George Stover Moomaw (1853 - 1880)

Born 8 Sep 1853 in Daleville, Botetourt, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died 10 Oct 1880 at age 27 in Big Lick, Roanoke, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

Biography

George Stover Moomaw, who was born 8 Sep 1853 in Daleville, BOTETOURT Co., VA, USA was the seventh child and fifth son of Joseph and Mary Stover Moomaw.

He appears in the 1870 census living with his parents, Joseph and Mary Moomaw. (Joseph, age 54, was a farmer with $8,000 of real property and $1200 of personal.

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1870 Census image for the families of George's father and aunt Denton

George died on 10 October 1880 in Big Lick, Roanoke County, VA, three days after contracting typhoid fever and shortly after his 27th birthday. He nevertheless appears in the 1880 census as a farmer with two mulatto laborers and one black laborer and one black female domestic servant, age 13. (property values are not given in the 1880 census). Both he and his wife, Julia, are reported to be 26 years old. Less than three months after his death his only child, Georgia Lucille was born (on 7 January 1881).

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1880 Census image for George Stover Moomaw

NOTE: There is a small Bible in my possession that was

"Presented to

M[ary] Lillie Moomaw

By her Father July 26, 1880 [before her brother got sick].

[Inside the back cover are the following scriptural cites, written in what looks like Lillie's handwriting. I have copied the verses themselves from this version: 1880 American Bible Society, translated out of the original Greek and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. I wonder if they had special meaning for Lillie because of her brother's brief illness and death.]

Mark 16.16> "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."

Math 18.3> And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.'

James 5.14> Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: v15> And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.^^

[Inside front cover but scratched out with purple crayon are the words] 'To Marie [oldest daughter of Lillie's] from her Mother to keep.'

Inside the Bible are these words:

"In memory of G. S. Moomaw

who departed this life

10th October, 1880;

aged 27 yrs, 1 mon. 2 da

[in pencil below:]

So many worlds [?], so much to do

so little done, such things to be

Never knew I what had need of lay[?]

For thou wert strong as thou not I

"So, dearest, now thy brows are cold I

see there what thou art and know Thy

likeness to the wise below

For kindred with the great of old[.]

Know there is more than I can see

And[?] what I see I leave unsaid

Nor speak it knowing Death has made

"This[?] Darkness beautiful with thee."

Acknowledgments

• Moomaw-41 was created by Patricia Hickin through the import of L_MUMMA-Leonhard and desc -- 6 gens 20121214.ged on Dec 14, 2014.

Sources

• Bushong, Russell and Gloria <Chochoruss aol.com>, "Part II: More on Family of Philip Bushong and Elizabeth Brew" (Rootsweb: Boschong>2005-5>1116280094). Rec. Date: 20060617. URL: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/BOSCHONG/2005-05/1116280094 citing a variety of census records

• Mumma, Douglas, comp. Mumma, Moomaw Mumaw, & Muma: Doug and Joan Mumma's Home Page, c 1996. Last updated 07 Jan 2014, 01:12:03). URL: http://www.mumma.org/cgi-bin/igmget.cgi/n=mumma?I04633.

• Sexton, M.P. “Re: Dr. Geroge Stover - Botetourt VA,” Stover Family Genforum #1424, May 29, 2001 at 16:21:21. Genforum.genealogy.com. URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/stover/messages/1424.html.

• U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1870 Census -- VA --Botetourt Co.-HerQu (M593 Roll 1636) HeritageQuestOnline. p450b, lines 16-24, Dw 296, Fam 296, Joseph Moomaw family.

• U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1880 Census -- VA Roanoke Co., Big Lick. George Stover family.

• Weber, Richard R. Email to PPH, including draft of his Stover Brethren (5 Feb 2000).

• Weber, Richard R. Stover Brethren: The Family of Elder William Stover of Antietam (Columbia, MD: Richard R. Weber, 2001).