Death date also listed as 28 Feb 1813
2-10-15, Jennifer Dix
"Moses moved from Sturbridge, Massachusetts to Oneida County, New York in 1805, where he married Hannah Morton in 1806. He died in 1813 and was buried in "the common burying ground, about a mile from home."
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From the autobiography of Joseph Holbrook, on file at the Harold Lee Library, Brigham Young University: "My father, Moses Holbrook, was born in the township of Sturbridge, county of Worcester, state of Massachusetts, May 15, 1779. He was of small stature, weighing about 135 to 145 pounds. He labored hard in endeavoring to clear the timber off of his land. He never made a profession of religion but was strictly a very moral man and treated his family kindly. He emigrated from Massachusetts about the year 1804, being 25 years old and was married to Hannah Morton in 1805. My mother Hannah Holbrook was born March 15, 1788. She was an active, lively, spirited woman...
My father in settling in Florence now called Annsville was much deprived of many of the so called comforts of life, it being entirely new, the people mostly poor, having obtained their land on credit; but my father lived agreeable with his wife. I, Joseph, being their first born, my mother [Hannah Lucretia Morton] not being quite eighteen years of age at the time… my father had built the first frame barn 30 by 40 feet in that Country. He had been away from home the most of the winter getting out logs for lumber some eight or ten miles off on account of scarcity of saw mills to finish his barn in hopes of future happenings, long life and prosperity which enshrouds the mind with the hopes of future greatness. But in the month of February he came home in the evening, went away a mile or so for a cross cut saw, returned about nine o'clock being very cold which lasted about three hours when a raging fever set in. He continued to grow worse for three days when he died February 28, 1813, age 33 years 9 months. Thus in my youth I was left without a father who was always mild and generous with my little brother and sister. This unexpected death left my mother in a low state of feelings; but few know how to participate in except it be those who are called to the like circumstances...
My father was buried in the common burying ground about a mile from home."
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2-10-15, Jennifer Dix
"Moses moved from Sturbridge, Massachusetts to Oneida County, New York in 1805, where he married Hannah Morton in 1806. He died in 1813 and was buried in "the common burying ground, about a mile from home."
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From the autobiography of Joseph Holbrook, on file at the Harold Lee Library, Brigham Young University: "My father, Moses Holbrook, was born in the township of Sturbridge, county of Worcester, state of Massachusetts, May 15, 1779. He was of small stature, weighing about 135 to 145 pounds. He labored hard in endeavoring to clear the timber off of his land. He never made a profession of religion but was strictly a very moral man and treated his family kindly. He emigrated from Massachusetts about the year 1804, being 25 years old and was married to Hannah Morton in 1805. My mother Hannah Holbrook was born March 15, 1788. She was an active, lively, spirited woman...
My father in settling in Florence now called Annsville was much deprived of many of the so called comforts of life, it being entirely new, the people mostly poor, having obtained their land on credit; but my father lived agreeable with his wife. I, Joseph, being their first born, my mother [Hannah Lucretia Morton] not being quite eighteen years of age at the time… my father had built the first frame barn 30 by 40 feet in that Country. He had been away from home the most of the winter getting out logs for lumber some eight or ten miles off on account of scarcity of saw mills to finish his barn in hopes of future happenings, long life and prosperity which enshrouds the mind with the hopes of future greatness. But in the month of February he came home in the evening, went away a mile or so for a cross cut saw, returned about nine o'clock being very cold which lasted about three hours when a raging fever set in. He continued to grow worse for three days when he died February 28, 1813, age 33 years 9 months. Thus in my youth I was left without a father who was always mild and generous with my little brother and sister. This unexpected death left my mother in a low state of feelings; but few know how to participate in except it be those who are called to the like circumstances...
My father was buried in the common burying ground about a mile from home."
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Death date also listed as 28 Feb 1813
2-10-15, Jennifer Dix
"Moses moved from Sturbridge, Massachusetts to Oneida County, New York in 1805, where he married Hannah Morton in 1806. He died in 1813 and was buried in "the common burying ground, about a mile from home."
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From the autobiography of Joseph Holbrook, on file at the Harold Lee Library, Brigham Young University: "My father, Moses Holbrook, was born in the township of Sturbridge, county of Worcester, state of Massachusetts, May 15, 1779. He was of small stature, weighing about 135 to 145 pounds. He labored hard in endeavoring to clear the timber off of his land. He never made a profession of religion but was strictly a very moral man and treated his family kindly. He emigrated from Massachusetts about the year 1804, being 25 years old and was married to Hannah Morton in 1805. My mother Hannah Holbrook was born March 15, 1788. She was an active, lively, spirited woman...
My father in settling in Florence now called Annsville was much deprived of many of the so called comforts of life, it being entirely new, the people mostly poor, having obtained their land on credit; but my father lived agreeable with his wife. I, Joseph, being their first born, my mother [Hannah Lucretia Morton] not being quite eighteen years of age at the time… my father had built the first frame barn 30 by 40 feet in that Country. He had been away from home the most of the winter getting out logs for lumber some eight or ten miles off on account of scarcity of saw mills to finish his barn in hopes of future happenings, long life and prosperity which enshrouds the mind with the hopes of future greatness. But in the month of February he came home in the evening, went away a mile or so for a cross cut saw, returned about nine o'clock being very cold which lasted about three hours when a raging fever set in. He continued to grow worse for three days when he died February 28, 1813, age 33 years 9 months. Thus in my youth I was left without a father who was always mild and generous with my little brother and sister. This unexpected death left my mother in a low state of feelings; but few know how to participate in except it be those who are called to the like circumstances...
My father was buried in the common burying ground about a mile from home."
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2-10-15, Jennifer Dix
"Moses moved from Sturbridge, Massachusetts to Oneida County, New York in 1805, where he married Hannah Morton in 1806. He died in 1813 and was buried in "the common burying ground, about a mile from home."
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From the autobiography of Joseph Holbrook, on file at the Harold Lee Library, Brigham Young University: "My father, Moses Holbrook, was born in the township of Sturbridge, county of Worcester, state of Massachusetts, May 15, 1779. He was of small stature, weighing about 135 to 145 pounds. He labored hard in endeavoring to clear the timber off of his land. He never made a profession of religion but was strictly a very moral man and treated his family kindly. He emigrated from Massachusetts about the year 1804, being 25 years old and was married to Hannah Morton in 1805. My mother Hannah Holbrook was born March 15, 1788. She was an active, lively, spirited woman...
My father in settling in Florence now called Annsville was much deprived of many of the so called comforts of life, it being entirely new, the people mostly poor, having obtained their land on credit; but my father lived agreeable with his wife. I, Joseph, being their first born, my mother [Hannah Lucretia Morton] not being quite eighteen years of age at the time… my father had built the first frame barn 30 by 40 feet in that Country. He had been away from home the most of the winter getting out logs for lumber some eight or ten miles off on account of scarcity of saw mills to finish his barn in hopes of future happenings, long life and prosperity which enshrouds the mind with the hopes of future greatness. But in the month of February he came home in the evening, went away a mile or so for a cross cut saw, returned about nine o'clock being very cold which lasted about three hours when a raging fever set in. He continued to grow worse for three days when he died February 28, 1813, age 33 years 9 months. Thus in my youth I was left without a father who was always mild and generous with my little brother and sister. This unexpected death left my mother in a low state of feelings; but few know how to participate in except it be those who are called to the like circumstances...
My father was buried in the common burying ground about a mile from home."
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