Samuel Morris Moritz
(1853-1889)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Leanorea Alice Noble

Samuel Morris Moritz 1 2

  • Born: 17 Apr 1853, Indiana 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Leanorea Alice Noble on 1 Mar 1877
  • Died: 10 Feb 1889 at age 35 3 4
  • Buried: Arlington Cemetery, Stanton, Montgomery County, Iowa 3 5
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  General Notes:

At the time of the 1885 Iowa state census, the family was living in Jackson, Montgomery County, Iowa. Samuel's father Peter M. Moritz, 63 born in Pennsylvania, was part of his household.

On Saturday, Feb. 9, Samuel M Moritz, aged nearly 36 years, son of Peter Moritz, deceased. He leaves to the care of the wife, five sons, the oldest aged 10 years, the youngest 3. "Mott", as he was familiarly known, was taken sick the same night with his father and in the same manner, and never saw him afterwards, tho' both were in the same house. The funeral, on Monday afternoon was largely attended by sympathizing friends and neighbors. "Mott" was an energetic, prosperous, good-hearted man, whom everybody liked,

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  Additional Information:

• Alt. Death, 9 Feb 1889. According to the obituary.


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Mott married Leanorea Alice Noble, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Noble and Nancy Jane Dunn, on 1 Mar 1877. (Leanorea Alice Noble was born on 16 Sep 1855 in , Monroe County, Iowa,4 died on 28 May 1939 4 and was buried in Arlington Cemetery, Stanton, Montgomery County, Iowa 6.)


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Sources


1 Iowa State Census 1885, County: Montgomery, Township Name: Jackson; Family History Film: 1021500; Volume: 237; Family Number: 24. Repository: Ancestry.com.

2 The Villisca Review, Villisca, Iowa, Thursday, October 20, 1904, Obituary of Benjamin Franklin Noble (http://iagenweb.org/montgomery/obits/noble_benjamin-franklin-1904.htm), surname only.

3 Iowa Cemetery Records, Grave Records of Montgomery County, Iowa; Page # 154. Repository: Ancestry.com.

4 Tombstone.

5 FindAGrave.com, Memorial# 53273936.

6 FindAGrave.com, Memorial# 53273976.


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