James Henry Moseley (1839 - 1914)

Born 29 Jan 1839 in Union County, South Carolina, United States

Died 2 Feb 1914 at age 75 in Cowpens, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Biography

James Henry Moseley was born January 29, 1839, in Union County, South Carolina, the son of Arthur Moseley and Matilda Foster Moseley^[1].

A lifelong farmer, he served the Confederacy in Company E of the 13th South Carolina Regiment. He was said to have participated in fourteen battles. After the war, he married Martha Serina Edwards Feagan about 1868, whose husband, Capt. John Henry Feagan, had died in the war. He had three children with her. In 1870, they lived in South Carolina with their children Joseph, William, Edmund, John, Arthur, and Mira^[2]. By 1880, they lived in White Plains, Spartanburg County, South Carolina with children Columbus, Martin A., Elmira M., and Napolean B., and a thirty-eight-year-old woman named Fanny Pruett^[3].

In 1900 he and Martha lived with their son Martin in Spartanburg^[4].

He died 2 Feb 1914 in Cowpens, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, and was buried in Cowpens Cemetery, Cowpens, Spartanburg County, South Carolina^[1].

He is mentioned on the death record of his sons, Boney B. Moseley^[5], Martin A. Moseley^[6], and daughter Myra Moseley Allison^[7].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #85103998
2. ↑ James Mosley, United States Census, 1870
3. ↑ J Henry Mosely, United States Census, 1880
4. ↑ James H Mosely, United States Census, 1900
5. ↑ James H. Moseley, mentioned in the record of Boney B. Moseley
6. ↑ James H Moseley, United States Census, 1910
7. ↑ James Mosley, mentioned in the record of Myra Mrs. Mosley Allison

Bibliography

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 August 2020), memorial page for Pvt James Henry Moseley (29 Jan 1839–2 Feb 1914), Find a Grave Memorial no. 85103998, citing Cowpens Cemetery, Cowpens, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by CEJ (contributor 47693587).
• United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8R1-X41 : 12 April 2016), James Mosley, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 27, family 210, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,009.
• United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6SB-79F : 15 July 2017), J Henry Mosely, White Plains, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 147, sheet 339A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1240; FHL microfilm 1,255,240.
• United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3TG-RX4 : accessed 22 November 2018), James H Mosely in household of Martin A Mosely, Spartanburg Township (northeast part), Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 98, sheet 6B, family 106, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,542.
• South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGBD-LWT : 23 July 2017), James H. Moseley in entry for Boney B. Moseley, 25 Mar 1945; citing , Moseley, Boney B., 1945, Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 2,393,876.
• South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG13-W5Y : 5 April 2018), James Mosley in entry for Myra Mrs. Mosley Allison, 14 Feb 1953; citing , Mosley Allison, Myra Mrs., 1953, Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 2,401,775.
• United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5DV-GMS : accessed 22 November 2018), James H Moseley in household of Martin A Moseley, Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 87, sheet 1B, family 16, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1472; FHL microfilm 1,375,485.