Tofterå Slettemoen genealogy
Susannah Whitmire
1803 - Aft 1870 (68 years)-
Name Susannah Whitmire Born 1803 Pennsylvania, USA Gender Female Name Richel Name Whitameyer Died Aft 1870 Indiana, USA Person ID I28353 Tofterå Slettemoen Last Modified 15 Jan 2019
Family Jacob Moser, Jr, b. Abt 1800, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Aug 1850, Lorian, Ohio, USA (Age ~ 50 years) Married 11 Jul 1826 Fairfield, Oho - Jacob Mouser & Susan Richel
Marriage
11 Jul 1826
Fairfield, Ohio, United States
Children 1. Tobias Mosure, b. Aug 1823, Uniontown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 20 Apr 1903, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio (Age ~ 79 years) 2. George W. Mosure, b. 30 Jul 1829, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 1 Dec 1893, Van Wert, Ohio (Age 64 years) 3. Caroline Mozier, b. 1831, Vermillion, Ashland, Ohio, USA , d. 4 Jun 1860-30 Oct 1861, Indiana, USA (Age 30 years) 4. Ephraim Mosure, b. 10 May 1833, Vermillion, Ashland, Ohio, USA , d. 5 Oct 1908, Vera Cruz, Wells, Indiana, USA (Age 75 years) 5. Jonathan Mosure, b. 15 Aug 1836, Ashland, Ohio , d. 4 May 1912, Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA (Age 75 years) 6. David H, Mosure, b. 1842, Vermillion, Ashland, Ohio, USA , d. 25 Oct 1884, Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA (Age 42 years) 7. Abner Mosure, b. 1844, Vermillion, Ashland, Ohio, USA , d. 25 Aug 1888, Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA (Age 44 years) 8. Catharine Mosure Kearney Maley, b. 1847, Vermillion, Ashland, Ohio, USA , d. Aft 1930, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA (Age 84 years) 9. William H. Mosure, b. 1849, Vermillion, Ashland, Ohio, USA , d. Yes, date unknown Last Modified 15 Jan 2019 Family ID F8014 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Jacob Mouser & Susan Richel
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Notes - 1850 she is a widow in Vermillion, Ashland, Ohio, seven children living at home.
1860 she is in Washington, Adams, Indiana with three children, Abner, Catharine and William H.
In the 1870 census she is living with her daughter Catherine and husband Thomas C/Kearney (Irish) in Peru Ward 4, Miami, Indiana.
When her husband died, Susannah moved her family with an ox team to the farm south of Decatur. They cleared most of the land. There were many hardships. Game was plentiful and there were wolves, bears and wild hogs. One time a bear killed two of their fat hogs and boys pursued the bear all night. They finally killed it at what is now the White Bridge, two miles east of Bluffton, Indiana.
Susannah changed the name from Moser to Mosure to aviod mix-ups with the many Mosers around Decatur, Indiana.
Jonathan Mosure 15.8.1836 died may 4, 1912 born in Ashland, Ohio, d. in Indiana.
- 1850 she is a widow in Vermillion, Ashland, Ohio, seven children living at home.