Brief Life History of William Sherman
When William Sherman Moulton was born about 20 May 1841, in New Jersey, United States, his father, Gurdon B. Moulton, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Guest, was 23. He married Eva Emeline Brumbaugh in June 1870, in Center Township, Marion, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Greenwich Township, Sussex, New Jersey, British Colonial America in 1850 and Center Township, Marion, Kansas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 March 1918, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 76.
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Sources (11)
- Wm Sherman Moulton in entry for Moulton, "Kansas County Birth Records, 1885-1911"
- William S Moulton, "United States Census, 1870"
- W S Moulton in entry for Alma June Yale, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
Spouse and Children
1841–1918 Male
1856–1926 Female
Children (5)
1870–1922 Female
1873–1881 Male
1876–1945 Male
1879– Male
1886–1965 Male
Parents and Siblings
1811–1868 Male
1817–1894 Female
Siblings (6)
1840– Male
1841–1918 Male
1843–1874 Female
1845–1927 Male
1849–1880 Female
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World Events (8)
1844
Age 3
1846
Age 5
1863
Age 22
Name Meaning
English (mainly Cheshire and Lancashire): habitational name from one or more of the places called Moulton (Cheshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, North Yorkshire), most of which are named with the Old English personal name Mūl(a), the Old Norse personal name Múli, or Old English mūl ‘mule’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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