General Notes

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Biographical Sketch (1932):3122 "Michael's wife was Maria Eva who w as
born Sept. 11, 1717; d. June 27, 1807, in Springfield Township of what is
now Mahoning County, Ohio, near Petersburg. The inscription on her
gravesto ne in the Old Lutheran Church Cemetery two miles north of that
city reads:
E va Mosser was born Sept. 11, 1717. For fifty years she was the wife of
Michae l Mosser, to whom she bore eleven children. She died June 27, 1807,
and was b uried June 29, 1807.*
Maria Eva went with her sons to Ohio in 1801, where she died and was
buried in the cemetery mentioned above. Only seven of the eleven children
are identified. Likely the others were daughters. In the exodus to Ohio
and western Pennsylvania went most of the children of Michael and Maria
Eva. (*Translated from the German by Belmont Farley with the help of Rev.
J oel C. Krumlauf in 1931.)"
1790 U.S. Census:3313,3314
York County, Pennsylvan ia (York Township)
Head of Family••Widow Mossir
Females••2 << Maria Eva and o ne other
1807 Tombstones:3121,3142 Old Lutheran Church Cemetery, Springfield
Township, Mahoning County, Ohio. Two tombstones; Barensfield3315
materials h ave photograph.
New Stone
Eve Musser
Sept. 11, 1717 — June 27, 1807
A Hugue not Pioneer
Old Stone Hand Carved in German
Eva Mosser was born Sept. 11, 171 7. For fifty years she was the wife of
Michael Mosser, to whom she bore eleve n children.