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Descendants of Wingate Mosely

Generation No. 2


2. JAMES2 MOSELY (WINGATE1) (Source: 1850 census.) was born ca. 1843 in Delaware (Source: 1850 census.), and died 10 Nov 1922 in Hazlettville, Kent, Delaware (Source: Death record.). He married (1) JOSEPHINE MOSLEY (Source: 1850 census.), daughter of JOHN MOSLEY and SARAH MDNNMUNKN. She was born ca. 1847 in Delaware (Source: 1850 census.), and died 06 Nov 1874 (Source: Mitsawokett website.). He married (2) CHARLOTTE MOSLEY (Source: 1880 census.) ca. 1877 (Source: 1910 census.), daughter of JOHN MOSLEY and SARAH MDNNMUNKN. She was born ca. Jun 1854 in Delaware (Source: 1880 census.), and died 21 Jul 1934 in New Castle Co., Delaware (Source: Death record.).

Notes for JAMES MOSELY:
1850 and 1860 - see father's listings.
1870 DE Kent Dover 100 (Hazleville) p60wr 25 Jun 1870 - all mulatto, all bDE
With the household of John 50 and Sarah 50 Mosely:
Mosely James 29 work on farm, [continued on next page] Mosley[sic] Josephine 22 keeping house, Mosely Emly 4, Mosely George 2
Next door to Josephine's parents, John and Sarah Mosley.
1880 DE Kent East Dover 100 p23wr p99st 9 Jun 1880 - all mulatto, all bDE, all pbDE
Mosely James 40 farmer, Charlotte wife 26 keeps house, Emely dau 14, George E son 13, Thomas B son 9, Maud M[?] dau 3
Apparently, only Maud is by second wife Charlotte.
1900 DE Kent West Dover 100 page illeg 14[?] Jun 1900 - all black, all bDE, all pbDE
Mosely James 60 mar illeg yrs bApr 1839 farmer rents, Charlotte wife 48 mar illeg yrs bJun ??, no of children not legible but 1 living, [Mosely] Elwood nephew 15[?] bJun ?? farm hand
1910 DE Kent 4th Repr Distr 1st Elec Distr p16Awr p123st 3 May 1910 - all black, all bDE, all pbDE
Mosley James H 70 mar twice 33y this time farmer rents, Charlotte C wife 52 mar twice 33y this time, Monroe g-son 14, Josephine g-child 9
Several other Mosleys and Seeneys on same page.
1920 DE Kent Elec Distr 1 Repr Distr 4 p4Awr p107st 16&19 Jan 1920 - all Moor ("Mo"), all bDE, all pbDE
Mosley James 80 rents farmer, Charlotte wife 65, Monroe g-son 23 single farm laborer, Josephine g-dau 19 single, Jeffry g-son 14, Mary g-dau 8, James E g-son 8/12

Mitsawokett death record:
MOSLEY, James H. died 10 Nov 1922, cert #2242. Place Hazlettville, near Dover Hundred, Kent, Delaware. Male, Moor, married. DOB 3 Apr 1840, age 82, Delaware. Farmer. Father Wingate MOSLEY, born Delaware, mother not known, born Delaware. Cause: heart disease. Informant: Minios MOSLEY,
Wyoming, DE. Buried 13 Nov 1922, Fork Branch Cemetery, Dover, DE. Calvin Clark, funeral director, Dover, DE.

More About JAMES MOSELY:
Burial: 13 Nov 1922, Fork Branch Cemetery, Dover, Kent, DE

More About JOSEPHINE MOSLEY:
Burial: Fork Branch Cemetery, Dover, Kent, Delaware

Notes for CHARLOTTE MOSLEY:
1910 census: Charlotte had been married prior to marrying James.

Mitsawokett death record:
MOSLEY, Charlotie, Female, Colored, Widow, DE Death Certificate #1869, b in DE, 1854, d July 21, 1934, age 80, in New Castle County, DE, Father: John MOSLEY, b in DE, Mother: unknown, Informant: Maude RIDGEWAY, Smyrna, DE, Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage, Burial in Fork Branch, July, 23, 1934, Undertaker: G. Lester Daniels, Townsend, DE. -- (L J-G 4/6/03)

More About CHARLOTTE MOSLEY:
Burial: 23 Jul 1934, Fork Branch Cemetery, Dover, Kent, DE
     
Children of JAMES MOSELY and JOSEPHINE MOSLEY are:
  i.   EMILY3 MOSELY (Source: 1870 census.), b. ca. 1866, Delaware (Source: 1870 census.).
6. ii.   GEORGE E. MOSELY, b. Mar 1867, Delaware.
  iii.   THOMAS B. MOSELY (Source: 1880 census.), b. ca. 1871, Delaware (Source: 1880 census. 1900 census has Mar 1873.).
  Notes for THOMAS B. MOSELY:
1880 - see father's listing.

     
Child of JAMES MOSELY and CHARLOTTE MOSLEY is:
7. iv.   MAUD MAE3 MOSELY, b. Aug 1877, Delaware; d. 06 Nov 1942, Blackbird, Blackbird 100, New Castle, Delaware.


3. PURNELL P.2 MOSELY (WINGATE1) (Source: 1850 census.) was born May 1844 in Delaware (Source: 1850 census.), and died ca. 30 Sep 1903 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married ELIZA JANE JOHNSON (Source: 1880 census.) ca. 1871 (Source: 1900 census.). She was born Mar 1848 in Delaware (Source: 1880 census.), and died 23 Dec 1922 in Cheswold, Kent, Delaware (Source: Death certificate.).

Notes for PURNELL P. MOSELY:
1850, 1860, and 1870 - see father's listings.
1880 DE Kent West Dover 100 p94st 5 Jun 1880 - all black, all bDE, all pbDE
Mosely Purnell 34 farmer, Eliza wife 33 keeps house, John son 8, Lydia A dau 7, Sarah L dau 5, Charlott dau 4, Levi son 1
Next door to father.
1900 DE Kent Kenton 100 p2Bwr 2 Jun 1900 - all black, all bDE, all pbDE except Annie
Mosley Purnell P 56 mar 29y bMay 1844 farmer rents, Eliza wife 52 mar 29y 11 children 11 living bMar 1848, Levi son 20 single bOct 1889[sic] farm laborer, Ellen dau 19 single bAug 1880, Rebecca dau 17 [16 overwritten] bJun 1883, Wingate son 14 bMay 1886, Emma dau 12 bJun 1887, Thomas son 9 bJul 1890, Alfred son 8 bAug 1891, [Mosley implied] Annie m-in-law 86 widow 1 child 1 living bDec 1813 bPA fbDE mbMD

Mitsawokett death record:
MOSLEY, Purnell P. (T?) Permission to remove body from Philadelphia, Pa to Cheswold, DE 1903 folder 5A, reel 93, RG 1500 Dover Archives. Phila. Health Dept #6982. Cert dated 30 Sep 1903 (not known if this is death date. Recorded in Kent Co 28 Dec 1903. Colored, age 8(4?), died 1/28(?), no parents listed. Born DE. Cancer of rectum. Res Phila, 519 So 9th St. Undertaker H. L. (?)

More About PURNELL P. MOSELY:
Burial: Delaware

More About ELIZA JANE JOHNSON:
Burial: Fork Branch Cemetery, Dover, Kent, Delaware
     
Children of PURNELL MOSELY and ELIZA JOHNSON are:
8. i.   JOHN3 MOSLEY, b. ca. 1872, Delaware; d. 05 Sep 1953, Delaware.
9. ii.   LYDIA ANN MOSLEY, b. 1872, Delaware; d. 12 May 1954, Delaware.
  iii.   SARAH ELIZABETH MOSLEY (Source: 1880 census.), b. ca. 1875, Delaware (Source: 1880 census. Death certificate has 28 May 1872.); d. 18 May 1931, Cheswold, Kent, Delaware (Source: Death certificate.); m. JOHN C. RIDGEWAY (Source: 1880 census.), 10 Apr 1920, Dover, Kent, Delaware (Source: Marriage certificate.); b. 17 Jan 1878, Delaware (Source: 1880 census.); d. 17 May 1952, Cheswold, Kent, Delaware (Source: Death certificate.).
  Notes for SARAH ELIZABETH MOSLEY:
Delaware Certificate of Death
Date and place: 18 May 1931 at RR Ave, Cheswold, Kent, Delaware
Sarah Elizabeth Ridgeway of Cheswold, female Moor married to John Ridgeway, b 28 May 1872, age 49y, housewife b Kent DE
Cause of death: carcinoma of uterus
Parents: Purnell P Mosley and Eliza J Johnson, of Kent, DE
Informant: John Ridgeway of Cheswold
Undertaker: Calvin Clark
Burial: 21 May 1931 at Fork Branch Cem

  More About SARAH ELIZABETH MOSLEY:
Burial: 21 May 1931, Fork Branch Cemetery, Dover, Kent, Delaware

  Notes for JOHN C. RIDGEWAY:
1880 - see father's listing.
1900 DE Kent Kenton 100 p18Bwr 23 Jun 1900 - all black, all bDE, all pbDE
In household of John H and Mary Morgan, parents of John's sister-in-law Emma:
Ridgway John boarder 23 single bJan 1877 farm laborer
1910 and 1920 not found.
1930 DE Kent 3rd Repr Dist (Cheswold stone road to Evans saw mill) p13Bwr 24 Apr 1930 - all Negro, all bDE, all pbDE
Saunders Elmira 80 widow owns [val illeg] no radio, Ridgeway John roomer 53 mar first at age 25 general farm, [something crossed out, Ridgeway assumed] Sarah wife 50 mar first at age 22 laundress, Mosley Mary dau 19 single laundress at home, [Mosley] William son 1 5/12
Apparently Mary is the daughter of Sarah by a prior relationship or marriage. The "ages at first marriage" would indicate that both John and Sarah had prior marriages.

Delaware Certificate of Death
Date and place: 17 May 1952 at Cheswold, Kent, Delaware
John C. Ridgway, male Moorish widdow wife's name illeg b 17 Jan 1878 age 74y farmhand by the day bDE
Cause of death: cerebral hemorrhage and hypertensive cardio vascular disease
Parents: father blank and Rebecca Cott bDE
Informant: William J Carter of rural Cheswold
Undertaker: Calvin Clark of Dover
Burial: 22 May 1952 at Manship Cemetery, Cheswold

  More About JOHN C. RIDGEWAY:
Burial: 22 May 1952, Immanuel Union United Methodist (Manship) Church, Bishop's Corner, Kent, Delaware

  Marriage Notes for SARAH MOSLEY and JOHN RIDGEWAY:
Delaware Certificate of Marriage
Date and place: 10 Apr 1920 6pm at Dover, Kent, Delaware
Groom: John C Ridgway of Cheswold, 42 colored farmer bDE single mar no. blank
Groom's parents: Cornelius Ridgway bDE and Rebecca Ridgway bDE
Bride: Sarah L Mosley of Cheswold, 43 colored bDE widowed maiden name Sarah E. Mosley marriage no. blank
Bride's parents: Purnell Mosley bDE and Elizabeth Mosley bDE
Officiating: L.S.[?] Moore, minister, of Dover
Witnesses: Geo F Potts of Harrisburg, PA, and Jennie L Moore of Dover

10. iv.   CHARLOTTE MOSLEY, b. ca. 1876, Delaware.
11. v.   LEVI MOSLEY, b. Oct 1879, Delaware; d. 1963, Delaware.
12. vi.   ELLEN MOSLEY, b. Aug 1880, Delaware.
13. vii.   REBECCA MOSLEY, b. Jun 1883, Delaware.
14. viii.   WINGATE BURTON MOSLEY, b. May 1886, Delaware; d. 04 Jan 1954, Dover, Kent, Delaware.
15. ix.   EMMA MOSLEY, b. Jun 1887, Delaware; d. 10 Jul 1912, Dover, Kent, Delaware.
16. x.   THOMAS BURTON MOSLEY, b. Jul 1890, Delaware; d. 02 Mar 1957.
17. xi.   ALFRED P. MOSLEY, b. Aug 1891, Delaware.


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