James S. Moulton
James S. Moulton, farmer, P. O. Rootstown, was born in Massachusetts, February 10, 1815, son of Jeremiah and Martha Moulton, natives of Massachusetts, who came to Ohio in 1817, and remained in this county until their death. They were forty-two days on the way from Massachusetts to Ohio, and came in a wagon covered with clapboards, drawn by a team of oxen, arriving in Brimfield November 17, 1817. Jeremiah Moulton died in 1851, his wife in 1845. Our subject married, July 4, 1838, Ann Varnormer, born in Pennsylvania, daughter of Samuel and Ann Varnormer, who remained in Pennsylvania, where they died. Mr. and Mrs. Moulton had five children, three now living: Mary J. (wife of Samuel Stine), Lafayette and Hamer. The deceased are Adelaide (wife of Nelson McManus) and Helen. Mrs. Moulton died June 6, 1884. Mr. Moulton, who has been engaged in farming all his life, owns 100 acres of land. He has filled the office of Trustee of his township.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885