Aaron Moyer Musselman

Male7 April 1836–14 April 1912

Brief Life History of Aaron Moyer

When Aaron Moyer Musselman was born on 7 April 1836, in Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Cassel Musselman, was 44 and his mother, Anna Meyer Moyer, was 43. He married Elizabeth Shoemaker Landis on 13 December 1856. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Sheridan Township, Holt, Nebraska, United States in 1900 and Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1865. He died on 14 April 1912, in United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Aaron Moyer Musselman
1836–1912
Elizabeth Shoemaker Landis
1837–1876
Marriage: 13 December 1856
Nelson Landis Musselman
1858–1891
Seward L Musselman
1863–1934
Elizabeth A Musselman
1866–1940
Melvin Landis Musselman
1869–1935
Minerva May Musselman
1871–1871
John Landis Musselman
1876–1876
Elizabeth Landis Musselman
1876–1950

Sources (18)

  • Aaron M Musselman, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Aaron Musselman, "Nebraska, Grand Army of the Republic, Burial Records, 1861-1948"
  • Aaron M Musselman, "BillionGraves Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    13 December 1856
  • Children (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1841

    Age 5

    Historical Boundaries: 1841: Carroll, Illinois, United States

    1846

    Age 10

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1863

    Age 27

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    Americanized form of South German Musselmann:

    probably an occupational name for a woodman, from Middle High German müsel ‘log’ + man ‘man’.

    altered form of Swiss German Mosimann .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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