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[[File:tmoffatt1.JPG|left|thumb|250px|Image courtesy: Christa Hughes, descendant]]MOFFATT, Thomas W. (Orillia, Canada, May 15, 1844--Dubuque, IA, Oct. 4, 1923). Moffat enlisted in the [[CIVIL WAR]] at Dixon, Illinois, September 14, 1861 and was a member of Company B, Twelfth Illinois | [[File:tmoffatt1.JPG|left|thumb|250px|Image courtesy: Christa Hughes, descendant]]MOFFATT, Thomas W. (Orillia, Canada, May 15, 1844--Dubuque, IA, Oct. 4, 1923). Moffat enlisted in the [[CIVIL WAR]] at Dixon, Illinois, September 14, 1861 and was a member of Company B, Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He served under General U. S. Grant and marched with Sherman's army to the sea. Moving to Dubuque in 1905, he opened a grocery and was a member of the local G.A.R. post. Thomas wrote his [[CIVIL WAR]] memoirs with his son [[MOFFATT, Wallace W.|Wallace W. MOFFATT]] who was in the printing business in Dubuque. | ||
He was survived by three daughters, Mrs F.S. Wood of Orillia, Canada; Mrs J. Frasher, Minneapolis, and Miss Elma Moffatt, Dubuque, three sons, James L., of St. Paul, W. W. and R. A. Moffatt, both of Dubuque. Burial was in the East Dubuque, Illinois cemetery. | He was survived by three daughters, Mrs F.S. Wood of Orillia, Canada; Mrs J. Frasher, Minneapolis, and Miss Elma Moffatt, Dubuque, three sons, James L., of St. Paul, W. W. and R. A. Moffatt, both of Dubuque. Burial was in the East Dubuque, Illinois cemetery. | ||
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Obituaries, Telegraph Herald, Oct. 4, 1923 | Obituaries, ''Telegraph Herald'', Oct. 4, 1923 | ||
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[[Category: Grocery]] | [[Category: Grocery]] | ||
Revision as of 21:15, 14 May 2020
MOFFATT, Thomas W. (Orillia, Canada, May 15, 1844--Dubuque, IA, Oct. 4, 1923). Moffat enlisted in the CIVIL WAR at Dixon, Illinois, September 14, 1861 and was a member of Company B, Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He served under General U. S. Grant and marched with Sherman's army to the sea. Moving to Dubuque in 1905, he opened a grocery and was a member of the local G.A.R. post. Thomas wrote his CIVIL WAR memoirs with his son Wallace W. MOFFATT who was in the printing business in Dubuque.
He was survived by three daughters, Mrs F.S. Wood of Orillia, Canada; Mrs J. Frasher, Minneapolis, and Miss Elma Moffatt, Dubuque, three sons, James L., of St. Paul, W. W. and R. A. Moffatt, both of Dubuque. Burial was in the East Dubuque, Illinois cemetery.
See: THOMAS W. MOFFATT
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Christa Hughes-email, Mar. 3, 2014
Obituaries, Telegraph Herald, Oct. 4, 1923