Andrew F. Moses
Andrew F. Moses, one of Liberty Township's representative citizens, who carries on general farming on his valuable farm of 79½ acres, was born April 18, 1861, in Delaware County, Ohio, and is a son of Flavel and Elizabeth Moses.
The Moses family was established in Delaware County by Salmon and Orpha Moses, the grandparents of Andrew F. They came to this section from Litchfield County, Connecticut, in 1817, and settled on the farm which is now owned by a granddaughter, Mrs. Helen Jewell. At that time all this part of the country was heavily timbered and but few pioneers had yet dared the dangers and hardships which attended founding homes in such a wilderness. Salmon Moses, however, was a man of sturdy strength and of enterprising character. He built his log cabin in a clearing he made in the great woods and gave assistance to his neighbors as they gradually settled in his vicinity, and later was one of the builders of the first church edifice in this section, which was the first Methodist Episcopal Church at Powell. Salmon A loses and wife had five children, three daughters and two sons, namely: Dorcas, who married Ebenezer Pike; Flora, who was not married; Flavel; and Russell, who died in Liberty Township. He married Alice Gregg. Salmon Moses died in 1869. at the age of 76 years.
Flavel Moses, father of Andrew F. Moses, was three and one-half years old when his parents came from Connecticut to Delaware County and here the whole of his life was passed. He devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits, acquiring considerable property, and at the time of his death he owned 344 acres of valuable land. For nearly 90 years he was a resident of Delaware County, where he died May 27, 1905, in his 93d year. He gave liberally in support of schools and churches and was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married Elizabeth Dunton, who was born April 17, 1820, and died February 25, 1901. They had the following children: Orpha, who married Robert Conroy, residing at Powell, has four children; Sarah, who married Albert Standish, who is in the seventh generation from Miles Standish, residing at Columbus, has three children; Mora E, who married L.V. Humphrey, residing at Lake Arthur, New Mexico, has three children; William, residing on the farm on which his father settled and in the house he built, married Susan, a daughter of Miles Case, and they have two children; and Andrew F.
Andrew F. Moses was reared on his father's farm and attended the public schools at Powell. In 1882 he was married to Emily E. Scott, who is a daughter of Andrew J. and Sarah A. (Goshage) Scott, and they have had five children born to them, as follows: Blanche. Alta M., Helen E., Guy S. and Mary A. Blanche married John Penn and they reside south of Stratford and have two children, Florence and Hazel Naomi. Alta M. married Charles A. Coldflesh and they reside at Fairview. They have two children, Guy M. and Irene. Helen E. married Ernest B. Vigar. The other members of the family reside at home.
Mr. Moses is a stanch Republican. His business lias been farming and he has devoted almost all of his time to this line, but for five years he had charge of the rural mail delivery route from Powell, during which time he faithfully performed the duties pertaining to that office.
From 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, Ohio, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908