KAY LASH COLLECTION, CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF STEUBEN 
COUNTY, ANGOLA, INDIANA

MARY ANN (MILNES) MOFFETT, 01 Sep 1836 - 06 Dec 1919

   Mary Ann Milnes was the daughter of George and Eve Ann 
Milnes.  She was the oldest of a family of nine children and 
was born near Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 1, 1836.  She passed 
away in Angola, Dec. 6, 1919, in her 83rd year.
   She came with her parents to Jamestown township, Steuben 
county, Indiana, when she was about seven years of age.  She 
received her education in the schools of the county and 
became a successful teacher in the schools of Pleasant 
township.
   She was married to Thomas R. Moffett, Jan. 1, 1860.  To 
them were born two children both of whom died in infancy.   
Her husband passed to the great beyond Sept. 22, 1913.
   Mrs. Moffett was a member of the Congregational church of 
Angola, transferring her membership from the Universalist 
church of Pleasant Lake.  The church will ever remember her 
genuine loyalty and her gentleness and gracious manner will 
continue to bless them.
   She was a charter member, and the oldest member of the 
Rebekah lodge.  Now she has gone only one charter member 
remains, Lawrence Gates.  She was the oldest member and a 
charter member of the W. C. T. U. to which organization she 
was much attached and as earnestly devoted.
   After her husband's death she made her home with her 
daughter, Mrs. Alphonso C. Wood, where she had comfortably 
and happily lived until a few weeks ago, when she removed to 
her old home.  It was in this home that she resided 47 years 
ago and where she watched and rejoiced in the building of her 
new home across the street.  In this old home she passed to 
the rest and reward of the faithful on Saturday noon, Dec. 6.
   She leaves one brother, Eugene Milnes, of Pentwater, 
Michigan; one sister, Mrs. Moses Kimsey, of Auburn, Indiana; 
her daughter, Mayme Wood; her grandson, Theodore Thomas Wood; 
seven nieces and two nephews.
   Mrs. Moffett will long be remembered by her many friends 
and acquaintances for her interest in temperance, her devout 
religious life and her love of the church, and may the 
preciousness of her quiet, gentle spirit be as a benediction 
upon us all.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Mary Ann (Milnes) Moffett, o1 Sep 1836 - 06 Dec 1919, 
married Thomas Roland Moffett, 19 Jan 1834 - 22 Sep 1913.  
They are buried at Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, Steuben 
County, Indiana.  Mary Ann was the daughter of George A. 
Milnes, 16 Dec 1813 - 30 Jan 1877, and Eve Ann (Blankley) 
Milnes, 02 Jan 1815 - 19 Nov 1891.  They are buried at 
Jamestown Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.  Thomas was the 
son of Elder Thomas G. Moffett, 03 Sep 1809 - 05 Jun 1862, 
and Harriet E. (____) Moffett, 21 Sep 1804 - 03 Feb 1884.  
They are buried at Old Angola Cemetery, Angola, Steuben 
County, Indiana.
   
CHILDREN:
   Infant Moffett, died 19 Sep 1860, buried at Jamestown 
cemetery.  Father Thomas' obit states they had a son and a 
daughter.  The cemetery book says the infant is a daughter.
   Linnie Moffett, 12 Dec 1863 - 27 Mar 1867, buried at 
Jamestown Cemetery.
   "Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1900," page 1291, 
states:  `Infant daughter of T. R. and M. A. M., Sept. 19, 
1860.  NOTE:  This infant and Linnie are both on the Milnes 
lot and probably are children of Thomas R. Moffett and Mary 
Ann (Milnes) Moffett.
   Adopted daughter, Mayme R. (Moffett) Wood, 1874 - 1963, on 
28 Jun 1899, married Alphonso Calvin Wood, 23 Jan 1874 - 20 
Feb 1968.  Alphonso was the son of Dr. Theodore Frelingheysen 
Wood, 02 June 1840 - 30 Aug 1925, and Elizabeth (Powers) 
Wood, 18 Jan 1842 - 05 May 1908.  They are all buried at 
Circle Hill Cemetery.

"Marriage Records, Steuben County, Indiana, 1837 - 1899."
"History of Steuben County, Indiana, 1885," pages 571, 572, 
biography of father, George A. Milnes.
Steuben Republican, 24 Aug 1892, "Old Settlers" death list, 
Eve Ann Milnes.
SCGS Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 3, Fall 2001, Linnie Moffett.
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree 
Seibel Lewis, Vol. 2, pages 1284, 1290, 1291, 1989, 1992.
www.familysearch.org:
   1880 United States Census, Thomas R. Moffett, Angola, 
Steuben County, Indiana, Family History Library Film 
#1254312, NA Film #T9-0312, page #329D.
   1880 United States Census, Theadore (their spelling) Wood, 
District 11, Richland, Steuben County, Indiana, Family 
History Library Film #1254312, NA Film #T9-0312, page #397D.
   Individual Record, U.S. Social Security Death Index, 
Alphonso Wood.
Submitted by Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail: hilbeck123@att.net