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Mosby, Overton A. (d. 1918)
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The History of Upshur County West Virginia
From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time
by W. B. Cutright
Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907

Page 522

O. A. MOSBY, son of R. H. Mosby and Mary Ann Anderson of Albermarle
County, Va., the grandson of Samuel Mosby and Mary Scott of England
and Irish descent respectively. His mother was the daughter of
William Lewis Anderson and Mary Ann Webb, both of English
extraction.

The subject of this sketch, born August, 1847, in Albermarle
County, Va., came to Upshur in 1869, on his way west. He continued
his western journey and lived on the plains for five years, at
which time he returned to Upshur and in 1875 married Cora E.
Balsley, the daughter of Geo. W. Balsley and Margaret Alice
Padgett, both of German descent and both settlers in Upshur County
about 1852. Children number eight, four sons and four daughters,
six of whom are now living: Lula, the oldest, is wife of Ed. J.
Joyce of Pittsburg; Lena, the wife of Wade H. Crum of Ohio; Edward,
Ray and Gay, twins, and Lilly.

The subject of this sketch was a soldier in the Civil War,
enlisting in February 1863, as a member of 1st Richmond Howitzers,
Cabells Batallion of Artillery, of Stuarts Brigade and served with
this Batallion from the time of his enlistment until the close of
the war.

He taught school in Upshur County several years after his return
from the west in 1874. Farmed for many years after he quit the
profession of teaching and then moved to Buckhannon to accept a
position in the Giffin Planing Mill, where he worked for many
years.

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Register of Marriages, Upshur County, WV 
(Page 34, Line No. 21)
Overton A. Mosby (age 26, born in Albermarle Co., Va., Farmer)
   son of R. H. & M. J. Mosby
Cora F. Balsley (age 20, born in Upshur Co., Va.)
   daughter of Geo. & Margaret A. Balsley
were married on March 22, 1875 by Jimmie W. Boggess

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From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #10852
FULL-NAME: O. A. Mosby
DEATH-DATE: August 21, 1918 (at 71 years of age)
DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV
MARITAL-STATUS: Married
CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cancer of the Stomach
BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery

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