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Amos A Moyer

Male 1850 - 1923  (73 years)


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  • Name Amos A Moyer 
    Born 15 Sep 1850  Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 29 Nov 1923  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5166  Rossville
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2019 

    Family Amanda Jane Cox Moyer,   b. 21 Oct 1860,   d. 18 Jul 1938  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 30 Jan 1881 
    Children 
     1. Charles L Moyer,   b. 26 Jan 1884,   d. 22 Feb 1970  (Age 86 years)
    +2. Ralph A Moyer,   b. 28 Feb 1888,   d. 29 Jun 1943  (Age 55 years)
    +3. Oscar Pete Moyer,   b. 29 Oct 1895, Valencia, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1975, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +4. Lydia Moyer Keaton,   b. 27 Mar 1900,   d. 25 Jan 1923, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)
    +5. Mary Elizabeth Moyer Bledsoe
     6. Alonzo A Moyer
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2018 08:35:52 
    Family ID F2093  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Moyer, Amos
    Obituary- Moyer, Amos
    AMOS MOYER LAID TO REST
    IN THE LOCAL CEMETERY
    Aged Man Was Killed by R. I. Work
    Train, Thanksgiving Day
    Funeral services for the late Amos Moyer, of Willard, were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Willard church, conducted by the Rev. G. C. Albin, of Rossville. The body was brought to Rossville for burial.

    The old gentleman was struck by a flat car being pushed ahead of a work train about 8 o’clock last Thursday and died about 2 o’clock in the afternoon at a Topeka hospital He was thrown between the rails according to eye-witnesses and badly cut about the head and body.

    Amos Moyer was born at Fort Wayne, Ind., September 15, 1850, died Nov. 29, 1923, aged 73 years 2 months and 14 days. He came to Kansas in the year 1857, settling in Bourbon county, and later coming into Shawnee county, thus being a resident of Kansas for 64 years.

    He was married on January 30, 1881, to Miss Jane Cox. To this union was born eleven children, six of whom preceded him in death.

    He leaves to mourn his departure his faithful wife, five children Chas. E., Ralph A., Oscar P. all of Willard; Alonzo A. of Ashland, Ky, and Mrs. Mary E. Bledsoe, of Paxico, Kansas, and a number of grandchildren.