First son of Felta Moulder (11/25/1776 - 1/7/1833). George married Ann Yadon on 6/27/1824. George cared for his grandparents, John (d. 1810) and wife Susannah (d. 1833), during their old age until they passed. Shortly thereafter, in 1837, he emigrated to Camden Co., Mo. with his three brothers, Rufus, Felta, Silas and his sister Bettie. He was Judge of the County Court in Camden Co. for a number of years, and a Justice of the Peace. In fact, he performed the first marriage recorded in Camden Co. between Martha Jane Russell and Richard Jackson on 3/5/1841.
He was a pioneer in Camden Co. road work, being the first road justice appointed in Camden Co. He supervised the lay out of the principal County roads, many of which are in use today as he originally laid out.
He homesteaded land about eight miles west of Linn Creek, the County seat. His homestead was on the Niagara River. Asked why he did not make a better choice of land, it being considered a poor piece compared with other available land in the vicinity, he said that he spent some time
going over the available land and the place he selected was the only place he could find where the sun rose and set in the right place. He was very peculiar in many ways. He always said there was only one way that anything could be done, and that was the right way. If otherwise, it was done wrong. He never would permit any one to take a photograph of him. Whatever the rules were, or whatever the law
was, it was carried out by him with the utmost care and exactness. In his time, he was a valuable man to the community.
Records of his work in early days of Camden Co. were destroyed by a fire in 1902, which burned the courthouse and destroyed all county records.
The above information is taken from "MOULDER'S RECORD of the Moulder family of America", written by George Chester Moulder in 1933.
First son of Felta Moulder (11/25/1776 - 1/7/1833). George married Ann Yadon on 6/27/1824. George cared for his grandparents, John (d. 1810) and wife Susannah (d. 1833), during their old age until they passed. Shortly thereafter, in 1837, he emigrated to Camden Co., Mo. with his three brothers, Rufus, Felta, Silas and his sister Bettie. He was Judge of the County Court in Camden Co. for a number of years, and a Justice of the Peace. In fact, he performed the first marriage recorded in Camden Co. between Martha Jane Russell and Richard Jackson on 3/5/1841.
He was a pioneer in Camden Co. road work, being the first road justice appointed in Camden Co. He supervised the lay out of the principal County roads, many of which are in use today as he originally laid out.
He homesteaded land about eight miles west of Linn Creek, the County seat. His homestead was on the Niagara River. Asked why he did not make a better choice of land, it being considered a poor piece compared with other available land in the vicinity, he said that he spent some time
going over the available land and the place he selected was the only place he could find where the sun rose and set in the right place. He was very peculiar in many ways. He always said there was only one way that anything could be done, and that was the right way. If otherwise, it was done wrong. He never would permit any one to take a photograph of him. Whatever the rules were, or whatever the law
was, it was carried out by him with the utmost care and exactness. In his time, he was a valuable man to the community.
Records of his work in early days of Camden Co. were destroyed by a fire in 1902, which burned the courthouse and destroyed all county records.
The above information is taken from "MOULDER'S RECORD of the Moulder family of America", written by George Chester Moulder in 1933.
Family Members
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William Granville Moulder
1825–1887
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John Belford Moulder
1827–1906
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Albin Franklin Moulder
1831–1922
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Joseph Calvin "Cass" Moulder
1834–1933
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Valentine Proctor "Proc" Moulder
1837–1864
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Mary Ann "Polly" Moulder Allison
1839–1927
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Rusina Jane Moulder Foster
1842–1926
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Thomas Hart Benton Moulder
1844–1922
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Elizabeth Bertilda Moulder Long
1848–1926
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