The birth year of Samuel Moss varies widely on source documents: 1823/24 on the 1850 U.S. Census, 1821/22 on the 1860 Census, 1817/18 on the 1870 Census, 1820/21 on the 1880 Census, and 1821 on military records. His birth date is inscribed on his own headstone, on the backside of his wife's headstone, and a military probate record as September 12, 1821. --- In choosing a birth year, a determining factor is that Samuel was two years younger than his brother John Moss, who was age 28 (about 1821/22), recorded living next door to him on the 1850 U.S. Census of Bowling Green, Clay County, Indiana, the only known record of John's age. It also is the earliest census record for Samuel. For this memorial, 1823 was selected for his probable birth year.
Samuel Moss was born in Virginia according to nearly all sources. His mother appears to be Hollensbury "Holly" (née ?) Moss, who lived many years after about 1860, probably to her death in about 1873, with her daughter Anne (Moss) Fowler. Holly was recorded as head of household on the on the 1830 Census in Meherrin Parish, Brunswick, Virginia, and on the 1840 Census in Clay County, Indiana. Anne was born in Virginia and married in Bowling Green, Indiana.
Another sister, appears to be Nancy (Moss) Ray, who also was born in Virginia and is recorded living in Bowling Green on the 1860 Census. --- Samuel's father, who died in Virginia before 1830, is unknown. --- Samuel's probable relatives, George and Tabitha Moss, (who are the namesakes for Samuel Moss's first two children), were recorded on the same page of the 1850 Census of Bowling Green, Indiana, as he and his brother John.
Samuel Moss was a veteran of the Mexican American War. He mustered in when he was 22 years old, on June 23, 1846, at New Albany, Indiana, and joined the Indiana Infantry 2nd Regiment, Company C. He fought at the decisive Battle of Buena Vista (south of Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico), which engaged 20,000 soldiers on both sides. Samuel and his regiment were at the front of the assault on February 23, 1847, and he was wounded in action. He mustered out of the military in New Orleans, Louisiana, after having served exactly one year, on June 23, 1847, according to his pension file at the NARA (National Archives). --- Three of his granddaughters were given the name "Buena" or "Buena Vista" in honor of his war service.
Samuel also is a veteran of the Civil War. He mustered in, at age 42, on October 26, 1864, near the end of the conflict. He served in the Indiana 43rd Regiment, Company A, where he was a guard at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana. He mustered out on June 15, 1865, at Indianapolis, Indiana.
Samuel Moss married Sarah Alexander in Bowling Green, Clay County, Indiana, on November 11, 1847, shortly after he returned from serving in the Mexican American War, according to his Compiled Military Service File from the NARA.
Their first nine of eleven children were born in Bowling Green, Clay County, Indiana:
1.) Tabitha (1848-after 1870)
2.) George W. (1849-1928)
3.) Nancy Jane (1851-1928)
4.) John Henry (1853-after 1930)
5.) Samuel Marion (1857-1946)
6.) Lourinda C. (1860-1869)
7.) Robert B. (1863-1938)
8.) James Harvey (1864-1902)
9.) Mary Caroline (1867-1942)
He and his family left Indiana for Missouri in 1868, where two daughters were born:
10.) Rosana (1869-after 1885), and
11.) Delilah/Deliliah (1870-1959).
Samuel Moss owned 40 acres of land in the NE 1/4, of the NE 1/4 of Section 8, Township 64 North, Range 25 West of the 5th Principal Meridian, of Madison Township, Mercer County, Missouri, immediately east of the town of Dinsmore, in 1877. His neighboring landowners in Section 8 included his mother-in-law Mary (Moss) Alexander - widow of Thomas Alexander, and his brothers-in-law George W. Alexander and Henry H. Alexander. (Source: "An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Mercer County, Missouri," 1877 plat map of Madison Township, publisher: Edwards Bros. of Missouri, printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1877.)
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Note: Homer Moss, born March 1879 -- 8 years after Delilah Moss -- is not the 12th child of Samuel Moss, despite a notation that he is supposedly a "brother" of his son Samuel Marion Moss (b. 1857) according to the 1900 U.S. Census of Neosho County, Kansas. Homer Moss is, in fact, Samuel Marion Moss's own son from his first marriage to Lucetta; the same person recorded as "Omer (sic) V. Moss" (b. 1879) on the 1880 U.S. Census in the Samuel Marion Moss household.
Samuel Moss was born in Virginia according to nearly all sources. His mother appears to be Hollensbury "Holly" (née ?) Moss, who lived many years after about 1860, probably to her death in about 1873, with her daughter Anne (Moss) Fowler. Holly was recorded as head of household on the on the 1830 Census in Meherrin Parish, Brunswick, Virginia, and on the 1840 Census in Clay County, Indiana. Anne was born in Virginia and married in Bowling Green, Indiana.
Another sister, appears to be Nancy (Moss) Ray, who also was born in Virginia and is recorded living in Bowling Green on the 1860 Census. --- Samuel's father, who died in Virginia before 1830, is unknown. --- Samuel's probable relatives, George and Tabitha Moss, (who are the namesakes for Samuel Moss's first two children), were recorded on the same page of the 1850 Census of Bowling Green, Indiana, as he and his brother John.
Samuel Moss was a veteran of the Mexican American War. He mustered in when he was 22 years old, on June 23, 1846, at New Albany, Indiana, and joined the Indiana Infantry 2nd Regiment, Company C. He fought at the decisive Battle of Buena Vista (south of Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico), which engaged 20,000 soldiers on both sides. Samuel and his regiment were at the front of the assault on February 23, 1847, and he was wounded in action. He mustered out of the military in New Orleans, Louisiana, after having served exactly one year, on June 23, 1847, according to his pension file at the NARA (National Archives). --- Three of his granddaughters were given the name "Buena" or "Buena Vista" in honor of his war service.
Samuel also is a veteran of the Civil War. He mustered in, at age 42, on October 26, 1864, near the end of the conflict. He served in the Indiana 43rd Regiment, Company A, where he was a guard at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana. He mustered out on June 15, 1865, at Indianapolis, Indiana.
Samuel Moss married Sarah Alexander in Bowling Green, Clay County, Indiana, on November 11, 1847, shortly after he returned from serving in the Mexican American War, according to his Compiled Military Service File from the NARA.
Their first nine of eleven children were born in Bowling Green, Clay County, Indiana:
1.) Tabitha (1848-after 1870)
2.) George W. (1849-1928)
3.) Nancy Jane (1851-1928)
4.) John Henry (1853-after 1930)
5.) Samuel Marion (1857-1946)
6.) Lourinda C. (1860-1869)
7.) Robert B. (1863-1938)
8.) James Harvey (1864-1902)
9.) Mary Caroline (1867-1942)
He and his family left Indiana for Missouri in 1868, where two daughters were born:
10.) Rosana (1869-after 1885), and
11.) Delilah/Deliliah (1870-1959).
Samuel Moss owned 40 acres of land in the NE 1/4, of the NE 1/4 of Section 8, Township 64 North, Range 25 West of the 5th Principal Meridian, of Madison Township, Mercer County, Missouri, immediately east of the town of Dinsmore, in 1877. His neighboring landowners in Section 8 included his mother-in-law Mary (Moss) Alexander - widow of Thomas Alexander, and his brothers-in-law George W. Alexander and Henry H. Alexander. (Source: "An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Mercer County, Missouri," 1877 plat map of Madison Township, publisher: Edwards Bros. of Missouri, printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1877.)
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Note: Homer Moss, born March 1879 -- 8 years after Delilah Moss -- is not the 12th child of Samuel Moss, despite a notation that he is supposedly a "brother" of his son Samuel Marion Moss (b. 1857) according to the 1900 U.S. Census of Neosho County, Kansas. Homer Moss is, in fact, Samuel Marion Moss's own son from his first marriage to Lucetta; the same person recorded as "Omer (sic) V. Moss" (b. 1879) on the 1880 U.S. Census in the Samuel Marion Moss household.
The birth year of Samuel Moss varies widely on source documents: 1823/24 on the 1850 U.S. Census, 1821/22 on the 1860 Census, 1817/18 on the 1870 Census, 1820/21 on the 1880 Census, and 1821 on military records. His birth date is inscribed on his own headstone, on the backside of his wife's headstone, and a military probate record as September 12, 1821. --- In choosing a birth year, a determining factor is that Samuel was two years younger than his brother John Moss, who was age 28 (about 1821/22), recorded living next door to him on the 1850 U.S. Census of Bowling Green, Clay County, Indiana, the only known record of John's age. It also is the earliest census record for Samuel. For this memorial, 1823 was selected for his probable birth year.
Samuel Moss was born in Virginia according to nearly all sources. His mother appears to be Hollensbury "Holly" (née ?) Moss, who lived many years after about 1860, probably to her death in about 1873, with her daughter Anne (Moss) Fowler. Holly was recorded as head of household on the on the 1830 Census in Meherrin Parish, Brunswick, Virginia, and on the 1840 Census in Clay County, Indiana. Anne was born in Virginia and married in Bowling Green, Indiana.
Another sister, appears to be Nancy (Moss) Ray, who also was born in Virginia and is recorded living in Bowling Green on the 1860 Census. --- Samuel's father, who died in Virginia before 1830, is unknown. --- Samuel's probable relatives, George and Tabitha Moss, (who are the namesakes for Samuel Moss's first two children), were recorded on the same page of the 1850 Census of Bowling Green, Indiana, as he and his brother John.
Samuel Moss was a veteran of the Mexican American War. He mustered in when he was 22 years old, on June 23, 1846, at New Albany, Indiana, and joined the Indiana Infantry 2nd Regiment, Company C. He fought at the decisive Battle of Buena Vista (south of Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico), which engaged 20,000 soldiers on both sides. Samuel and his regiment were at the front of the assault on February 23, 1847, and he was wounded in action. He mustered out of the military in New Orleans, Louisiana, after having served exactly one year, on June 23, 1847, according to his pension file at the NARA (National Archives). --- Three of his granddaughters were given the name "Buena" or "Buena Vista" in honor of his war service.
Samuel also is a veteran of the Civil War. He mustered in, at age 42, on October 26, 1864, near the end of the conflict. He served in the Indiana 43rd Regiment, Company A, where he was a guard at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana. He mustered out on June 15, 1865, at Indianapolis, Indiana.
Samuel Moss married Sarah Alexander in Bowling Green, Clay County, Indiana, on November 11, 1847, shortly after he returned from serving in the Mexican American War, according to his Compiled Military Service File from the NARA.
Their first nine of eleven children were born in Bowling Green, Clay County, Indiana:
1.) Tabitha (1848-after 1870)
2.) George W. (1849-1928)
3.) Nancy Jane (1851-1928)
4.) John Henry (1853-after 1930)
5.) Samuel Marion (1857-1946)
6.) Lourinda C. (1860-1869)
7.) Robert B. (1863-1938)
8.) James Harvey (1864-1902)
9.) Mary Caroline (1867-1942)
He and his family left Indiana for Missouri in 1868, where two daughters were born:
10.) Rosana (1869-after 1885), and
11.) Delilah/Deliliah (1870-1959).
Samuel Moss owned 40 acres of land in the NE 1/4, of the NE 1/4 of Section 8, Township 64 North, Range 25 West of the 5th Principal Meridian, of Madison Township, Mercer County, Missouri, immediately east of the town of Dinsmore, in 1877. His neighboring landowners in Section 8 included his mother-in-law Mary (Moss) Alexander - widow of Thomas Alexander, and his brothers-in-law George W. Alexander and Henry H. Alexander. (Source: "An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Mercer County, Missouri," 1877 plat map of Madison Township, publisher: Edwards Bros. of Missouri, printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1877.)
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Note: Homer Moss, born March 1879 -- 8 years after Delilah Moss -- is not the 12th child of Samuel Moss, despite a notation that he is supposedly a "brother" of his son Samuel Marion Moss (b. 1857) according to the 1900 U.S. Census of Neosho County, Kansas. Homer Moss is, in fact, Samuel Marion Moss's own son from his first marriage to Lucetta; the same person recorded as "Omer (sic) V. Moss" (b. 1879) on the 1880 U.S. Census in the Samuel Marion Moss household.
Samuel Moss was born in Virginia according to nearly all sources. His mother appears to be Hollensbury "Holly" (née ?) Moss, who lived many years after about 1860, probably to her death in about 1873, with her daughter Anne (Moss) Fowler. Holly was recorded as head of household on the on the 1830 Census in Meherrin Parish, Brunswick, Virginia, and on the 1840 Census in Clay County, Indiana. Anne was born in Virginia and married in Bowling Green, Indiana.
Another sister, appears to be Nancy (Moss) Ray, who also was born in Virginia and is recorded living in Bowling Green on the 1860 Census. --- Samuel's father, who died in Virginia before 1830, is unknown. --- Samuel's probable relatives, George and Tabitha Moss, (who are the namesakes for Samuel Moss's first two children), were recorded on the same page of the 1850 Census of Bowling Green, Indiana, as he and his brother John.
Samuel Moss was a veteran of the Mexican American War. He mustered in when he was 22 years old, on June 23, 1846, at New Albany, Indiana, and joined the Indiana Infantry 2nd Regiment, Company C. He fought at the decisive Battle of Buena Vista (south of Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico), which engaged 20,000 soldiers on both sides. Samuel and his regiment were at the front of the assault on February 23, 1847, and he was wounded in action. He mustered out of the military in New Orleans, Louisiana, after having served exactly one year, on June 23, 1847, according to his pension file at the NARA (National Archives). --- Three of his granddaughters were given the name "Buena" or "Buena Vista" in honor of his war service.
Samuel also is a veteran of the Civil War. He mustered in, at age 42, on October 26, 1864, near the end of the conflict. He served in the Indiana 43rd Regiment, Company A, where he was a guard at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana. He mustered out on June 15, 1865, at Indianapolis, Indiana.
Samuel Moss married Sarah Alexander in Bowling Green, Clay County, Indiana, on November 11, 1847, shortly after he returned from serving in the Mexican American War, according to his Compiled Military Service File from the NARA.
Their first nine of eleven children were born in Bowling Green, Clay County, Indiana:
1.) Tabitha (1848-after 1870)
2.) George W. (1849-1928)
3.) Nancy Jane (1851-1928)
4.) John Henry (1853-after 1930)
5.) Samuel Marion (1857-1946)
6.) Lourinda C. (1860-1869)
7.) Robert B. (1863-1938)
8.) James Harvey (1864-1902)
9.) Mary Caroline (1867-1942)
He and his family left Indiana for Missouri in 1868, where two daughters were born:
10.) Rosana (1869-after 1885), and
11.) Delilah/Deliliah (1870-1959).
Samuel Moss owned 40 acres of land in the NE 1/4, of the NE 1/4 of Section 8, Township 64 North, Range 25 West of the 5th Principal Meridian, of Madison Township, Mercer County, Missouri, immediately east of the town of Dinsmore, in 1877. His neighboring landowners in Section 8 included his mother-in-law Mary (Moss) Alexander - widow of Thomas Alexander, and his brothers-in-law George W. Alexander and Henry H. Alexander. (Source: "An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Mercer County, Missouri," 1877 plat map of Madison Township, publisher: Edwards Bros. of Missouri, printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1877.)
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Note: Homer Moss, born March 1879 -- 8 years after Delilah Moss -- is not the 12th child of Samuel Moss, despite a notation that he is supposedly a "brother" of his son Samuel Marion Moss (b. 1857) according to the 1900 U.S. Census of Neosho County, Kansas. Homer Moss is, in fact, Samuel Marion Moss's own son from his first marriage to Lucetta; the same person recorded as "Omer (sic) V. Moss" (b. 1879) on the 1880 U.S. Census in the Samuel Marion Moss household.
Inscription
"SAM [UEL MO] SS, BORN, Sep. 12, 1821. DIED, May 22, 1887."
"Our father and mother are gone,
They lie beneath the soil,
Dear parents tho we miss you much,
We know you rest with God"
Inscription for Samuel Moss on the adjacent marker of his wife, Sarah Moss:
"SAMUEL MOSS
DIED, May 22, 1887
AGED 65 Y. 8 M. 10 D."
"Rest soldier, rest, thy warfare o'er,
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking,
Dream of battlefields no more,
Days of danger, nights of waking."
--- from the opening stanza of "The Soldier's Rest" by Sir Walter Scott (from his poem "The Lady of the Lake," 1810), found in McGuffey's Reader, a 19th C. schoolbook
Gravesite Details
The top one-third of his headstone is broken-off and his name is only partially legible. Note: His name and dates also are inscribed on the back of the marker of his wife, Sarah (Alexander) Moss, to the right of his stone along Garden Street
Family Members
Children
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