From the 7/06/1883 Van Wert, Ohio, Times: "Mr. John Andrew Moebus, a resident of this city for nearly twenty-five years, died at his residence, on West Main street, last Saturday night, June 30th, at 11 o'clock of consumption, caused by bronchitis, aged 60 years, 2 months and 6 days. He was born in Feichtwangen, Germancy, April 24th, 1823, and moved to America and settled at Altoona, Pa., in 1848. From there he moved to Fort Wayne, Ind., in the spring of 1858, and in the fall of the same year he was married to Miss Margaretta Price, of that city. They moved to Van Wert in the spring of 1859. Mr. Moebus leaves a wife and five children to mourn his death. He united with the German Evangelical church when fifteen years of age. His funeral took place from his late residence Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the services being conducted by Rev. David Street, of the First Presbyterian church. His remains were interred in the old cemetery under the last solemn rites of the Masonic lodge, of which he was a member."
From the 7/06/1883 Van Wert, Ohio, Times: "Mr. John Andrew Moebus, a resident of this city for nearly twenty-five years, died at his residence, on West Main street, last Saturday night, June 30th, at 11 o'clock of consumption, caused by bronchitis, aged 60 years, 2 months and 6 days. He was born in Feichtwangen, Germancy, April 24th, 1823, and moved to America and settled at Altoona, Pa., in 1848. From there he moved to Fort Wayne, Ind., in the spring of 1858, and in the fall of the same year he was married to Miss Margaretta Price, of that city. They moved to Van Wert in the spring of 1859. Mr. Moebus leaves a wife and five children to mourn his death. He united with the German Evangelical church when fifteen years of age. His funeral took place from his late residence Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the services being conducted by Rev. David Street, of the First Presbyterian church. His remains were interred in the old cemetery under the last solemn rites of the Masonic lodge, of which he was a member."
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