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William H Moody
Rank: Sergeant Company: I Age: 25 Residence: Kennebunk
Height: 5' 8" Eye Color: Hazel Hair Color: Brown Complexion: Light
[Promoted to 1st Sergt. on 1 Mar, 1863]
Rank: Sergeant Company: I Age: 25 Residence: Kennebunk
Height: 5' 8" Eye Color: Hazel Hair Color: Brown Complexion: Light
[Promoted to 1st Sergt. on 1 Mar, 1863]
WILLIAM H MOODY, the son of William and Caroline (Merservey) Moody,
was born in Nobleboro, ME on 1 Oct, 1836 [obit; 1900 census]. He died on
29 Oct, 1904 in Liberty, Waldo Co, ME [obit].
Around 1860, he married ABBIE S JELLISON of Kennebunk [obit]. She was born on 25 Aug, 1838 [1900 census] in Kennebunk, the daughter of Samuel and Clarisa (Oakes) Jellison [ME Death Rec]. She died on 27 Aug 1912, aged 74 yrs, 2 das from carcinoma, and was buried in Washington, Know, ME [ME Death Rec].
His obituary was carried in the Daily Kennebec Journal dated 1 Nov, 1904: Notes from Liberty: He came to this town with parents when four years old and resided nearly all his life [note:his enlistment data followed this in obit, but dates were reversed]. At close of war he spent three years in civil service on coast of Florida. Was 6 years a member of Board of Agriculture, attended Farmers Congress in St Paul in 1897. An officer in State Grange; was enumerator in last census [NOTE: in 1900 Liberty,ME census, he and Abbie had FULL birth dates listed, the only ones to have such because William was the enumerator]. Member of Loyal Legion; member George's River Grange; E.H.Bradstreet Post GAR; George's Royal Arch. Chapter F + A.M. Masons
Following his time in the 27th ME, he reenlisted into the 2nd Maine Cavalry, Company L, and was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 24 Dec, 1863. He was wounded in battle at Marianna,FL on 27 Sept, 1864, but continued to serve, being mustered out on 6 Dec 1865 in Barancas,FL. As obit mentions, he stayed here in Florida for several years after the war.
Except for his brief time in Kennebunk prior to the war, where he worked as a carriage painter, he lived in Liberty, ME and was occupied as a farmer and a painter.
William and Abbie had two children:
I. DELBERT H, born circa 1865 [age 5 in 1870, 15 in 1880], he died in 1890 [father's obit].
II. BLANCHE, born ca 1872-73 in Liberty,ME, she married circa 1903 [marr 7 yrs in 1910 census] (as his 2nd wife) ARTHUR E JOHNSON, a farmer of Washington, Knox Co, ME. The 1910 census says that she had two children by this time (4 others in household were from Arthur's previous marriage), only one still living, which was:
1. Margaret M, age 4 in 1910
Additional Source Data:
1850 Liberty,Waldo Co,ME
1860 Kennebunk census
1870 Liberty,ME: hh 162/167
1880 Liberty: hh 66/69
1890 Vet Sched: liv in Liberty - no disability listed
1900 Liberty: hh 1/1
1910 Washingotn,Knox Co,ME (pg 3A): data on Blanche + family
- several notices in town notes, Daily Kennebec Journal (1898,1904,1908)
- Civil War Pension Index: William filed 186_, 13 Jan (app # 130,897 cert #89,290); widow Abbie S filed 1904 (app #816,686 cert #603,095)
Around 1860, he married ABBIE S JELLISON of Kennebunk [obit]. She was born on 25 Aug, 1838 [1900 census] in Kennebunk, the daughter of Samuel and Clarisa (Oakes) Jellison [ME Death Rec]. She died on 27 Aug 1912, aged 74 yrs, 2 das from carcinoma, and was buried in Washington, Know, ME [ME Death Rec].
His obituary was carried in the Daily Kennebec Journal dated 1 Nov, 1904: Notes from Liberty: He came to this town with parents when four years old and resided nearly all his life [note:his enlistment data followed this in obit, but dates were reversed]. At close of war he spent three years in civil service on coast of Florida. Was 6 years a member of Board of Agriculture, attended Farmers Congress in St Paul in 1897. An officer in State Grange; was enumerator in last census [NOTE: in 1900 Liberty,ME census, he and Abbie had FULL birth dates listed, the only ones to have such because William was the enumerator]. Member of Loyal Legion; member George's River Grange; E.H.Bradstreet Post GAR; George's Royal Arch. Chapter F + A.M. Masons
Following his time in the 27th ME, he reenlisted into the 2nd Maine Cavalry, Company L, and was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 24 Dec, 1863. He was wounded in battle at Marianna,FL on 27 Sept, 1864, but continued to serve, being mustered out on 6 Dec 1865 in Barancas,FL. As obit mentions, he stayed here in Florida for several years after the war.
Except for his brief time in Kennebunk prior to the war, where he worked as a carriage painter, he lived in Liberty, ME and was occupied as a farmer and a painter.
William and Abbie had two children:
I. DELBERT H, born circa 1865 [age 5 in 1870, 15 in 1880], he died in 1890 [father's obit].
II. BLANCHE, born ca 1872-73 in Liberty,ME, she married circa 1903 [marr 7 yrs in 1910 census] (as his 2nd wife) ARTHUR E JOHNSON, a farmer of Washington, Knox Co, ME. The 1910 census says that she had two children by this time (4 others in household were from Arthur's previous marriage), only one still living, which was:
1. Margaret M, age 4 in 1910
Additional Source Data:
1850 Liberty,Waldo Co,ME
1860 Kennebunk census
1870 Liberty,ME: hh 162/167
1880 Liberty: hh 66/69
1890 Vet Sched: liv in Liberty - no disability listed
1900 Liberty: hh 1/1
1910 Washingotn,Knox Co,ME (pg 3A): data on Blanche + family
- several notices in town notes, Daily Kennebec Journal (1898,1904,1908)
- Civil War Pension Index: William filed 186_, 13 Jan (app # 130,897 cert #89,290); widow Abbie S filed 1904 (app #816,686 cert #603,095)
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