The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
NameCotton MOODY 
®212, ®6965, ®2810, ®6966, ®6967, ®6968, ®6969, ®672, ®6970, ®6971, ®6972, ®6973, ®6974, ®1035
®212, ®6965, ®2810, ®6966, ®6967, ®6968, ®6969, ®672, ®6970, ®6971, ®6972, ®6973, ®6974, ®1035Birth9 Jun 1797, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ®408, ®672, ®627, ®6975, ®6976, ®6977, ®1035
Death23 Feb 1875, Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA ®672
Burialaft 23 Feb 1875, Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA ®73
MemoOak Hill Cemetery
FlagsSouth Hadley, Massachusetts, Stray, Vital Records-State
FatherCAPTAIN Daniel MOODY (1755-1828)
MotherAbigail NASH (1757-1802)
Misc. Notes
He became a member of the Congregational Church of South Hadley in May 1819. In 1827 he married Dorcas Goodman who died in 1828. He was still living in South Hadley at the time of his marriage to Lucy Tinker in Chester in May 1830. ®6967 He and Lucy then settled in Hinsdale where their first six children were born and then moved about 1838 to Pittsfield, where their last child was born 25 June 1839. Lucy died 15 August 1839 and in June 1840 Cotton married Experience Lawrence in Pittsfield. He and Experience then moved to Dalton, Massachusetts. ®212 They settled in Geneva, Wisconsin. ®408 On 1 June 1860 Cotton is a 65 year old farmer in Geneva, Wisconsin, living with Experience, 60, Reuben T., 29, Edward L., 26 and William, 25. ®6978On 1 June 1870 Cotton, age 70 was farming in Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin. Living with him were Experience, 70, Edwin 36, Jane, 24, James, 11 months and Reuben, 39. William married in 1867 and left home. ®6969Cotton died in 1875.
Research
He moved to Dalton in 1840, Onondaga Valley, NY in 1842, Darien, New York ca 1850 and in 1854 to Geneva, Wisconsin.
Spouses
Death15 Aug 1839, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA ®9179
Burial16 Aug 1839, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA ®9180
MemoNew Cemetery
FatherRufus TINKER (1759-1827)
MotherMiriam BLISS (1760-1820)
Misc. Notes
She was Cotton’s second wife and died at age 37, 38 or 39, 2 months after the birth of Lucy Jane. ®212
MemoOld South Hadley Burial Ground A I 12
FlagsSouth Hadley, Massachusetts
Misc. Notes
Research
Is she the daughter of Eleazer Goodman and Rebekah White and born 6 October 1800 of Bolton, Washington/Warren County, New York?
Were there twins that died in 1828?
Were there twins that died in 1828?
Family ID6923
Marriage9 Jan 1827 ®408
ChildrenCotton’s Infant (Stillborn) (1828-1828)
Misc. Notes
She was Cotton’s third wife and from Pittsfield at the time of their marriage. ®408She was dismissed from the First Church of Pittsfield to Dalton on 17 May 1841. ®212 On 1 June 1880 she is an 80 year old widow whose parents were both born in Connecticut. She is living in Lyon, Wisconsin on the farm of her son E. L. Moody, 46, his wife Jane E., 33, and children James C., 10, and Etta E., 8. ®7171
Research
Was she the daughter of Deacon Josiah Lawrence and born 16 Feb 1800 in Pittsfield?
No Children