| 12. | Oliver* Hopkins Moyers (or Myers) was born on 2 Apr 1824 in White Pine, Jefferson Co, Tennessee; was christened on 7 Nov 1824 in Westminister and St. Paul Presbyterian Church, Jefferson Co, Tennessee (son of Christopher* Moyers (or Myers, Myres) and Sarah* McGowan); died after 1883 in of , White Co, Tennessee. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 28 Oct 1850, Eastern Division, Bledsoe Co, Tennessee
- Census: 24 Jul 1860, Double Springs, Putnam Co (District 16), Tennessee
- Military: 1863, Clay Co, Illinois; registration
- Research Notes: 1870, Fairfield, Wayne Co, Illinois
- Census: 27 Jun 1870, Fairfield, Wayne Co, Illinois
- Census: 1880, Pana, Christian Co, Illnois
- Other-Begin: 9 Apr 1882, White Co, Tennessee; letter
- Other-Begin: 18 Sep 1963; letter
Notes:
He registered for the military in 1863 in Illinois, but apparently did not serve. In 1870 he was a laborer, then 1880 he was a railroad carpenter. After he moved back to Tennessee, he did some farming.
Letters both written by and quoted from some of the Stone family give a few more clues in to Oliver's life. They mention a daughter Cate who does not show up in the records and she is only known of because Cicero Stone mentioned in a letter in 1932 those who had died since a previous letter he had written in 1877, and listed Cate.
She is not listed in her father's household in 1870 or 1880 census. Was she first born or last born? If first born, maybe married young? But more likely born last. Elizabeth was dead by 1880. Could she have died in childbirth? She was getting at a critical age for childbearing. Oliver, widowed by 1880 census, still living in Illinois. Nellie and John and Ann are there - no Cate. Ann marries soon after, September of that same year.
In the letter in 1882, Cicero mentions that Moyers is living by him farming. It is also told that Nellie died of consumption at Uncle Anderson's home in January of 1882, that John, her brother, had come to be with her while she was sick, and she died the day after he left.
So, it's very clear that Oliver moved back to Tennessee with Nelly and apparently Cate after Elizabeth died, probably shortly after the census was taken or in the following year. His other children were establishing their own lives. John and Ann stayed in Illinois. He seemed to have no other family in Illinois and it's not hard to imagine the need of the comfort of his wife's family and their support to raise Cate was his motivation to move back to Tennessee.
Back to Cate, she must have grown up there in a close family relationship with Cicero for him to remember her specifically. He made a collective comment about several cousins had died, but then called her by name.
Then we learn from the letters that Enoch Herschel Stone named his son after him, Oliver Myers Stone, as it's said, ""our Uncle Moyers was named after Nelly's father." Oliver Stone was born in 1858. Oliver Moyers was Herschel's brother-in-law, married to his sister Elizabeth C. in about 1853.
In 1860, the families were all living in their own community in Putnam County (probably the same land, just changing county borders.) You'll see in residence enumerated as No. 773 Enoch Herschel Stone with his family and adjacent to him in Residence 774 is his widowed mother, Elizabeth (William) Stone with a couple of her adult children, Elihu Patton and Fanny. Then Oliver Hopkins Moyers and Elizabeth C are nearby in the residence numbered 781 where my great grandfather, shown as Christopher H, in the census is only 6 years old. Somehow that name evolved into Harold Charles.
Much gratitude to the Stone family for their letters and to Floyd Weatherbee who posted them to the Internet. They brought a lot of life to my great-great grandparents, Oliver and Elizabeth Stone Moyer.
(these letters are in a pdf file attached to Oliver and all the many other names of three or more generations mentioned in the letters.)
Christened:
name: Oliver Hopkins Moyers
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 07 Nov 1824
baptism/christening place: Westminister And St. Pauls Presbyterian Church, Jefferson, Tennessee
birth date: 02 Apr 1824
birthplace: Westminister And St. Pauls Presbyterian Church, Jefferson, Tennessee
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: Christoper Moyers
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name:
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C71068-1
system origin: Tennessee-EASy
source film number: 570840
reference number: 2:26HGCZT
Census:
residence: 702
Joseph A. Myres 23 1827 TN farmer 100
Ruth 20 1830 TN
residence 703
Christopher Myres 53 1795 farmer 200 TN
Sarah 49 1803 NC
Oliver 26 1824 TN Laborer
Nancy I. 20 1830 TN
Sarah C. 18 1832 TN
Thompson 16 TN 1834 laborer
Henry Y. 12 1838 TN
Teresy Y 8 1842 TN
Robert B. 7 1843 TN
Residence 704
Alexander Myres 45 1805 farmer 300 TN
Catherine 42 1808 TN
James A. 20 1830 laborer TN
Patrick D. 18 1832 laborer TN
Serena E. 16 1834 TN
Martha A. 14 1836 TN
Mary C. 12 1838 TN
Jasper L. 7 1843 TN
Albert H. 6 1844 TN
Susan E.S. 4 1846 TN
(Alexander and Christopher are brothers, Joseph is Alexander's son)
Census:
766 Mccaleb J M (James Madison) 29 1831 Male Tennessee
766 Mccaleb Susan E 29 1831 Female
son of Samuel Moore Mccaleb)
768 Mccaleb S M (Samuel Moore) 48 1812 Male North Carolina
768 Mccaleb Ellender (Ray) 49 1811 Female Tennessee
768 Mccaleb Samuel J 17 1843 Male Tennessee
768 Mccaleb Kuziah 15 1845 Female
24 Jul 1860 Double Springs, Putnam Co (District 16), Tennessee
771 Ellis A L (Albert Lindsey) 42 1818 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Sarah J (Brown) 39 1821 Female Tennessee
771 Ellis Hiram S 19 1841 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Alvin R 17 1843 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis John B 16 1844 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Edward F 14 1846 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Martha E 13 1847 Female Tennessee
771 Ellis Daniel N 7 1853 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Alexander 2 1858 Male Tennessee
771 Ellis Margaret 80 1780 Female North Carolina
brothers whose mother is Margaret Madden 11 Mar 1778 Orange NC; his sister Parentha m Elias Jones)
772 Ellis Elijah 45 1815 Male North Carolina
772 Ellis Margaret J (Jane) (McCaleb) 44 1816 Female North Carolina
772 Ellis Elvira 20 1840 Female Tennessee
772 Ellis Robert 16 1844 Male Tennessee
772 Ellis Juda Ann 14 1846 Female Tennessee
772 Ellis Samuel 7 1853 Male Tennessee
772 Ellis Millard F 4 1856 Male Tennessee
772 Ellis Joseph A 6/12 1859 Male Tennessee
(McCaleb desc m Thomas Denton Stone (Wm P. Stone; Thomas/Sarah Corder)
son of Thomas and Elizabeth Williams Stone
773 Stone, E.H. 32 1828 farmer 100 Tennessee
773 Stone, Eliza 30 1830 Tennessee
773 Stone, Cicero 10 1850 Tennessee
773 Stone, Granville 8 1852 Tennessee
773 Stone, Austin 6 1854 Tennessee
773 Stone, Elihu 4 1856 Tennessee
773 Stone, Isaac 4 1856 Tennessee
773 Stone, Oliver 2 1858 Tennessee
widow of Thomas Stone
774 Stone, Elizabeth (Williams) 66 farmer 1800 200 South Carolina
774 Stone, Fanney 35 Tennessee
774 Stone Elihu 25 1835 Tennessee
775 Ellis William 20 1840 Tennessee (son of Albert Lindsey)
775 Ellis Elizabeth 20 1840 Tennessee
776 J.H. Ray (connecting family with McCaleb & Ellises)
777 Gentry, S.W. 1835 (?)
778 Gentry, L.P. 1837 (?)
779 Gentry, W.H. 1812 (?)
(Gentry fam married into Davis Family. Davis Family desc incl m to Louis Wm Stone (Ephraim, Enoch/Anthony, John/M.Corder)and a m to Elbert Myers/Moyers(son of 1st cousin to Oliver Hopkins. Elbert's mother is a Campbell)
(son of Wm & Mary Campbell; gson of Curtis Mills & Ann Lovelady. Loveladys connect to NC-Maddens (related to Moyers/Stones?)
780 Mills Joseph 29 1831 Tennessee
780 Mills Alvira E 29 1831 Tennessee
780 Mills William 9 1851 Tennessee
780 Mills Polly J 4 1856 Tennessee
780 Mills John L 2 1858 Tennessee
Elizabeth Moyers/Myres dau of Thomas Stone & Elizabeth Williams Stone
781 Myres O H (Oliver* Hopkins) 36 1824 Male Tennessee
781 Myres Elizabeth* C (Stone) 27 1833 Female Tennessee
781 Myres Christopher* H 6 1854 Male Tennessee
781 Myres Mary 4 1856 Female Tennessee
781 Myres John P 2 1858 Male Tennessee
781 Myres Ann 4/12 1860 Female Tennessee
782 William Marion 31 1829 Tennessee
782 William Louisa 30 1830 Tennessee
782 William James M 5 1855 Tennessee
782 William Mary S 3 1857 Tennessee
782 William John L 2 1858 Tennessee
782 William Lycurgus 7/12 1859 Tennessee
782 Williams Jesse 56 1804 Virginia
(believed to be brother to Elizabeth Williams Stone)
782 Williams Mary 62 1798 Tennessee
812 Jones M F 35 1825 Male Tennessee
812 Jones Celia A 35 1825 Female Tennessee
812 Jones John W 14 1846 Male Tennessee
812 Jones Jesse M 12 1848 Male Tennessee
812 Jones James A 10 1850 Male Tennessee
812 Jones Sarah J 8 1852 Female Tennessee
812 Jones Mary E 2 1858 Female Tennessee
812 Jones Wiley M 2/12 1860 Male Tennessee
Military:
Moyers, O.H. age 39, laborer, Tennessee
Research Notes:
1870 Census, same page as Oliver family.
Oliver is residence 96.
In Residence 101:
Trussell Otis G. 52 1818 day laborer 150 New Hampshire
Mortimer B. 19 1851 Ohio carpenter apprentice
Laura 15 1855 Ohio keeping house
Moyers, Erinda 8 1962 Illinois
Could Erinda be Oliver's daughter??
description of Otis:
Sex: M, Birth: 11 FEB 1818 in Boscawen, NH
Death: 12 FEB 1879 in Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois
Military Service: 18 MAY 1864 Recruited in Company G, 18th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 18 May 1864
Military Service: ABT. 1861 Civil War
Military Service: 17 MAR 1864 Company D, 87th Infantry Regiment - Illinois
Event: Cause of Death (Facts Pg) 12 FEB 1879 pnuemonia
Religion: 1860 Methodist Episcopal Church - Fairfield, Illinois
Religion: ABT. 1860 Listed as an Exhorter at the Methodist - Episcopal Church - Fairfield, Illinois
Reference Number: 1151
Father: Amos TRUSSELL b: 9 JAN 1785 in Warner, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
Mother: Laura JEWETT b: 5 JUL 1795 in Sugar Hill, near Hopkinton, Merrimack County, NH
Marriage 1 Sarah MILLER b: 15 MAY 1827 in Indiana
Children
Henry M. TRUSSELL b: 14 DEC 1848 in Ohio
Mortimer Benton TRUSSELL b: 1 FEB 1852 in Ohio
Laura Emma TRUSSELL b: 6 JAN 1855 in Bashan, Meigs County, Ohio
Mary Frances TRUSSELL b: 7 OCT 1857 in Ohio
--- 1870 census shows Otis 52, Mortimer B, 19, Laura, 15, and Erinda MOYERS, age 8. Unk whose child she was or relationship to Trussell.
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relation?
1860 Clairborne
William Moyers 1803 TN 22 May 1803; d m Feb 1893
Sarah E. (Bowman) 61 1799 TN
Rachel 26 1834 TN
Eliza Ann 22 1838 TN
Baylis, Daniel 17 1843 (Daniel B. Bayless, b 1843 Ohio; in 1910 Clairborne Census; next door to John M. Moyes 1862 & Louise B. - other side Mayers, Zack b 1869 & Barbara E)
note: (Bayless line earlier connected to Stone/Corder line)
note: It has been indicated that William may or may not be a son of Nicholas Sharp. Other documents have stated that this child was conceived out of wedlock. However, it is known that William took on his mother's maiden name.
Nicholas Sharp s/o George; 1755 VA
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Census:
Oliver H Moyers, 45, carpenter, 1800, 400, Tennessee
Elizabeth, 36, keeping house, Tennessee
Harrold 16 engineer in mill TN
Mary, 14 Tennessee
John 12 Tennessee
Ann 10 Tennessee
Erasmus 4 Illinois
Census:
Oliver H. Moyer 54 1826 widower Tennessee Tennessee Virginia; railroad carpenter
John Moyer 22 1858 Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee freight agent
Annie Moyer 20 1860 Tennessee
Nellie Moyer 17 1863 Illinis Tennessee Tennessee
Erasmus Moyer 13 1867 Illinois Tennessee Tennessee at school
Other-Begin:
Letter written in 1963 by Enoch, son of Cicero, to cousin Alene, wherein he quoted from this letter, written by Enoch Herschel to his brother Elihu.
(dated Apr 9, 1882 from White Co, Tenn)
Quote: "Cicero [Cicero Constantine Stone] still lives at Bloomington and Vick [Lenora Vick Stone] lives with him. Newton [Isaac Newton Stone] is there going to school. Herschel [Elihu Herschel Stone] is still living at his Uncle Geo. Anderson's [George W. Anderson, hus of Phama]. Aut is now at home. Moyers lives close to me and farming. Cleopatrae & Omega, Euclid & Mary
are all at home growing finely. Minerva has only had
two children. Mary is the youngest will be 7 years
old the last day of July."
This old letter was headed White Co. Tenn. and dated
April 9, 1882.
Now quoting a little further from the same old letter,
Quote: "I suppose Phama, wrote you about the death
of Nelly Moyers, she died last January at her Uncle
Geo. Anderson's with consumption. John her brother
came to see her while she was sick, and I think she
died the next day after he left."
(see attached letter)
Other-Begin:
Letter written by Enoch Garnet Stone, son of Cicero, in 1963 to his cousin, Alene. In it he quotes from a letter that had been dated 9 Apr 1882, written by Enoch Herschel, his grandfather, to Enoch Herschel's brother Elihu.
Quoted from Enoch Herschel's letter of 1882, "Moyers [Oliver Hopkins Moyers, husb of Elizabeth C. Stone (d bef 1880)] lives close to me and farming."
Then Enoch Garnet continues, "Now quoting a little further from the same old letter,
Quote: "I suppose Phama [Phama Lovina Stone], wrote you about the death of Nelly Moyers, she died last January at her Uncle Geo. Anderson's with consumption. John her brother
came to see her while she was sick, and I think she died the next day after he left."
I quote the above to show you that Uncle Moyers was named for Nelly's father, who I am quite sure married Elizabeth, who was grandfather's sister, i.e., I know he had a sister, Elizabeth, and am quite sure she married Mr. Moyers. He is the one who lived in Nashville,and Ridley Stone was my brother who lived there for many years until he moved to California."
I quote the above to show you that Uncle Moyers was named for Nelly's father, who I am quite sure married Elizabeth, who was grandfather's sister, i.e., I know he had a sister, Elizabeth, and am quite sure she married Mr. Moyers. He is the one who lived in Nashville.
(see attached)
named for Nelly's father (Oliver);
that would be Oliver M Stone, son of Enoch Herschel Stone.
married Elizabeth "grandfather's sister"
Oliver* married Elizabeth* C. Stone about 1853 in Tennessee. Elizabeth* (daughter of Rev Thomas* Stone, (DNA) match 7A and Elizabeth* Williams, (dau?) (DNA)) was born in 1833 in Jackson Co, Tennessee; died between 1877 and 1880 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1922 - 1984 (61 years)