Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Virgil Moats
Birth1799, Pennsylvania
Census1830, Washington Twp, Licking Co, OH
Memoroll#134, pg 384
Census1840, Mary Ann Twp, Licking Co, OH
Memoroll#408, pg 221
Census18 Jul 1850, Defiance Twp, Defiance Co, OH
Memoroll#674, pg 2
Census7 Aug 1860, Noble Twp, Defiance Co, OH
Memoroll#947, pg 343
Census12 Jul 1870, Delaware Twp, Defiance Co, OH
Memoroll#1195, pg 70
Death10 Aug 1881, Defiance Co, OH
BurialBrunersburg Cem, Noble Twp, Defiance Co, OH
MemoRow 10, Sect 6
OccupationTailor
FatherHenry Moats (~1760->1840)
MotherJane Jackson (~1760-)
Misc. Notes
Listed as a new family not far from his brothers in 1830
Male: 2<5, 1-30-40 Fem: 1=5-10, 1=20-30
Listed near his other brother in 1840,
Male: 1<5, 1=5-10, 1=10-15, 1=40-50 Fem: 1=15-20, 1=30-40
He appears to have moved to Defiance Co by 1850 and is listed there as age 57 b. PA and a tailor. He is with his wife, Mary, 2 sons and a daughter.
In 1860 he is listed as Wm Motes (indexed Motis) a tailor (61, PA) with his wife Mary (51, PA) and children H W (30), Wm W. (21), Lydia (17), and it appears that his granddaughters Mary E. (7) and Harriet I. (3) are also with him, following the remarriage of his son Virgil.
Died at age 82 yrs, 5 mos, 28 days.
Spouses
Birth14 May 1806, Pennsylvania
Death10 Aug 1873, Defiance Co, OH
BurialBrunersburg Cem, Noble Twp, Defiance Co, OH
MemoRow 10, Sect 6
Misc. Notes
age 67yrs, 2 mos, 27 days
Marriage25 May 1823, Licking Co, OH
Marr Memoby John Wagner JP
ChildrenVirgil Henry (1827-1863)
 Homer W. (1829-1862)
 Edwin Bruce (1832-1910)
 William Wallace (1838-1881)
 Lydia A. (1843-1904)
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