Elizabeth Bliss Moffett

1 June 1859–10 July 1864 (Age 5)
Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States

The Life Summary of Elizabeth Bliss

When Elizabeth Bliss Moffett was born on 1 June 1859, in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, her father, John Simpson Moffet, was 45 and her mother, Maria Louisa McMillan, was 28. She lived in Knox, Tennessee, United States in 1860. She died on 10 July 1864, in Lea Springs, Grainger, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 5, and was buried in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Simpson Moffet
1814–1867
Maria Louisa McMillan
1831–1866
John Andrew Moffett
1851–1871
Mary Scott Moffett
1853–1910
William Worthington Moffett
1855–1903
Louisa Simpson Moffett
1858–1918
Elizabeth Bliss Moffett
1859–1864
Emma Mc Millan Moffett
1860–1864
Hector Bruce Moffett
1862–1864
Anna Maria Moffett
1863–1864

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World Events (2)

1862 · Battle of Shiloh
Age 3
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
1863
Age 4
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Scottish and northern Irish: variant of Moffatt .

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

Possible Related Names

Moffatt

Sources (5)

  • Elizabeth B Moffett in household of J S Moffett, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Elizabeth Bliss Moffett, "Tennessee Births and Christenings, 1828-1939"
  • Elizabeth Bliss Moffett, "Find A Grave Index"

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