Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameClayton Marion Moats 
Birth18 Jul 1881, Brighton, Washington Co, IA
Census14 Jan 1920, Webster City, Hamilton Co, IA
Memoroll#491, pg 10
Death29 Mar 1927, Fort Dodge, Webster Co, IA
BurialGraceland Cem, Webster City, Hamilton Co, IA
FatherJohn Marion Moats (1859-1890)
MotherHarriet “Hattie” Gonder (1859-1884)
Misc. Notes
Working as a farm laborer and boarder in 1900 census for Hamilton Co, IA.
Living with his brother and grandmother in Wright Co, IA in 1910.
1st Spouse: Edna May Johnson - No Children.
Listed as a machinery salesman (38, IA) with his second wife and 3 children in 1920 census.
Clayton Marion Moats farmed in the Duncombe and Vincent,IA area for a number of years.
Clayton first farmed and then had an automobile garage and was an Electrician in Duncombe, Iowa.
Clayton and May (Welch) Moats had children, Delos, Roy, Alma (Cameron) and Mabel (Will).
Clayton died from an electrical shock he had received 8 months earlier while helping install high lines going into Thor, Iowa for the Rural Electric Cooperative. They were told the power was off and he and another man were knocked from the high line.
He and May lived at Vincent, Iowa on the West side of the main highway heading South out of town. About one block South of where the community center is today.
Living with his brother and grandmother in Wright Co, IA in 1910.
1st Spouse: Edna May Johnson - No Children.
Listed as a machinery salesman (38, IA) with his second wife and 3 children in 1920 census.
Clayton Marion Moats farmed in the Duncombe and Vincent,IA area for a number of years.
Clayton first farmed and then had an automobile garage and was an Electrician in Duncombe, Iowa.
Clayton and May (Welch) Moats had children, Delos, Roy, Alma (Cameron) and Mabel (Will).
Clayton died from an electrical shock he had received 8 months earlier while helping install high lines going into Thor, Iowa for the Rural Electric Cooperative. They were told the power was off and he and another man were knocked from the high line.
He and May lived at Vincent, Iowa on the West side of the main highway heading South out of town. About one block South of where the community center is today.
Spouses
Birth26 Apr 1881, Woolstock, Wright Co, IA
Death30 Sep 1963, Anchorage, Anchorage Co, AK
Burial4 Oct 1963, Graceland Cem, Webster City, Hamilton Co, IA
OccupationTeacher, Nurses Aid
Misc. Notes
Listed as May (b. Apr 1882, IA) with her parents Hiram D. (Jul 1850, OH) & Rachel C. (Sep 1850, England) Welch in 1900 census for Wright Co, IA, working as a teacher at age 17 [this is in conflict with SSDI, which lists her birth in 1881]
Widowed and living with her 4 children in the 1930 census.
Still in Vincent in 1940, with daughter Anna.
Living in Thor, IA in 1950 as a lodger with the Gonder family, working as a Nursing Aid.
She died of a stroke or heart attack.
children:
Delos Clayton (b. July 19, 1915)
Roy Marion (b. Aug 5, 1917)
Mabel Catherine (b. March 2, 1919)
Alma Rachel (b. July 1, 1921)
Widowed and living with her 4 children in the 1930 census.
Still in Vincent in 1940, with daughter Anna.
Living in Thor, IA in 1950 as a lodger with the Gonder family, working as a Nursing Aid.
She died of a stroke or heart attack.
children:
Delos Clayton (b. July 19, 1915)
Roy Marion (b. Aug 5, 1917)
Mabel Catherine (b. March 2, 1919)
Alma Rachel (b. July 1, 1921)
Marriage19 May 1914, Webster City, Hamilton Co, IA
ChildrenDelos Clayton (1915-1991)
Roy Marion (1917-1987)
Mabel Catherine (1919-1991)
Alma Rachel (1921-1993)