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Female Louisa Via Click to view Louisa Via in the family tree

Louisa was born about 1854 in Albemarle, Virginia.  Louisa's father was IRA HOWARD Via and her mother was AMANDA JANE Shiflett.  Her paternal grandparents were Clifton VIA and JUDITH "Judy" Sandridge; her maternal grandfather was JOHN Shiflett. She had six brothers and five sisters, named Horace Walker "Bee", CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, Samuel, Daniel "Big Daniel" Watson, Henry C., Thomas Gilmore, Apollonia, Mary F., Henrietta, Georgianna and Lucille "Lucy" Ann.  She is the fourth oldest of the twelve children. She had two half-brothers named Manoah G. and Stephen.


Louisa's family with Elberton "Bert" Moss

‌Louisa and Elberton "Bert" were married in a religious ceremony on January 6th, 1870 in Rockingham, Virginia.  They have a son and a daughter, named Leonard and Louise.


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