He was from Hatfield. 401 “John Cowles, the ancestor of the family of that name now residing in this town, was one of the early settlers here. and lived on the place now owned by Rufus Cowles. Jr. Rufus, Sr., was born in 1783, married Lucy Osborne in 1804, and had born to him six children, namely, Rufus, Alpheus, Augustus, Erastus, Orsanius and Elizabeth. Erastus was born in I805, married Olive Dickinson, and reared seven children, four of whom are living, Elizabeth , of Deerfield, Edward C., of Deerfield, Charles L. and Rufus H., who resides on Meadow street. Rufus, Jr., married Fanny Y. Moody, and has one daughter, Lucy O., who resides with her father on Maple street. Alpheus married Sophia Wells, and has had born to him one child, Henry, deceased.” “Valley Street, Hatfield. The house on the John Cowles allotment was built by Rufus Cowles, who married Fanny P. Moody of Amherst. They had one daughter, Lucy Osborn, who died in 1893. The place was devised to Rufus H. Cowles, who sold it in 1898 to the present owner, Patrick T. Boyle.”744,963

She was from Amherst.688,963

Is she the daughter of David and Achsah Moody as claimed on Ancestry?