Lucy Elizabeth Mayfield (1819 - 1878)

Born 1819 in Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John J Moser Sr. — married 17 Apr 1851 in Hazelgreen, Laclede County, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 1878 at about age 59 in Hazelgreen, Laclede County, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Lucy Elizabeth Mayfield was born in 1819 in Kentucky,^[1] the second of eight children of James Mayfield and Mary Johnson. Lucy's father was a farmer and was a soldier in the Mexican War. They moved from Kentucky to Illinois and later to Missouri, locating in the Gasconade township of Laclede County, where her father farmed.^[2] Her father died in 1849, her mother having died before that. The farm was then managed by Lucy's younger brother James, as the oldest son. In Oct 1850, Lucy was living on the farm with her brother James (listed in the 1850 census as Farmer), brothers John and William (listed as Laborers), and her sisters Sarah and Susanna. Her sisters Frances and Anna had already married and left home.^[1] The next year, on 17 Apr 1851, Lucy married John J. Moser,^[3] a widower farmer with a 10-year old son, Henry. John had a large farm in Smith township,^[4][5] near today's Hazelgreen, Missouri, and John and Lucy's first child, James, was born about 1853. Two more children followed, Margaret in 1856 and John J. Jr. in 1859. Her daughter Margaret married in 1872 and had two children before Lucy died, so Lucy was able to enjoy a couple of grandchildren. Lucy passed away in 1878^[6] and was buried in the farm's pasture. Unfortunately, vandals broke off the marble stone and carried it away so only the stone's unmarked base designates her grave today.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch Record: MDZD-JJR (22 December 2020), Lucy Mayfield in household of James Mayfield, Laclede, Missouri, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ History of Laclede County: "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri,” Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889, pp. 734. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/439170/?offset=1#page=737&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=
3. ↑ Marriage: "Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002," Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm] Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1171 #508271893 (accessed 8 August 2023) Lucy Mayfield marriage to John Moser on 17 Apr 1851 in Laclede, Missouri, USA.
4. ↑ 1960 Census: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch Record: MHZF-711 (18 February 2021), Lucy E Mosen in entry for John Mosen, 1860.<NOTE: Moser misspelled as Mosen>
5. ↑ 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch Record: M46X-SFH (2 January 2021), Lucy E Moses in entry for John Moses, 1870.<NOTE: Moser misspelled as Moses>
6. ↑ Family History or Pedigree: "Geneanet Community Trees Index," Original data: Geneanet Community Trees Index. Paris, France: Geneanet Ancestry Record 62476 #5649371119 (accessed 31 July 2023) Name: Lucy E. (mayfield) Mosier; Gender: F (Female); Birth Date: 1819; Birth Place: Kentucky, Kentucky, USA; Death Date: 1878; Death Place: LaClede County (Laclede), Missouri, USA; Father: James Mayfield; Mother: Mary (johnson) Mayfield; Spouse: John Mosier; View on Geneanet: https://gw.geneanet.org/jmayfield?n=mosier&oc=&p=lucy+e.+mayfield.