My Genealogy Hound

ROBERT C. MOSBY was born in Perry County, Ind., August 5, 1824, one of eight children of Robert C. and Sarah E. (West) Mosby, who settled in Clark Township, this county, at the very early date of 1806. At that date there was scarcely a settler for miles around, and the woods abounded in bears, deer, and other wild animals. When our subject was three years old his father died, and he remained with his mother until the age of twenty-two, working hard and receiving no education. He worked many a month for $4. June 28, 1846, he was married to Catharine Alvey, and to this union nine children were born, seven now living: Francis M. (who married Jane Crumstock), Mary E. (wife of Scott Davis), Joseph H. (whose wife was America E. Hicks), Martha (now Mrs. August Devillez), George T. (who married Leonora Ray), Sarah C., and Willis H. Mr. Mosby has been successful in farming, now owning 572 acres. He is a Methodist and his wife a Catholic. In politics he is a Democrat, and is also one of the most prominent citizens of the township.