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- Silas moved to Wood County, West Virginia by 1856 as a daughter Sarah was registered as being born there, his wife was Rebecca [Buchanan]. They had two children at least, Sarah and William in Wood County.
Can’t find in 1860 census.
By the 1870s was living in Missouri, Mercer County, Marion with wife and children:
Sarah
William
James
Margaret
John
his wife Rebecca died by 1880 as he is married to a Eura M. who was 35 in 1880 census.
His daughter Sarah married William Bloom and can be seen living in the same area on 1880 census (she is on same page). She has two children Violetta and Silas.
His headstone reads:
Silas Mobley
May 2, 1837
Jan. 29, 1915
Ira M. His wife [Ura Mia]
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Birth: May 2, 1837 Belmont County Ohio, USA
Death: Jan. 29, 1915 Mercer County Missouri, USA
Burial: Moore Cemetery Mercer County Missouri, USA
PARENTS: William & Sarah (Millison) Mobley
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Spouses:
Rebecca Buchanan Mobley (1837 - 1878)
Urah M. Finch Mobley (1844 - 1927)
Children:
William Mobley (1859 - 1939)
John Mobley (1869 - 1937)
Ida Rebecca Mobley (1878 - 1879)
Amy Mobley (1882 - 1885)
Created by: Gloria Schulz
Record added: Jun 24, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 38695822
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Silas Mobley was born May 2, 1837, in Belmont County, Ohio. His parents were natives, respectively, of Maryland and Pennsylvania, but were married in Ohio, where they reared a family of three daughters and one son. When fourteen years of age, Silas accompanied his parents to Virginia, where his father died. The mother then returned to Ohio, where she died the following year. Two of the daughters were then married, one having died March 2, 1848, and Silas, who was the youngest child, was practically left alone. June 14, 1855, he married Rebecca, daughter of Ebenezer Buchanan, by whom one daughter and two sons were born: Sarah, born October 2, 1856, died Dec. 4, 1894 (Md. William Bloam); William, born July 6, 1859, died June 19, 1939 (md. Susan Bloam); and James, born May 31, 1862, died Aug. 16, 1919, md. Mary Snyder. In 1865, Mr. Mobley emigrated to Mercer County, Mo., from Ohio. He loaded all of his personal belongings; including his household goods, machinery, livestock and family on a flat boat, which floated down the Ohio River to the confluence of the Ohio River and the Mississippi River to Davenport. They then transferred to a box car on the railroad which took them to the end of the line near Otumwa, Iowa. Then they drove by wagon to Mercer County, Missouri. Six more children were born in Mercer County: Mary J. born Jan. 26, 1865, died April 9, 1865; Margaret, born June 18, 1866, died April 10, 1893 (md John Manchester); John, born Aug. 21, 1869, died Nov. 13, 1937, md Lecy Faulkner; Roseta, born May 23, 1872, died Oct. 11, 1872; Ruth, born May 3, 1874, died Sept. 8, 1876. On Dec. 18, 1878, Mrs. Mobley died leaving an infant, Ida Rebecca, just born, who died Aug. 16, 1879. May 1, 1879, Mr. Mobley married Urah M. Finch, by whom one daughter, Amy was born Nov. 29, 1882, and who died June 20, 1885. Mr. Mobley died Jan. 29, 1915.
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Silas Mobley was born May 2, 1837, in Belmont County, Ohio. His parents were natives, respectively, of Maryland and Pennsylvania, but were married in Ohio, where they reared a family of three daughters, and one son. When fourteen years of age Silas accompanied his parents to Wood County, [West] Virginia., where his father shortly after died. The mother then returned to Ohio, where she died the following year. Two of the daughters were then married, one having died March 2, 1848, and Silas, who was the youngest child, was practically left alone on the world. June 14, 1855, he married Rebecca daughter ofd Ebenezer Buchanan, by whom one daughter and two sons were born: Sarah, born October 2, 1856; William, born July 6, 1859, and James, born May 31, 1862. In 1865 Mr. Mobley immigrated to Mercer County, Mo., where he has since resided , and now owns 156 acres of good land. Since his residence in this State two more children have been born: Margaret, born June 18, 1866, and John, born August 21, 1869. All his children are at present residents of Missouri. December 18, 1878 Mrs. Mobley died leaving and infant, Ida Rebecca, just born. May 1, 1879, Mr. vMobley Mobley married Urah M., daughter of m. B. Finch, by whom one daughter, Amy, was born… [1888 Mercer County History Book]
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1837 - 1915 (77 years)