1857 Moses B. Meals, age about 35 formerly of Bendersville, died on December 26 at Chambersburg.
The Adams Sentinel, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, January 4, 1858. [9]
1824 Moses Meel was born on September 17, 1824. [1] His parents Samuel and Maria Meel were sponsors for the baptism, on October 30, 1824, in Adams County, Pennsylvania. Moses Meel was baptized at Lutheran and Reformed Church, Arendtsville, Adams County, Pennsylvania. [2] [3]
1850 Moses B Meals (age 25) lived in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in the home of Joseph Hair. They were coach makers. [4]
1851 Mr Moses B Meals of Gettysburg and Miss Mary W Duncan of Cashtown, Pennsylvania were married on October 28. [5]
1857 Moses B. Meals died on December 26, at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Formerly of Bendersville. [6] [7] [8]
1857 The will of Moses B Meals was dated December 12. The will was proved on December 12 in Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA. The will named Mary Ann Bigger (Daughter), William H Bigger (Son), John Bigger (Son), Washington Bigger (Son), James S Bigger (Son), Sams Meals (Father), Martha Meals (Child), and Augustus Dunkin (Friend). [10]
1880 Mary Meals (age 64, born in Pennsylvania, widowed) lived in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. [11]
1880 Mrs Mary Meals died on October 6 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. [12] [13]
Research Notes:
Mennonite card file. [14]
[1] Trinity Lutheran Church (Arendtsville, Pennsylvania); Zion Reformed Church (Arendtsville, Pennsylvania), Adams County, Pennsylvania, 1785-1874: Lutheran and Reformed Congregations, citing FHL film 20702, [AncestryRecord].
[2] Trinity Lutheran Church (Arendtsville, Pennsylvania); Zion Reformed Church (Arendtsville, Pennsylvania), Adams County, Pennsylvania, 1785-1874: Lutheran and Reformed Congregations, citing FHL film 20702, [AncestryRecord].
[3] Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, [FamilySearchRecord].
[4] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[5] Robert Stover, Abstracts of the Republican Compiler, 1831-1851, Vol. 2 (1976), 445, [GoogleBooks].
[6] Find A Grave Memorial 206919101, [FindAGrave].
[7] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[8] Newspaper, The Adams Sentinel newspaper 4 January, 1858.
[9] The Adams Sentinel, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, January 4, 1858, page 3, [NewspapersClip].
[10] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[11] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[12] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[13] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[14] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].