Ann Elizabeth Moffett1
b. 31 October 1851, d. 20 March 1880
Birth | 31 Oct 1851 | Ann Elizabeth Moffett was born on 31 Oct 1851 in Carroll County, Illinois.1 |
Marriage | 18 Dec 1873 | She married Artemus Shearer, son of Andrew Shearer and Nancy Stoops, on 18 Dec 1873 in Montgomery County, Iowa.2 |
Migration | 1879 | Ann and Artemus migrated from Iowa to Kansas about 1878 with their two children, Pearl and James, and homesteaded a claim near Logan.3 |
Death | 20 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 |
Family | Artemus Shearer b. 31 Mar 1846, d. 25 Apr 1928 |
Children | |
Citations
- [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."
- [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.
- [S407] Obituary of Artemus Shearer, The Logan Republican, May 3, 1928.
- [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."
- [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.
- [S407] Obituary of Artemus Shearer, The Logan Republican, May 3, 1928; source names children from both marriages.