ELIAS MOSS, FARMER AND STOCKMAN. BORN INN PUTNAM CO. INDIANA. HIS PARENTS
IMMIGRATED TO SOUTHWEST MO., SETTLED IN JENKINS CREEK, WHERE HE LIVED UNTIL
1948. WHEN HE BECAME A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE AS A FREIGHTER. ELIAS WENT AWAY FOR
FIVE YEARS, MINING FOR GOLD, CAME BACK TO MISSOURI IN 1855, ENGAGED IN FARMING
NEAR JONES CREEK. HE MARRIED ETHALINDA WESTFALL IN 1856, AND HAD ELEVEN
CHILDREN..
DURING THE CIVIL WAR, ELIAS WAS A UNION MAN, KNOWING THE STRUGGLE WOULD BE A
BAD ONE, HE MOVED HIS FAMILY TO FT. SCOTT, KS. WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE
SEVENTH REGIMENT. SUBSEQUENTLY HE ENLISTED IN COMPANY E, OF THE FOURTEENTH
KANSAS CALVARY. HE WAS ENGAGED IN NUMEROUS BATTLES.
HE RETURNED TO HIS HOME IN JASPER CO. MO. HAVING TO REBUILD EVERYTHING
DESTROYED BY WAR. HE BEGAN FARMING AGAIN, HIS 200 ACRES ON JONES CREEK, AND
LIVED THERE UNTIL HE DIED.
CHRISTIAN WAS ORPHANED AT AGE 12. HE CAME TO UNITED STATES, LANDING IN NEW YORK
CITY, AFTER AN OCEAN VOYAGE OF 35 DAYS. GOING DIRECTLY TO OHIO, LIVING FIRST IN
TIFFIN, THEN IN SANDRUSKY. HE JOINED A PARTY BOUND FOR THE DISTANT WEST, AND
JOURNEYED WITH AN OX TEAM TO IOWA, THEN KANSAS. HE JOINED A PARTY OF GOLD
HUNTERS AND LANDED IN CALIFORNIA FOR 2 1/2 YEARS. THEN ON NORTH, ACCUMALATING
TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN GOLD. AFTER SEVERAL MORE YEARS OF EXPEDITIONS,
HE CAME TO JASPER CO. MISSOURI, AND WAS ONE IT'S MOST HONORED AND RESPECTED
CITIZENS. HE BECAME A STOCK AND GRAIN FARMER. HE WAS A REPUBLICAN.
Marriage Notes for Henry Moss and Sarah COPPLE-257361
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