Rebecca Ellen [Pence] Moyers

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Family Pedigree

Valentin Pence, circa. 1700 - between May 25 - August 18, 1761
Anna Maria Catherine Oberlin, (?) - (?)

Henry Pence, circa. 1752 - (?)
Susannah (?), (?) - (?)

John Pence, 1786 - 1867
Anna Maria Miller, (?) - (?)

Jonathan S. Pence, 6/28/1810 - 6/2/1865
Mary "Polly" Tutwiler, circa 1815 - 1848

Rebecca E. Pence, 4/10/1847 - 1917

Rebecca E. [Pence] Moyers - Short Bio

Rebecca Pence was born April 10, 1847 in what later would become West Virginia to Jonathan S. Pence and Mary Tutwiler. Her father, Jonathan, was a native of Rockingham County, Virginia, born June 28, 1810. He died of exposure during the Civil War June 2, 1865 in Alexandria, Virginia. Rebecca's mother, Mary, was born circa 1815 in Eastern Virginia and died in 1848 in Virginia. There were two other sisters in Rebecca's family: Margaret E. and Mary V. Pence. After her father died, Rebecca soon moved with her sister, Mary, and Mary's husband, Martin Dean, to Iowa.

Rebecca married George W. E. Moyers (born April 12, 1849) on November 11, 1869 in Des Moines County, Iowa. They had ten children between 1871 and 1889.

Rebecca died in 1917 and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery near Morning Sun in Louisa County, Iowa. Her husband, George, would live until March 28, 1926. He is also buried at Elmwood.

The children of George and Rebecca Moyers were:

Samuel Lee Moyers, born March 1, 1871, Tama Township, Des Moines County, Iowa. Samuel is one of three of the children in this family who died in infancy.

Mary Lucy Moyers, born February 12, 1873, died January 12, 1958, who married George W. Dotson, who was born November 16, 1867 and died February 16, 1920. Their children were: Lee Earl Dotson (September 22, 1892 to February 2, 1970); Harry Lawrence Dotson (December 27, 1893 to October 21, 1959); Samuel David (December 29, 1894 to January 18, 1979); Ralph Thomas (December 30, 1899 to May 12, 1978); Iva Marie Dotson (August 07, 1896 - April 1985);, and Georgia Velda Dotson (February 04, 1911 to June 10, 1986).

Cora Ellen Moyers, born April 15, 1874 (or perhaps March, 1874 according to a secondary record). She married Frank Upton Hamilton, December 14, 1899, in Louisa County, Iowa. He was born March 23, 1874 in Louisa County, Iowa and died in March, 1950. Cora died October 12, 1948. Cora Ellen and Frank had one daughter, Hazel Hamilton, who was born in February 28, 1903 and died December 25, 1992.

Pearl Alfred Moyers, born December 12, 1875, in Tama Township, Des Moines County, Iowa. Pearl died June 4, 1964 in Morning Sun, Iowa. Pearl married Jessie Mae Swan (November 20, 1882-January 17, 1958) March 1, 1898 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa. They had four children: David Earl (known as "Earl"), born October 19, 1898, died January, 1981. Earl married Dorothy Mae Baird (January 9, 1899 - June 28, 1970); Floyd Alfred Moyers, born March 16, 1900, died March 22, 1918; Lottie Bernice Moyers, born April 16, 1901, died March 14, 1988. Lottie married Charles Earl ("Jack") Pilling, Jr. (December 31, 1900 - April 1982); Frances Willard Moyers, born October 7, 1907, died July 13, 1948. Frances was the wife of Earl Joseph Harrison (January 12, 1900 - August 29, 1965).

Hattie Mae Moyers, born July 18, 1876 in Tama Township, Des Moines County, Iowa. Hattie died April 7, 1918, at her home in Louisa County, of scarlet fever soon after the birth of her eleventh child. Hattie married Samuel Nathaniel Walker, October 25, 1893.

Gertie Edna Moyers, James Burton Moyers' twin, born February 4, 1883 when the family had moved to Peabody, Kansas; died June 19, 1885, in Iowa.

James Burton Moyers, born February 4, 1883, in Peabody, Marion, Kansas, died August 6, 1961. "Bert" married Nellie Laura Owens, who was born August 25, 1884 and died in April, 1969.

Edward Nelson Moyers, born March 6, 1887, in Des Moines County, Iowa, died January 4, 1948. Edward Nelson married Ruth Youngblood of Keokuk, Lee County Iowa, on January 21, 1920. She was born April 27, 1895 and died February 20, 1970 in Des Moines County, Iowa; Edward and Ruth are buried in the Kossuth Cemetery, outside of Mediapolis, Iowa. They had six children: Ethel, Lloyd A., Doyle E., Caroline (married to Charles Bailey), Mabel (married to Ernest Haines), and Elizabeth Moyers (married to Arthur Long).

An infant, born September 7, 1888, died September 12, 1888.

(Halleck) Hally Roy Moyer(s), born September 27, 1889, Des Moines County, Iowa. Hally removed the final "s" from his name and went by the name Moyer. He married Mathilda (Martha) Catherine Baxter (September 18, 1888 to May, 1977) on October 7, 1908. By 1926, Hally and his family lived in Elk River, Minnesota. Known children include Dwight B. Moyer, born August 16, 1909, died April 1986; and Hal Moyer, born November 6, 1915 and died September 30, 1999. Hally died October, 1974 in Minnesota.

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