Mary (Stover) Moomaw
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Mary (Stover) Moomaw (1819 - 1888)

Mary "Polly" Moomaw formerly Stover
Born in Botetourt Springs, Botetourt County, Virginia, United States of Americamap
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Wife of — married 23 Nov 1840 in Botetourt, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Died at age 68 in Daleville, Botetourt County, Virginia, United States of Americamap
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Mary (Stover) Moomaw has German Roots.

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Biography

Mary "Polly" Moomaw was born on 30 September 1819 in Botetourt Springs, Botetourt County, Virginia, (where Hollins University is now located) the tenth of thirteen children and the third of five daughters of John and Catherine Snider Stover.
Her father was twenty-nine years old when he married her mother on 23 October 1801. Their first child, Matthias, was born on 26 March 1802. Their children followed rapidly and by the time they had been married seven years, they had five children.
On 23 November 1840, about two months after her twenty-first birthday, Polly married Joseph Moomaw in Botetourt County, probably at Botetourt Springs, and bore him twelve children, seven sons and five daughters (Joseph's older brother B.F. Moomaw became an outstanding leader in the Virginia German Baptist Brethren Church in the Civil War era.).:
  1. Calvin Fabricius Moomaw
  2. Maria Elizabeth (Moomaw) Pobst
  3. Lucy Ann (Moomaw) Hooke
  4. Edward J. Moomaw
  5. Cephas Benjamin Moomaw, Esq.
  6. Matthew Henry Moomaw
  7. George Stover Moomaw
  8. Simon Joseph Moomaw
  9. Sarah (Moomaw) Painter
  10. Charles William Moomaw
  11. Minerva Susan (Moomaw) Thomas
  12. Mary Lydia "Lillie" Salome (Moomaw) Layman
Ten days before her sixty-ninth birthday, on 20 September 1888, Polly died of typhoid fever (which she had contracted from a patient) in Daleville, Botetourt County, Virginia. She is buried in Daleville Cemetery.

Obituary

Polly's nephew by marriage wrote the obituary.
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Obituary for Mary Stover Moomaw, 1819-1888
"First and most faithful at the bedside of the sick in the community, her willing mind made her a leader upon communion occasions. . . . rugged in health, never before having had the aid of a physician, she took [to] her bed to sleep in Jesus.
"She whiled away her last hours without a murmur. . . . How consoling to her devoted husband and believing children, to know they have a wife and affectionate mother waiting and watching for them over there. Oh may those of her family who have not felt Jesus precious unto them, look upon that vacant maternal chair and ever remember there is a preparation indispensable for a reunion with that mother, whose kind and willing hands had so lately and so often lent them assistance in their afflictions and sorrows.
"Services in the Old Valley church, by Bro. Jonas Graybill, from 2 Cor. 5:1. T.C. DENTON

Gravestone

Gravestone for Mary Stover Moomaw, 1819-1888

From Findagrave.com

Mary Stover Moomaw
Birth: Sep. 30, 1819; Death: Sep. 20, 1888, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA.
Botetourt County VA Deaths by Charles Burton: Mary Moomaw, born 9-30-1819, died 9-20-1888 Botetourt County VA, 68y 11m 20d, father: John Stover; mother: Caty Snider, wife of Joseph Moomaw (d 1894).
Family links: Spouse: Joseph Moomaw (1816 - 1894); Children: Calvin Fabricius Moomaw (1841 - 1894), Maria E Moomaw Pobst (1843 - 1904), Lucy Ann Moomaw Hooke (1845 - 1913), Edward Ignatius Moomaw (1847 - 1859), Cephas Benjamin Moomaw (1849 - 1915), Mathew Henry Moomaw (1851 - 1855), George Stover Moomaw (1853 - 1880), Simon Joseph Moomaw (1855 - 1938), Sarah Catherine Moomaw Painter (1857 - 1925), Charles William Moomaw (1859 - 1859), Minerva Susan Moomaw Thomas (1860 - 1935), Mary Lydia Moomaw Layman (1863 - 1946).
Inscription: age 68 years 11 months [2]0 days, wife of Joseph Moomaw.
Burial: Daleville Cemetery, Daleville, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA[1]

Citations

  1. Karen, "Mary Stover Moomaw," Findagrave.com. Record added: Nov 12, 2010 . URL. Accessed 27 Sept 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

Acknowledgments

Sources

  • Denton, T.C. "Moomaw[, Mary Stover]," Obituary, Gospel Messenger.
  • Patricia Hickin, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Patricia and others.




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