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WELLIE P. MOSES is held in high esteem in the town of Seneca Falls, both for his worth as a citizen and his enterprise and progressiveness as a farmer. He has ably represented his fellow-townsmen in various positions of trust, and we are sure that this brief sketch of his life will be read with interest by his many friends.

Mr. Moses is living on a farm four miles south, and one-half mile west, of Seneca Falls. He was born on this place, January 7, 1861, and is a son of Peter and Mercy (Reading) Moses, the former of whom also claimed this county as the place of his nativity, his birth occurring January 6, 1811. His good wife was a native of Michigan, and was born in Wayne County in the year 1825.

Peter Moses, who passed his entire life in this county, was well educated for the early day in which he lived, and became an agriculturist, well versed in the uses of all kinds of farm machinery. He was always willing and anxious to adopt new methods in cultivating his land, and as a result reaped handsome returns for the care bestowed upon it.

There were two children born to Peter and Mercy Moses, of whom the elder, Abbie M., married John S. Pearson; she died at the birth of her son John. The father of our subject was a stanch supporter of Democratic principles, but as his time was all taken up with his own affairs, he had no inclination to enter politics. He became very prosperous and was the owner of two farms, one containing one hundred and forty-seven acres, and the other one hundred and nine.

The subject of this sketch was the only son of his parents, and was given every opportunity for gaining a good education. He was married, October 5, 1880, to Miss Mary Page, then living in Geneva, but who was born in Ontario County, N. Y. Two children were granted to them: Lewis W., born October 23, 1881; and Alice M., born May 30, 1884. Mrs. Moses died December 5, 1884, mourned by a host of warm friends, who had learned to love her for her many pleasing qualities of mind and heart. February 20, 1886, our subject chose for his second companion Miss Carrie A. Abbott, who was born in the town of Fayette, and who was the daughter of John and Mary (Kuney) Abbott. Mr. Moses, following in the footsteps of his honored father, is a Democrat in politics. He is a very influential worker in the party, and has been sent as a delegate to the various county conventions. He is a thoroughly wide-awake and progressive citizen, and for twelve years was Commissioner of Highways, filling the office during that time to the satisfaction of all concerned.