The Geneaology of Moody - LaPointe - Schnell - Beyers - Person Sheet
The Geneaology of Moody - LaPointe - Schnell - Beyers - Person Sheet
NameCotton MOODY 455,808,810,840,848,607,876,241,455,688,875,878,1552,2089, 13845
BirthJun 9, 1797, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA607,241,688,878,876,761,2089
DeathFeb 23, 1875, Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA241 Age: 77
Burialaft Feb 23, 1875, Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA761
FlagsBlood Relatives of JDM, Relative, South Hadley, Massachusetts, Stray, Vital Records-State
FatherCAPTAIN Daniel MOODY , 170 (1755-1828)
MotherAbigail NASH , 250 (1757-1802)
Spouses
BirthDec 13, 1801, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA455,791
DeathAug 15, 1839, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA455 Age: 37
BurialAug 16, 1839, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA455
FlagsRelative
FatherRufus TINKER , 14189 (1759-1827)
MotherMiriam BLISS , 14190 (1760-1820)
MarriageMay 1830, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA848,607,875
Family ID9802
ChildrenRuben T. , 13895 (1831-1916)
 James C. , 13894 (1832-1916)
 Edward Lyman , 13892 (1834-1912)
 William , 13896 (1835-1912)
 Ellen , 13893 (1837-1912)
 Lucy Jane (Died as Infant), 13847 (1839-1839)
Birthca 1801181,688
DeathApr 14, 1828, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA181,401,688
Burialaft Apr 14, 1828, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA181,401
FlagsRelative, South Hadley, Massachusetts
MarriageJan 9, 1827607
Family ID6923
ChildrenCotton’s Infant (Stillborn), 9825 (1828-1828)
Birthca 1800, Massachusetts, USA877,876,878
DeathApr 9, 1892, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA752
FlagsRelative
MarriageJun 1840, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA607,455
Family ID7178
No Children
Notes for Cotton MOODY
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 1830.848 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. 455 They settled in Geneva, Wisconsin. 607 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. 878On 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. 876Cotton died in 1875.
Research notes for Cotton MOODY
He moved to Dalton in 1840, Onondaga Valley, NY in 1842, Darien, New York ca 1850 and in 1854 to Geneva, Wisconsin.
Notes for Lucy (Spouse 1)
She was Cotton’s second wife and died at age 37, 38 or 39, 2 months after the birth of Lucy Jane.455
Notes for Dorcas (Spouse 2)
She was Cotton’s first wife and died at age 27.181 688
Research notes for Dorcas (Spouse 2)
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?
Notes for Experience (Spouse 3)
She was Cotton’s third wife and from Pittsfield at the time of their marriage. 607She was dismissed from the First Church of Pittsfield to Dalton on 17 May 1841.455 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. 877
Research notes for Experience (Spouse 3)
Was she the daughter of Deacon Josiah Lawrence and born 16 Feb 1800 in Pittsfield?
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