Thomas Garfield Moseley (1896 - 1978)

Born 22 Mar 1896 in Montgomery County, Georgia, USA

Ancestors

Died 31 Jan 1978 at age 81 in Glynn County, Georgia, USA

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Biography

Thomas 'Tommy' Garfield Moseley was born 22 March 1896 in Montgomery County, Georgia^[1], the son of John Wesley Moseley and Eliza Wilkes Moseley. In 1910 he lived in Montgomery County, Georgia with his parents and siblings^[2]. He was still at home in 1920^[3].

His WWI draft registration describes him as a brunette with hazel eyes^[4].

Tommy Moseley WWI registration card

He served as a private in the US Army^[5].

Thomas Garfield Mosley or Moseley, United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940

He married Ruby Mae Moseley.

They had a stillborn son in 1923^[6] and another in 1924^[7].

They lived in Cedar Crossing, Toombs County, Georgia in 1930 with Velton/Belton, and Dovie Lee also present^[8].

In 1940, they lived in Toombs County, Georgia, children Velton, Dovie, and Preston living with them^[9].

Tommy also registered for the draft in WWII, his occupation listed as a farmer in Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia^[10].

Thommy Garfield Mosley Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards

Tommy died 31 January 1978 in Glynn County, Georgia and was buried in Hardens Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Johnson Corner, Toombs County, Georgia^[1].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #24036201
2. ↑ T J Mosley, United States Census, 1910
3. ↑ Tommie G Mosley, United States Census, 1920
4. ↑ United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
5. ↑ Thomas Garfield Mosley or Moseley, United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
6. ↑ Tom G Mosley, mentioned in the record of Mosley
7. ↑ Tom Mosley, mentioned in the record of Mosley
8. ↑ T G Mosley, United States Census, 1930
9. ↑ Tom G Mosley, United States Census, 1940
10. ↑ Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945

Bibliography

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 February 2018), memorial page for Thomas Garfield “Tommy” Mosley (22 Mar 1896–31 Jan 1978), Find A Grave Memorial no. 24036201, citing Hardens Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Johnson Corner, Toombs County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Frances Bowen Frost (contributor 46920930) .
• United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML2L-Z2L : accessed 8 February 2018), T J Mosley in household of J W Mosley, Militia District 1668, Montgomery, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 147, sheet 11B, family 201, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 201; FHL microfilm 1,374,214.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZZ2-75W : 12 December 2014), Tommie Garfield Moseley, 1917-1918; citing Toombs County, Georgia, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,558,646.
• United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WMXT-99W2 : 23 October 2019), Thomas Garfield Mosley or Moseley, 18 Nov 1918; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
• United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJXJ-CS6 : accessed 8 February 2018), Tommie G Mosley in household of John W Mosley, Militia District 1715, Toombs, Georgia, United States; citing ED 122, sheet 6A, line 32, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 280; FHL microfilm 1,820,280.
• United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3ZWS-66Z : accessed 11 April 2020), T G Mosley, Cedar Crossing, Toombs, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 15B, line 75, family 273, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 388; FHL microfilm 2,340,123.
• Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDFZ-1XS : 4 December 2018), Tom G Mosley in entry for Mosley, 1923.
• Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDN3-S5Y : 4 December 2018), Tom Mosley in entry for Mosley, 1924.
• United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3ZWS-66Z : accessed 11 April 2020), T G Mosley, Cedar Crossing, Toombs, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 15B, line 75, family 273, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 388; FHL microfilm 2,340,123.
• Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QZ-YTM4 : accessed 30 October 2016), Thommy Garfield Mosley, 1940-1942; citing Lyons, Toombs, Georgia, United States, Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147, National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri.
• United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7PR-3GD : accessed 24 April 2018), Tom G Mosley, Militia District 1823, Toombs, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 138-20, sheet 5A, line 3, family 61, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 714.

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