Charles Mosby

Brief Life History of Charles

When Charles Mosby was born in 1837, in Arkansas, United States, his father, Joseph Hobson Mosby, was 30 and his mother, Maria L. McLean, was 23. He married Virginia Cantrell about 1870, in Shelby, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Shelby, Tennessee, United States in 1920.

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Family Time Line

Charles Mosby
1837–
Virginia Cantrell
1842–
Marriage: about 1870
Millord Ernest Mosby
1866–1912
Charles Mosby
1871–

Sources (10)

  • Charles Mosby in household of Joseph Mosby, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Charlie Mosby in entry for Millard Ernest Mosby, "Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955"
  • Charles Mosby, "United States Census, 1900"

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World Events (8)

1846

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

1861

Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Moresby in Cumbria, named from the Old French personal name Maurice, Moris + Old Norse ‘farmstead, village’.

Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads in southern Norway, from Old Norse mós (genitive case of mór ‘sandy plain’) + býr ‘farm’.

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

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