George married Emma Wright prior to 1880. Marriage date based on 1880 US census [2]
George and Emma had two children Frederick and Edith. Within a year of Edith’s birth, Emma passed away. George, unable to care for two small children, left them with the orphanage in Auburn NY. [3]
George had moved to Alabama by 1894 where he met and married Julia Dean on 11 Nov 1894. George and Julia had one child, Eunice. [4]
George worked as a house painter in Valley Head, AL. [5]
George Moss died in 1919 in Valley Head, AL and was buried in Valley Head Cemetery. [6]
↑ United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZZW-NB4 : 12 August 2016), George Moss, Moravia, Cayuga, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 30, sheet 192A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0814; FHL microfilm 1,254,814.
↑ Records of the Cayuga Home For Children, Auburn, NY
↑ Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V5ZQ-ZNN : 9 July 2015), G.H. Moss and Julia Dean, 11 Nov 1894; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1035184 V. D-E.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88533380/george-h-moss: accessed 02 December 2023), memorial page for George H Moss (1865–1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 88533380, citing Valley Head Cemetery, Valley Head, DeKalb County, Alabama, USA;
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