Jordan and Eliza's daughter, Melissa J. Lakin, was born in 1842 in Greene County, Illinois and died on July 3, 1906, at age 64. Melissa married Thomas A. Kelly on May 29, 1868, in Greene County, Illinois.
John Jacob Lakin was born on September 10, 1842 in Greene County, Illinois, died on April 25, 1913 in Doniphan County, Kansas, at age 70, and was buried on April 27, 1913 in Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas. John married Anna Emzy Norman on March 10, 1872 in Missouri. Anna was born on September 10, 1854 in Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, died at age 74 on August 1, 1929 in Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, and was buried in Belmont Cemetery, Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas.
Austin J. Lakin was born in 1844 and died on July 24, 1871 (or possibly 1880). Austin married Sarah Ellison on November 13, 1866 in Greene County, Illinois. Sarah was born in 1844 and died on September 17, 1872, at age 28.
Judge Leander R. Lakin was born on December 17, 1847 died on October 22, 1897, at age 49, and was buried in Hopewell Cemetery. Before he was elected to the bench, Leander had been a farmer. His "political" career began in 1873 when he was elected County Clerk of Greene County. In 1882 he was elected a judge. A biography written after his death, when speaking of his mother, had these kind words say about her: "Leander's mother, a daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Rogers) Myers (Moyers), died May 30, 1860. She was known for her gentleness of disposition and her kindness to the poor and needy, and was beloved by all who knew her." Leander married Henrietta Sayles Brace, the daughter of Dr. Brace and Emily Sayles, on November 28, 1874 in Greene County, Illinois. They had five children: Leela, Jordan, Jesse, Eliza, and Emily Lakin. Leela Lakin was born in December 1875, died in August 1877, at age 1, and was buried in Carrollton Cemetery, Greene County, Illinois. Jordan Lakin, Leander's son, was born in December 1879.
Jordan and Eliza (Myers) Lakin's daughter, Sarah E. Lakin, was born in 1849 in Greene County, Illinois and died at age 2 on July 22, 1851, and is buried in Hopewell Cemetery.
Mary A. Lakin was born on March 28, 1851 in Greene County, Illinois and died on March 3, 1920, at age 68.
Harriet N. Lakin was born on August 13, 1855 (possibly 1853) in Greene County, Illinois, died on November 1, 1860, at age 5, and was buried in Hopewell Cemetery.
Georgia O. Lakin was born on October 6, 1855 in Greene County, Illinois, died on February 4, 1862, at age 6, and was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Greene County, Illinois.
Lutitia Lulu Lakin was born in 1859 in Greene County, Illinois. Lutitia married Louis F. Gimmy on March 17, 1886 in Greene County, Illinois.
Eliza F. Lakin was born on February 3, 1860 (or possibly 1861) in Greene County, Illinois, died on July 16, 1861, at age 1, and was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Greene County, Illinois.
My great grandfather, George Washington Earl Moyers, was the eldest son born to Sam and Lucy Moyers. He was a native to Iowa, born April 12, 1849 in Sperry. Little known record remains of his early life, but he no doubt learned the skills of farming as a boy, and used these throughout his career in that profession.
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Rebecca Ellen Pence, apparently also called "Roberta," the wife of George Moyers, did not have a storybook childhood. She was born April 10, 1847 in Virginia, the daughter of Jonathan S. Pence and Mary Tutwiler. The Pence family were probably German in origin, Jonathan's great grandfather, Valentin, was most likely in Germany in the year 1700. He died in Virginia in 1761. Mary Tutwiler, Rebecca's mother, was from a family that was Swiss in origin and from the area around Zürich, the family name having been spelled Duttweiler or Dutwyler while still in Europe. Jonathan and Mary Tutwiler Pence were both natives of the eastern part of Virginia but they had moved to what would become West Virginia to raise their family. Rebecca's mother, Mary Tutwiler, died in 1848, the year after Rebecca's birth. Her father joined the Third Virginia Volunteer Army (of the north) during the Civil War and died at age 55 in 1865 from exposure near or in Alexandria, Virginia. Barely 18 years old, Rebecca found herself an orphan with two older, married sisters. Her sister, Margaret Pence, was married to Daniel Shumacher in 1855, and her sister Mary had married Martin Dean in 1862 (Martin was the first cousin once removed of Lucinda Hopkins "Deen", the wife of Samuel Nelson Moyers, so in fact Rebecca's future husband, George W. E. Moyers, was her brother-in-law Martin's second cousin). In 1866 after the end of the Civil War, Martin and Mary (Pence) Dean moved from West Virginia to Iowa, and Mary's sister, Rebecca, accompanied them. The Deans went on to live in Cass County by the year 1880 or sooner, but Rebecca remained in Des Moines County, having married George Moyers on November 11, 1869, in Burlington, with Squire Willcox officiating. They began life together farming in Des Moines County.
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George and Rebecca, who were both members of the Methodist Protestant Church, had ten children: their oldest child, 1Samuel Lee, died in infancy. He was born March 1, 1871 and died April 5, 1872, both in Des Moines County. He was buried in the Loper Cemetery; 2Mary Lucinda Moyers, who was known as "Lu," married George Workman Dotson; 3Pearl Alfred Moyers, who was known as "P. A.," was the husband of Jessie Mae Swan; 4Hattie Mae Moyers or "Harriett," who married Samuel Nathaniel Walker; 5Cora Ellen Moyers married Frank Upton Hamilton; 6James Burton Moyers known as "Burt," who married Nellie Owens; 7daughter Gertie Edna, who was born February 4, 1883 in Peabody, Kansas and died June 19, 1885 (or possibly earlier: she was not listed in the 1885 Iowa census which was apparently taken January 1). Gertie is buried at Loper Cemetery; 8Edward Nelson Moyers, known as "Ed" or possibly "Edwin," who married Ruth Youngberg; 9the second youngest child, who died in infancy, born and died September 7, 1888 in Iowa, buried at Loper Cemetery, he has no known name; and 10Halleck Roy, who was known as "Hal" or "Hally." He married Mathilda Catherine ("Martha") Baxter, whose sister, Edith Baxter, was the wife of Oscar B. Dotson, who had numerous children, two of whom (Ted and Verona) married children of Sam Walker and his wife, Hattie Mae Moyers.
Hally eventually dropped the "s" off the end of his Moyers name and became a Moyer.
The family of George Moyers didn't remain in Iowa all their lives. They moved to Peabody, Kansas in about 1880 and were there about four years. Rebecca and George's twins, James Burton and his sister, Gertie, were born while the family lived there. The exact date they moved has been hard to pinpoint, but by 1885, after George's father, Sam, had retired, they had returned to Iowa and were living on his property in Mediapolis. Between 1885 and 1895 they moved to property near Newport in Louisa County, where George remained until he retired in 1912. Rebecca died on March 30, 1919 in Morning Sun; by 1918, George had moved to Mediapolis. He was also listed in the 1920 census at that location. His father, Sam, who had his retirement property in Mediapolis, died that year, and George was living at Sam's home with his own second youngest son, Edward Nelson Moyers, who would marry in 1920 and start his own family. Perhaps George remained in Mediapolis until age made it impossible for him to live unassisted, although I am not sure of this. His final home was in Burlington with his daughter, Mary Lucinda (Moyers) Dotson, and George died at her home at age 76 after a short illness on March 28, 1926. He, as well as his wife, Rebecca (Pence) Moyers, are buried in Elmwood Cemetery near Morning Sun.
Sarah Elizabeth (or possibly Sarah Ellen) Moyers was born in Iowa on August 30, 1850, died in Iowa at age 30 on June 22, 1881, and was buried in the Loper Cemetery in Franklin Township. She was the third of four children born to Sam and Lucinda Moyers.
Sarah married James Wilbur Larkin, the son of Elias M. Larkin, a native of Connecticut, and Clarissa Loper, who was born in Pennsylvania. Their wedding was December 19, 1871 at her (presumably father's) home in Iowa, the Reverend M. See officiating. James Larkin, the bridegroom, was born on October 2, 1851 in Des Moines County, died at age 68 on December 7, 1919 in New London, and was buried in the Loper Cemetery.
James and Sarah had five children. Their oldest son was Adolphus Lee Larkin, who was called by his middle name, "Lee." He married Pearl Shepherd; the other children of James and Sarah were Nora Olive Larkin, who married Wiley E. Cunningham; Abigail Blanche Larkin, called, "Blanche," the wife of Ira David Marshall; Samuel W. Larkin, who married Bessie Helverson; and Bert James Larkin, who married Ethel L. McAllister.
Jacob N. Moyers was the youngest son and the youngest child born to Sam and Lucy Moyers. He was born November 4, 1852 in Des Moines County, and was still living in 1897. The exact date of his death is unknown, though it may be that he died and was buried in the area of Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa. Jacob's second wife, Kate, was from that area.
Jacob first married Emma (her name is possibly "Anna") Elizabeth Swank, with the Reverend M. Bamford officiating, September 13, 1877 in Huron Township, Des Moines County. Emma was born on February 8, 1855, died on February 6, 1880, and was buried in the Loper Cemetery. Jacob and she had one child, Lillian B. Moyers, "Lilly," born in October, 1879. In 1880 after Emma's death at age 24, Lilly was not living with her father Jacob; evidently a friend or family member was caring for her. In 1900 she lived with Sam N. Moyers. By 1910 Sam lived with Lilly and her husband, Henry Giertz, in Illinois.
Jacob's second wife was Kate A. Stanley, whom he married September 6, 1881 in Oskaloosa, with the Reverend T. Ballenger officiating. Kate was born in 1862/63 in Mahaska County. I believe her parents were Charles and Emily Stanley, though I have not verified this. Jacob and Kate had three children: Alpha V. Moyers, born in about 1883. She married Edwin Cox on April 18, 1901 in Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas; Maude C. Moyers, born in 1885 in Des Moines County, and Stanley Moyers. In the state of Iowa census of 1885 it seems Lilly was still not living with Jacob and his new wife.
By the year 1897 when a biography was written about his father, Sam Moyers, Jacob and Kate Moyers were living in Kate's home area of Oskaloosa. By 1900, Jacob N. Moyers was still listed as married, but living in Des Moines County with Sam and Lucinda. Also living with Sam and Lucy in that census were Lillian Moyers (as stated above), Jacob's daughter by his first marriage, Stanley Moyers, Jacob's son, and Lee Larkin, who was Sam's grandson via his daughter Sarah Elizabeth Moyers, who was married to James Wilbur Larkin.
Lawson T. Rexroat was born on July 5, 1851 (possibly 1852, or even July 5, 1854) in Des Moines County, died at age 66 in 1917 in McDonough County, Illinois, and was buried in Pennington Cemetery, New Salem Township, McDonough County, Illinois. When only a toddler, Lawson's father and mother left Iowa for McDonough County, and there Lawson would grow to manhood and spend his life except for the years between 1882 and 1884 when he moved to Morgan County, Illinois, which was the county where his wife was born.
Lawson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church (or possibly United Brethren Church--there is conflicting information in separate biographies). He was a Republican and served in many county offices, including Township Assessor, County Supervisor for one term, Road Commissioner one term, School Director one term, and School Trustee several terms. Other organizations to which he belonged were the AF&AM, MWA, and Mystic Workers.
Lawson married Mintie Alice Rexroat (who used her middle name), the daughter of Zachariah Rexroat, a native of Kentucky, and Sarah Bristow, who was a native of Indiana, on September 2, 1875 in Morgan County, Illinois. Alice was born in 1856 in Morgan County. After the marriage, Lawson bought 160 acres of land in Scotland Township, and this eventually expanded to a farm of 320 acres, where, through much hard work which all farmers must suffer, much livestock was raised and grain, mostly corn, was grown.
Lawson and Mintie Rexroat had five children: Lela S. Rexroat was born in about 1878. She married Albert Burnham. The other children were Alta J. Rexroat; Sarah Rexroat; Harvey Earl Rexroat, who was born unknown and died on May 18, 1880; and Carrie Rexroat.
Winfield F. Rexroat was born in 1856 in McDonough County, Illinois and died in 1926, at age 70. On December 13, 1876, Winfield married Minnie Ripp in McDonough County, Illinois. Minnie was born in 1857 in Indiana and died at age 59 in 1916 in Morgan County, Illinois. They had one child, Leoni Rexroat, who was born in 1879.
William Henry Rexroat, the fifth of twelve children born (and thirteen total, including the adopted daughter, Lillie) of James Morris and Susannah Jane Rexroat, was born December 10, 1859 in McDonough County, Illinois and died at age 57 May 15, 1917.
William married Mary F. Landis in McDonough County on November 10, 1880 (or possibly in November 1881 or even October 10, 1880). Mary was born on September 21, 1862 in Schuyler County, Illinois and died at age 98 on May 5, 1961 in Kansas City, Missouri.
William and Mary returned to Illinois and were farmers in Scotland Township of McDonough County, after first moving to Saline County, Nebraska, where William's father, James, owned land. While in Nebraska, they built a house, farmed several years, and then traded the farm for a livery barn in the Nebraska town of Wilbur. Several years later, they sold that business, too, and returned to Illinois, where first they farmed in Industry Township before settling back in the Rexroat homeland of Scotland Township.
The Rexroats had two children, Everett Arthur Rexroat and Bertha Sarah Kirkpatrick.
Everett Arthur Rexroat was born on February 3, 1883 in Scotland Township, McDonough County, Illinois and died at age 83 on December 10, 1966.
Bertha Sarah Rexroat was born on August 10, 1886 in Saline County, Nebraska and died in Kansas City, Missouri. She married James Garfield Kirkpatrick on May 24, 1905 in Saline County, Nebraska. James was born on December 26, 1879 in Macomb, Illinois, died at age 86 on November 29, 1966 in Nevada, Missouri, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Macomb. They had two children, Dale Melvin and Clarence Lane Kirkpatrick.
Dale Melvin Kirkpatrick Sr. was born on April 29, 1908 in Macomb, Illinois and died at age 62 on March 18, 1971 in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas.
Dale married Parma Dixon Leinbach. Parma was born on July 1, 1908 in Onaga, Pottawatomie County, Kansas (or possibly Oklahoma) and died in July 1987 in Fresno County, California, at age 79. They had three children: a stillborn infant, David Melvin Kirkpatrick Jr., and Rosemary Bertha Kirkpatrick, who married James Grimes.
David Melvin Kirkpatrick Jr., married Barbara Nevon Wyant and they have three children: Marshall Lane Kirkpatrick; Amy Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, who married Daniel Hoglund and has a son, Jordan Lane Hoglund; and Neil McKennon Kirkpatrick.
Bertha Sarah Rexroat and James Garfield Kirkpatrick's son, Clarence Lane Kirkpatrick, married Mary Gilkerson.
Bertha Sarah Rexroat had a second husband, Jonathan Bourke.
Jordan H. Rexroat was born on April 24, 1862 in Macomb, Illinois. J. H. married Viola A. Greenup on October 24, 1883 in McDonough County. She was the daughter of William Butler Greenup of Kentucky and Emily Josephine Johnson. Viola was born February 10, 1867 in McDonough County. Jordan and Viola fist left the county to farm in Clay County, Nebraska, but after several years they returned to Illinois, and eventually were farming on 350 acres in Emmet Township of McDonough County.
Jordan was staunchly Republican in politics, and served two years as Supervisor of Emmet Township. He also belonged to the Masons, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Modern Woodmen of America.
Jordan and Viola Rexroat had eight children: Lewis, Ruby, Leroy, Lee, Mae, Ethel, Bessie, and James Rexroat.
Tellus (seen spelled several ways, including Tellous and Teleous) C. Rexroat was born in 1865, died at age 61 in 1926, and was buried in Pennington Cemetery, New Salem Township, McDonough County, Illinois.
Tellus married Linnie Chandler on December 5, 1886 in McDonough County, Illinois. Linnie was born in 1869 and died in 1925, at age 56. They had one child, Florence May Rexroat. She was born in 1888 and died at age 29 in 1917 in McDonough County.
(Edgar) Lee Rexroat was born on May 8, 1872 in McDonough County, Illinois. In that county on May 17, 1895, he married Ellena Curnow, the daughter of Richard Curnow, who had interests in the mining business, and Sarah Haddock, both parents being native to England. Ellena was born of McDonough County after they immigrated. She and Lee had two children, Delbert and Dale.
By 1904, Lee was the sole owner of a general livery and feed business in Macomb, a business he originally partnered with a Mr. Oliver Thompson. Lee also kept horses, probably a love learned while growing up with his father, who was known for his quality horse stock. Lee was a Republican as were the other Rexroat family members, as well he was a member of the MWA fraternity.
William Edward Moyers was born in January 1859 in Iowa, and died while squirrel hunting in 1939 in New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois. In 1900 he worked as a fisherman and lived in Burlington, Iowa, and according to the census of that year he was unable to read and write.
On May 11, 1889, William married Ida Lillian Emmerson in Des Moines County. She was the daughter of Samuel Emmerson and Sarah Plow, who were native to New York and Ohio respectively. Ida was born in December 1870 in Burlington, and died at age 76 in 1946. In the year 1900, William's father, Harrison Moyers, who was divorced from his wife, Sarah, was living with William and Ida in Burlington. By 1920, William was living with his son, Elmer, and his wife, Bessie, and Ida was not living with them.
William and Ida (Emmerson) Moyers had nine children, who were: 1Charles Henry Moyers Sr., who married Myrtle Erma Fender; 2Ruth Elenora Moyers, who was born about 1890 and died before 1900; 3Lula Moyers, who was born about 1890. She married George Catterton, who was also born in about 1890 and they had six children: George, Margaret, Happy, Lillian, David J., and Floyd E. Catterton; 4Walter R. Moyers, who was born in August 1891 in Iowa; 5Sue Edna Moyers, born in July 1893; 6William Wesley Moyer (he removed the final "s" from Moyers), who married Inice Pearl Long; 7Horace Albert or "Elmer" Moyers, who married Bessie Burtalo; 8Saurs (?) E. Moyers, born March 1900; and 9Dora Moyers, born March 27, 1905.
Enos Wesley Moyers Sr., a son of Harrison Moyers, was born in April 1871 in Iowa. He worked as a fisherman in Burlington in 1900. Enos married a woman named Emma. Emma was born in April 1877 in Illinois, and apparently died before 1920. They had at least five children: Sara S. Moyers, who was born in September 1895 in Iowa; Martha R. Moyers, who was born in September 1897 in Iowa; Mary Agnes Moyers, who was born in October 1899 in Iowa; Rosa Moyers, who was born in about 1904; and Enos Moyers Jr., who was born about 1907.
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