Sarah Frances (Wheeler) Moss (1851 - 1938)

Born 8 Apr 1851 in Greene County, Georgia,USA

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Died 30 Jun 1938 at age 87 in Gainesville, Hall, Georgia, United States

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Biography

“Sallie” was born ^[1] on 8 April 1851 probably in Greene County, ^[2] Georgia, USA, the daughter of Lawrence F. Wheeler and his wife, Mary Ann Watson. She is listed as an eight-year old living with her family in the 1860 US Census. ^[3]

Sallie married ^[4] Carson Frederick Moss, the son of Henry Moss and Jane F. Nance, on 9 March 1873 in Greene County. Sallie and Cars had three children, all probably born while they lived in Milledgeville, Georgia. ^[5] On 18 June 1900, she lived with her two unmarried sons, one of whom was William Robert Moss, on Grove Street in Gainesville, Georgia. ^[6] By 18 April 1910, Sallie had moved to 49 West Spring Street in Gainesville, her two sons had married, and one, William, had sired a daughter, Frances. All were living with Sallie, who was listed as head of household.^[7] On 2 January 1920, Sallie’s household on Spring Street had grown by three additional children ^[8] born to William and his second wife, Grace Bell Moss. Frances was no longer in residence there.

During the tornado that struck Gainesville on 6 April 1936, Sallie was in her home on Spring Street, which was essentially destroyed by the disastrous storm. She was not hurt seriously. However, when her grandson, William Guy Moss, heard that his grandmother was trapped in her home, he ran several miles from the home of his in-laws, the Elbert McJunkins, to Spring Street and physically extracted Sallie from the debris of her home. He then carried her bodily back to the McJunkin’s, where he knew that there was medical aid because his wife, Christine, was in labor with the birth of their first child, William Terry Moss, and was attended by a physician.

Sallie died^[1] on 30 June 1938 and was buried in Woodville, Georgia, USA beside her husband Carson.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Woodville Cemetery (Woodville, Greene County, Georgia, USA). Carson Moss' headstone. Photograph by Marshall Moss, summer 2001.
2. ↑ Letter from Emma Smith Moss to Lee Moss Alward, dated 11 September 1960
3. ↑ "US Census, 1860", database online. Greene County, Georgia, USA; pg. 467, family 122, dwelling 177, lines 13-20; June 8, 1860; National Archives Microfilm M-10.[[1]]
4. ↑ Rice, T.D. and Williams, C. W. History of Greene County Georgia; The JW Burke Company, Macon Georgia, USA: 1961, p. 582.
5. ↑ "US Census, 1880", database online. Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia, USA; pg. 157A, dwelling 322, lines 21-26; June 10, 1880; National Archives Microfilm M-10, Roll 133. [[2]]
6. ↑ "US Census, 1900", database online. Gainesville, Ward 1, Hall County, Georgian, USA; pg. 24B, family 531, dwelling 491, lines 73-75; June 18, 1900; National Archives Microfilm M-10, Roll T623_202. [[3]]
7. ↑ "US Census, 1910", database online. Gainesville, Ward 1, Hall County, Georgia, USA; pg. 100, dwelling 45, lines 41-46; April 18, 1910; National Archives Microfilm M-10. [[4]]
8. ↑ "US Census, 1920", database online. Gainesville, Ward 2, Hall County, Georgia, USA; pg. 1A, dwelling 49, lines 7-9; January 2, 1920; National Archives Microfilm M-10, Roll T625_261. [[5]]