Isabella Jane Moffett1

b. 23 November 1841, d. 15 November 1884
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
Birth23 Nov 1841 Isabella Jane Moffett was born on 23 Nov 1841 in Carroll County, Illinois.1 
Childhood  Isabella was the eldest in a family of 7 children. Her mother died in 1855 and although her father remarried the following year it is easy to imagine that Isabella helped care for her younger siblings.2,3 
MarriageOct 1860 She married Isaiah Miller, son of Isaac Miller and Frances Hoffer, on the 25th or 28th of Oct 1860 in Lanark, Carroll County, Illinois.4,5 
Oct 1860 She was 18 and he was 22. 
Migration  Isabella and Isaiah's first three children were born in Lanark, Illinois, however following the birth of Francis in 1866 they worked their way west across Iowa. Daughter Carrie was born in Cedar County in 1868 and daughter Nellie in Jasper County in 1872. The last 4 children, beinning with Hattie in 1874 were born in Montgomery County. 
Cens-18801880 The 1880 census recorded Isabella and Isaiah farming in Sherman township with 7 of their 8 children (daughter Hattie died in 1877 at age 3). The children ranged in age from 19 year old William to 9 month old Gracie. The older children worked on the farm and attended school.6 
  Isabella gave birth to one more child after the census was recorded: daughter Minnie, born in the fall of 1881. 
Death15 Nov 1884 Isabella died on 15 Nov 1884 in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa, at age 42.1 
Burial She was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Red Oak.7 
  Isaiah was 46 when Isabella died. Eight of the children still lived at home. They ranged in age from 20 year old Sarah to 3 year old Minnie. 

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Isabella grew up and married 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

Isaiah Miller b. 4 Jun 1838, d. 1922
Children
  • William Washington Miller8 (8 Oct 1861 - 1934)
  • Sarah Ann Miller8 (18 Jul 1864 - 18 Jun 1946)
  • Francis Garner Miller8 (2 Jun 1866 - )
  • Carrie Miller8 (11 May 1868 - )
  • Nellie Frances Miller8 (23 Sep 1870 - )
  • Emma May Miller8 (25 Sep 1872 - )
  • Hattie Belle Miller8 (25 Aug 1874 - 24 Sep 1877)
  • Charles Warren Miller8 (30 Apr 1877 - )
  • Grace N. Miller8 (20 Sep 1879 - 21 Aug 1968)
  • Minnie Inez Miller8 (20 Oct 1881 - 26 Jul 1968)
ChartsDescendants of William Moffett and Mary Gardner
Descendants of Mathew Ryburn and Jane Beattie
Last Edited4 Sep 2011

Citations

  1. [S301] Clan Moffat in America Project, "Isabella Jane Moffett-Isaiah Miller family group sheet". This family group sheet was submitted by Isaiah Miller, widower of Isabella Jane Moffett Miller.
  2. [S1029] Abram Moffett household, 1850 U.S. census, Carroll Co., Illinois, pop. sched., Cherry Grove township, p. 342 (stamped), dwelling 6, family 6, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 3 of 8. Enumeration records: Abram Moffett, 33, farmer, b. VA; Sarah A., 29, b. VA; Isabel, 9; John, 8; Francis, 6; Mary E., 4; Thomas M. 2; all children b. IL; Jane McG__, 12, b. OH.
  3. [S1030] Abram G. Moffett household, 1860 U.S. census, Carroll Co., Illinois, pop. sched., Freedom, p. 867 (added script), dwelling 303, family 293, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 9 of 22. Enumeration includes: Abram G. Moffett, 43, farmer, owns real estate: $9,340, pers. prop: $2,000, b. VA; Caroline, 25, b. VA; Isabella J., 18; Mary E., 13; Thomas M., 12; cont. p. 868: Elizabeth, 8; Evadney B., 6; all children b. IL; Asa Douglas, 18, farm laborer; Henry Staley, 20, farm laborer.
  4. [S301] Clan Moffat in America Project, "Isabella Jane Moffett-Isaiah Miller family group sheet". This family group sheet was submitted by Isaiah Miller, widower of Isabella Jane Moffett Miller. Isaiah listed his date of marriage to Isabella as 25 Oct. 1860 at Lanark, Illinois.
  5. [S1051] "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900", Illinois State Archives (http://www.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html). Index as viewed in May 2005 states: Isaah [sic] Miller and Isabella J. Moffett marr 10/28/1860 in Carroll Co., citing OMR, p. 132.
  6. [S2014] Isaaiah Miller household, 1880 U.S. cens., Montgomery Co., IA, pop. sched., Sherman twp, ED 253, page 9A (p. 422 stamped), dwelling 55, family 55, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jun 2008, image 9 of 20. Household includes Isaaiah, 42, marr, farmer, b. Maryland, parents b. same; Isabella, 39, wife, b. Il, parents b. VA; William, 19, son; Sarah, 16, dau; Frank, 14, son; Carrie, 12, dau; Nellie, 9, dau; Emma, 6, dau; Charles, 3, son; Gracie, dau, 9/12, b. Sept.; Wm, Sarah & Frank b. IL; younger children b. IA.
  7. [S2017] "Montgomery County Cemetery Records", database, USGenWeb: Iowa, Montgomery County (http://www.iagenweb.org/montgomery/cemeterycenter.htm : viewed June 2008), data for Isabella Moffett, 1841 - [no date of death].
  8. [S301] Clan Moffat in America Project, "Isabella Jane Moffett-Isaiah Miller family group sheet". This family group sheet was submitted by Isaiah Miller.