Jacob Moser

about 1810–27 August 1884 (Age 74)
Randolph, North Carolina, United States

The Life Summary of Jacob

When Jacob Moser was born about 1810, in Randolph, North Carolina, United States, his father, Jacob C. Moser, was 21 and his mother, Mary Polly Stephens, was 15. He married Martha Ashbaugh on 2 December 1830, in Monroe, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Lisbon, Linn, Iowa, United States in 1860 and Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 27 August 1884, in Clay, Indiana, United States, at the age of 74.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Moser
1810–1884
Martha Ashbaugh
1807–1873
Marriage: 2 December 1830
Mary Moser
1832–
Kessiah Moser
1833–1922
Jacob Moser
1838–1875
Joseph Mosier
1838–1927
Eliza Jane Mosier
1843–1931
Jeremiah M. Moser
1844–1928
Martha K. Moser
1845–
Harrison Hubbard Moser
1850–1938
Sarilda Louise Mosier
1852–1906

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 December 1830Monroe, Indiana, United States
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1812
    Age 2
    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
    1819
    Age 9
    Historical Boundaries 1819: Owen, Indiana, United States
    1830 · The Second Great Awakening
    Age 20
    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    Name Meaning

    South German and Swiss German: topographic name for someone who lived near a peat bog, Middle High German mōs, or a habitational name for someone from a place named with this word. Compare Mosser and Musser .North German (Möser): metonymic occupational name for a vegetable grower or seller, from an agent noun based on Middle Low German mōs ‘vegetable’.German (Möser): habitational name from any of several places called Möser, or for someone from any of several places called Möse, Moese, and Mösen.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Mozer
    Mosser
    Muser
    Moeser
    Musser

    Sources (7)

    • Jacob Moses, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Jacob Moser, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
    • Jacob Mosier, "United States Census, 1850"

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