The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
Birth4 Aug 1790, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ®1198, ®610, ®1199, ®1200, ®1195, ®1201
Death21 Oct 1869, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ®1202, ®1203, ®1204, ®1205, ®1206
OccupationFarmer
Cause of deathTuberculosis ®1207
FlagsGranby, Massachusetts
FatherNoah MOODY SR. (1742-1812)
MotherAnna ELWELL (1764-1802)
Misc. Notes
He was the executor of his father, Noah Moody's, will of 19 Sep 1811. He was bequeathed all book accounts, notes, or obligations of any kind, all kinds of mecanic [sic] tools or farming utensils, all of my personal estate that is not disposed of above in this my will, also all my Real estate after my debts, together with the legacies in this my will shall have been paid out of the same. ®423 He lived in South Hadley on 13 October 1814 when he married Vila Sikes in Ludlow. ®1192 Their intentions were published in South Hadley in September 1814. He lived in Ludlow in 1820, ®1208 Springfield in 1825-1828, ®408 ®1209 and Long Meadow in 1830. ®1210 On 7 May 1848, Cyrus Moody was admitted to the church in Wintonbury [Bloomfield], Connecticut, from the Congregational Church in Ludlow, and wife Eliza H. from the Congregational Church in Chicopee Falls, Hampden County. ®1211On 1 June 1850 Cyrus was a 60 year old cooper with real estate valued at $1100 who lived in South Hadley with his second wife, Eliza, 47, his daughter Mary Ann Moody and 7 brick makers who boarded with them. ®1193 On 1 June 1860 Cyrus is a 69 year old farmer with real estate worth $950 and a personal estate worth $210 who lived in Belchertown with Eliza, 57, and Joanna Holton, 40, probably his wife’s sister. ®1194 Cyrus died after his 79th birthday in the December before 1 June 1870. He was a farmer, still married and died of tuberculosis. ®1195
Research
She was probably not the Eliza H. (Washburn) Moody who died in Belchertown, Hampshire County, 1 October 1877 aged 74, ®1212although she was buried in Ludlow. ®1213 That would be Eliza Hyde Washburn, born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1 Sept. 1803, daughter of Jeremiah and Sarah “Sally” (Edson) Washburn. ®1214No marriage of an Eliza Washburn to a Holton has been located, and Eliza was called “Miss” in the intentions of her marriage to Cyrus.
Spouses
Burialaft 6 Jun 1846
Cause of deathTuberculosis ®1223
FlagsLudlow, Hampden, MA, Vital Records-State
FatherJonathan SIKES
MotherMary MONTAGUE
Misc. Notes
Her residence was Ludlow, Massachusetts. ®1192 She was Cyrus’ first wife. ®408Cyrus Moody and Vila Sikes published their marriage intentions in South Hadley in September 1814. ®1224They were married on 13 October 1814 in Ludlow by Benjamin Sikes, Justice of the Peace. ®1192 She died at age 54 of consumption. ®1223
Research
Was Benjamin Sikes a relative? Benjamin, Calvin and Jonathan Sikes all lived in Ludlow and had daughters of marriageable age in 1810.
ChildrenMary Ann (1816-?)
Vila Sophia (Died as Child) (1818-1825)
Silas Sikes (1819-1878)
Sylvanus (1821-1860)
William W. (Died as Infant) (1827-1828)
William Austin (1834-1904)
Misc. Notes
She was Cyrus’ second wife. ®408 On 1 June 1850 she was 47 and lived with her husband Cyrus Moody, 60 and her step daughter Mary Ann Moody, 34, in South Hadley, Massachusetts. ®1193 On 1 June 1860 she and Cyrus lived in Belchertown, with Joanna Holton (? her sister). ®1194 Cyrus died on 21 October 1869 and on the 1 June 1870 census Eliza is a 67 year old widow residing in Hadley at the home of her step son, Silas S. Moody. ®1237
Research
She was probably not the Eliza H. (Washburn) Moody who died in Belchertown, Hampshire County, 1 October 1877 aged 74, ®1212although she was buried in Ludlow. ®1213 That would be Eliza Hyde Washburn, born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1 Sept. 1803, daughter of Jeremiah and Sarah “Sally” (Edson) Washburn. ®1214No marriage of an Eliza Washburn to a Holton has been located, and Eliza was called “Miss” in the intentions of her marriage to Cyrus.