Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJohn Marion Moats 
Birth30 Jul 1859, Brighton, Washington Co, IA
Death8 Jan 1890, Woolstock, Wright Co, IA
BurialGraceland Cem, Webster City, Hamilton Co, IA
FatherWilliam Moats (1832-1862)
MotherCatherine Iams (1833-1918)
Misc. Notes
John lost one arm and moved in with his mother Catherine with his two boys Clayton (2 years old) and Roy (1 year old) after Hattie died.
His remains and wife Hattie's remains were moved from a county cemetery to Graceland Cemetery in unmarked graves in the family plot. Headstone was given by Clayton and Joanne Will in Memory of Clayton's parents, Herb and Mabel Will (John and Hattie's grand daughter) and William Abraham Moats, John's father who was killed by Indians on the California Trail and buried there in 1862.
His remains and wife Hattie's remains were moved from a county cemetery to Graceland Cemetery in unmarked graves in the family plot. Headstone was given by Clayton and Joanne Will in Memory of Clayton's parents, Herb and Mabel Will (John and Hattie's grand daughter) and William Abraham Moats, John's father who was killed by Indians on the California Trail and buried there in 1862.
Spouses
Birth13 Sep 1859, Illinois
Death6 Mar 1884, Brighton, Washington Co, IA
BurialGraceland Cem, Webster City, Hamilton Co, IA
Misc. Notes
Dau of Francis Gonder May 4, 1830 - March 27, 1884 Brighton, IA and Philena Mantonya Nov 23, 1839 - March 20, 1882.
Harriet "Hattie" Gonder married John Marion Moats, October 5, 1879 in Paris, Washington County, IA.
First child was Alma who died at 2yrs, Clayton Marion Moats and Roy Francis Moats. All are buried at Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, IA.
Hattie Died of Tuberculosis (Consumption) when her children Clayton and Roy were 1 & 2 years old.
Hattie's mother had died. Hattie had gone to mop her father's floor and went home with her feet wet and got quick consumption and died. She gave Clayt (2 years old) and Roy (1 year) into Grandma Whisler's (Catherine Iams Moats Whisler) hands and passed on. John Moats died when the boys were 8 and 9 years old and so Catherine raised them with her own 12 children and they lived together until they married.
Clayton and May cared for her Catherine until her death on the farm 5 miles west of Woolstock, Iowa. May (Welch) Moats moved into the home when she married Clate (Clayton M. Moats). Their two boys Delos and Roy were born on this farm about 5 or 6 miles West of Woolstock, IA.
Harriet "Hattie" Gonder married John Marion Moats, October 5, 1879 in Paris, Washington County, IA.
First child was Alma who died at 2yrs, Clayton Marion Moats and Roy Francis Moats. All are buried at Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, IA.
Hattie Died of Tuberculosis (Consumption) when her children Clayton and Roy were 1 & 2 years old.
Hattie's mother had died. Hattie had gone to mop her father's floor and went home with her feet wet and got quick consumption and died. She gave Clayt (2 years old) and Roy (1 year) into Grandma Whisler's (Catherine Iams Moats Whisler) hands and passed on. John Moats died when the boys were 8 and 9 years old and so Catherine raised them with her own 12 children and they lived together until they married.
Clayton and May cared for her Catherine until her death on the farm 5 miles west of Woolstock, Iowa. May (Welch) Moats moved into the home when she married Clate (Clayton M. Moats). Their two boys Delos and Roy were born on this farm about 5 or 6 miles West of Woolstock, IA.
Marriage5 Oct 1879, Paris, Washington Co, IA