STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1901, page 4, column 4

MOSES SANBORN, 27 Aug 1819 - 25 Oct 1901

   Moses Sanborn was born in New Hampshire, Aug 27, 1819, and died 
at the home of his eldest daughter, Mrs. A. E. McCogg, at Tappan, 
Kidder county, North Dakota, Oct 25, 1901, aged 82 Years, 1 month 
and 28 days.

   When two years old his parents moved to Chittenden county, 
Vermont, and later to Summit County, O., where, December 27, 1839, 
he was joined in marriage with Hannah M. Thomson, who survives him 
at the age of eighty years.  In 1840 he and his wife moved to 
Steuben county, Indiana, and then moved go LaGrange county where 
they remained until 1866, and returned to Steuben county, remaining 
here until 1882 when they moved to Kidder county, North Dakota, 
where he farmed until 1896 (1886?), and then engaged in the 
mercantile business, which he continued until the spring of 1891.  
He was a kind and affectionate husband and father.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   A son, Johney Sanborn, 08 Apr 1860 - 27 Jun 1873, aged 13 years, 
2 months and 19 days, is buried at Memorial Grove Cemetery, Steuben 
County, Indiana.  
   No information on burial places of Moses and wife and daughter, 
Mrs. A. E. McCogg. 

Steuben Republican, 24 May 1893, page 1, column 3, 4, The Pioneers.
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel 
Lewis, Vol. II, page 1584.

Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net