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Isaac Moulton

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Isaac Moulton

Birth
Rising Sun, Ohio County, Indiana, USA
Death
8 Mar 1896 (aged 70)
Washburn, Woodford County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Washburn, Woodford County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 265
Memorial ID
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From Past & Present of Woodford Co. History-1878


MOULTON, ISAAC, garmer; P.O. Washburn; Liberal; Democrat; owns 120 acres of land, valued at $3,000; born June 26, 1825, in Indianna, near Rising Sun; married Mary J. Hattan Aug. 20, 1849; she was born April 11, 1829; had 11 children, two of whom have died--Elizabeth, born June 29, 1850, died in six weeks after birth by a stroke of lightning; Sophia, born Aug. 6, 1851; Mary Ellen, born Nov. 27, 1853; William born March 30, 1856; Vienna, born Jan. 27, 1858, died when 9 months old; Jeremiah, born Sept. 13, 1859; John, born April 1, 1862; Annas, born May 5, 1864. Mr. M came here before the Black Hawk war; he was 7 years old at the time of that event; he has heard his mother tell of an Indian battle that happened near where the Richland School house now stands; he remembers seeing the troops as they passed through Pleasant Grove. Mr. M. has been a great hunter, and generally killed from 25 to 40 deer every winter until about 15 years ago; he says that the last deer that he killed was 8 years ago, in Isaiah Jones' field.

[Contributed by Joann Armstrong for inclusion on this memorial]
From Past & Present of Woodford Co. History-1878


MOULTON, ISAAC, garmer; P.O. Washburn; Liberal; Democrat; owns 120 acres of land, valued at $3,000; born June 26, 1825, in Indianna, near Rising Sun; married Mary J. Hattan Aug. 20, 1849; she was born April 11, 1829; had 11 children, two of whom have died--Elizabeth, born June 29, 1850, died in six weeks after birth by a stroke of lightning; Sophia, born Aug. 6, 1851; Mary Ellen, born Nov. 27, 1853; William born March 30, 1856; Vienna, born Jan. 27, 1858, died when 9 months old; Jeremiah, born Sept. 13, 1859; John, born April 1, 1862; Annas, born May 5, 1864. Mr. M came here before the Black Hawk war; he was 7 years old at the time of that event; he has heard his mother tell of an Indian battle that happened near where the Richland School house now stands; he remembers seeing the troops as they passed through Pleasant Grove. Mr. M. has been a great hunter, and generally killed from 25 to 40 deer every winter until about 15 years ago; he says that the last deer that he killed was 8 years ago, in Isaiah Jones' field.

[Contributed by Joann Armstrong for inclusion on this memorial]


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