Armstead Moffett (1814 - 1891)

Born 7 Feb 1814 in West Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Jane (Emmett) Moffett — married 12 Jul 1853 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ut

Husband of Lucinda (Emmett) Moffett — married 9 Apr 1855 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Mar 1891 at age 77 in Eden, Weber, Utah, United States

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Biography

Armstead was born in 1814 in Virginia, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He moved to Nauvoo where he lived from 1839 until 1846. During that time he returned to Tennessee on a mission for a few months in 1844. He married MAry Jane Emmett in the Neraska Territory in 1845. He immigrated to Utah and arrived on 14 October 1850. He served in the Utah militia in 1851. He married Mary Jane's sister Lucinda in 1855 in a plural marriage. He returned to Virginia on missions in 1884 and 1885. He died in 1891 in in Huntsville, Ogden, Utah. For more details of his life including pictures and many stories see https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWJC-95W

Note

Note: Times and Seasons, Vol.5, p.504

We publish the names and destinations of the elders this week, and purpose giving particulars of the business transacted by Conference in our next number.

The following is a list of the names of the elders who are appointed to the several states, together with their appointments. Those who are numbered with the figures 1 and 2, will take the presidency of the several states to which they are appointed.

Times and Seasons, Vol.5, p.505

TENNESSEE.

Armstead Moffit

At some point Armstead joined James Emmet's apostate group becuase he is listed as being arrested as a leader. See the journal entry under James Emmett. However he did come to Utah in 1850. One of his childeren, William Armstead Moffett was born in Ash Hollow on the Paltte river when they came west. I can not find him listed as part of any particular group that crossed the plains. Wilford Woodruff and Edward Hunter's parties came at about the right times. When he reached Utah he was a blacksmith in Weber County according to Heart Throbs of the West, Vol. 3, p. 207.

Residence

"Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy),"^[1]

Name: Armsted Moffett

Event Type: Residence

Event Date: from 1839 to 1846

Event Place: Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Birth Date: 7 Feb 1814

Birthplace: West Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia

Death Date: 27 Mar 1891

Death Place: Eden, Weber, Utah Territory

Father's Name: Robert C Moffett

Mother's Name: Bethsina McGeth

Note: Mary Jane Emmett; Lucinda Emmett

Affiliate Image Identifier: 22420

EXT_ID: KWJC-95W

Sources

1. ↑ "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Z-JBL7 : 23 February 2018), Bethsina McGeth in entry for Armsted Moffett, from 1839 to 1846; citing Residence, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, from 1839 to 1846, Citing BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, Provo, Utah.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCSX-WSX : 12 April 2016), Armistead Moffit, Weber county, Weber, Utah Territory, United States; citing family 91, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-ZS8D : 10 February 2018), Armstead Moffett, 14 Oct 1850; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).

• "Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q231-58N9 : accessed 28 October 2019), Armstead Moffett, 31 May 1851; citing Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, series 2210, Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,332,831.

• United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH24-CBY : 12 December 2017), Armstead Moffett, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCB-TFN : 12 June 2019), Armstead Moffett, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSG-QDW : 15 July 2017), Ermsted Moffett, Eden, Weber, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district ED 99, sheet 468A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,339.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSG-ZYV : 15 July 2017), Armstead Moffitt, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district ED 98, sheet 450D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,339.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-96K9 : 13 December 2015), Armstead Moffett, 1891; Burial, Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States of America, Huntsville Cemetery; citing record ID 27112214, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "Utah, Obituaries from Utah Newspapers, 1850-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSF-5MKH : 17 March 2018), Ormstead Moffett, 29 Mar 1891; citing Ogden Standard Examiner 3, The University of Utah. J. Willard Marriott Library, Salt Lake City.