec 1784 or 9 Dec 1784\nd. 17 Nov 1858|p1711.htm|
Birth31 Oct 1851 Ann Elizabeth Moffett was born on 31 Oct 1851 in Carroll County, Illinois.1 
Marriage18 Dec 1873 She married Artemus Shearer, son of Andrew Shearer and Nancy Stoops, on 18 Dec 1873 in Montgomery County, Iowa.2 
Migration1879  Ann and Artemus migrated from Iowa to Kansas about 1878 with their two children, Pearl and James, and homesteaded a claim near Logan.3 
Death20 Mar 1880 Ann died on 20 Mar 1880, four days after the birth of her third child, in Logan, Phillips County, Kansas, at age 28.4,5 
Burial She was buried at the "Old Cemetery" in Logan, Phillips County, Kansas.5 

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Ann grew up in Carroll County, Illinois. See the Carroll County map (also accessible via the Misc. Locations link in the menu bar at the top of any page).

Family

Artemus Shearer b. 31 Mar 1846, d. 25 Apr 1928
Children
ChartsDescendants (with their spouses) of William Moffett and Mary Gardner
Descendants (with their spouses) of Mathew Ryburn and Jane Beattie
Last Edited2 May 2011

Citations

  1. [S301] Clan Moffat in America Project, "Abram Gobble Moffett-#1 Sarah Ann Davis; #2 Caroline Sterne Tidd family group sheet". This is a typed family group sheet with a notation by the Clan compilers that Francis Garner Moffett (son of Abram Moffett and Sarah Davis) "made this report."
  2. [S1265] Montgomery Co., Iowa Marriage Register 1: 67. Record reports: Artemus Shearer and Elizabeth Moffett, married 18 December, 1873, by __ Wade, Minister of the Gospel of Red Oak, Iowa.
  3. [S407] Obituary of Artemus Shearer, The Logan Republican, May 3, 1928.
  4. [S1266] Statement of Artemus Shearer, dated 6 May 1898; Artemus Shearer Civil War Pension Application File; RG 15; NARA. In answer to question re former wife Artemus replied: "Yes, Ann Elizabeth Moffett, died March 20, 1880 Logan, Kansas."
  5. [S410] Phillips County Genealogical Society, Epitaphs & Inscriptions of Phillips Co., Kansas, p. 162. Stone in "the Old Cemetery", Logan, reported to read: Ann Elizabeth Shearer, d. Mar. 20, 1880, age 28 yr, 4 mo, 20 da.
  6. [S407] Obituary of Artemus Shearer, The Logan Republican, May 3, 1928; source names children from both marriages.
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