The Blue Mound Sun (Blue Mound, KS) 15 Feb 1918, Fri
(The publication of this Obituary has been delayed because of the illness of those contributing to it)

Moses Whitcomb was born June 28, 1840 in Adams Co, IL and died Dec The Blue Mound Sun (Blue Mound, KS) 15 Feb 1918, Fri
He was the son of Wyman and Lura (Brockway) Whitcomb. His father was born in Vermont in 1798; his mother in Herkemer Co, NY in 1803. This couple were married in Ohio and moved to Illinois in 1833. "The Whitcombs in America" a large book, containing the ancestry and records of this family for four hundred years on this side of the Atlantic, places Uncle Mose in the ninth generation from the American John. The grandfather of Uncle Mose voted for Washington, the second time he ran for office.

In July 1862, Moses Whitcomb was married to Miss Sarah Jane Collins. To them 8 children were born:
Lydia Caskey of Ft Scott Kansas
Miss Lizzie Mae of Steamboat Springs, CO
Mrs Ollie A West of Sand Springs, OK
Mrs Myrtle E Green of Florence, KS
Charles R Whitcomb of Bayard, KS
One child died in infancy and Nettie and Dwight each died at the age of 6 years.

Mrs. Whitcomb died in November 1884.
Sept 3, 1885, he was married to Miss Lena Charles and 9 children were born of this marriage:
Otto S Whitcomb of Bronson, KS
Mrs. Maud Fae Brodbeck of Kinsley, KS
Miss Juanita Floreine of Bronson, KS
Lela Lavell died at the age of 12 years
Clair, Elmer, Vern, Ray and Ivan Lester died in infancy.

The death of Uncle Mose marks the exit of another fearless, brave pioneer. About 1865, he went with an emigrant train, consisting of 600 men, women and children across the plains to Idaho. They started from St. Joe. The trip was fraught with much danger and excitement. The object of this expedition was to prospect for gold. In 1867, he moved his family from Illinois to Kansas and bought the farm he has since owned on the Osage River. At the time of the purchase, there was a log cabin built and a crop of wheat sown on the land. Fifty years ago, this country was new, trading points were few and far between. Lumber and all supplies were freighted by team from Kansas City and other distant points. Uncle Mose has seen these hills and valleys as they were, "fresh from the hand of God", respond to the methods of civilization for over half a century.