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Betsey Elizabeth Leigh

Betsey Elizabeth Leigh

Female 1811 - 1891  (80 years)


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  • Name Betsey Elizabeth Leigh  [1] 
    Birth 1811  Argyle, Washington Co., NY, Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 7 Mar 1891  [1] 
    Person ID I67969  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Family John Benton Moore,   b. Abt 1810   d. 4 Nov 1881 (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 1833  Sandy Creek, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Jasper Moore   d. 2 Jun 1864, Battle of Cold Harbor Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Elizahatcliff Moore  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Daniel Moore,   b. 1833  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Dewitt Clinton Moore,   b. Apr 1834, Boylston, Oswego County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1909 (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Louisa M. Moore,   b. 1836  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Marion Moore,   b. 1837   d. 7 Dec 1855, E. Lacona, Oswego Co. NY, 13083 Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. James Moore,   b. Abt 1841   d. 2 Jan 1864, Battle of Cold Harbor Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Byron Moore,   b. Abt 1848   d. 5 Dec 1911, Ruskin, NE, 68974 Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. Frances Amelia Moore,   b. Abt 1850   d. 6 Feb 1900 (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. Unknown Moore,   b. Abt 1850   d. Abt 1850 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     11. Unknown Moore,   b. Abt 1850   d. Abt 1850 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F22593  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, March 12, 1891 Sandy Creek News - Sandy Creek, New York - Ridge Road - Mrs. John Moore, who has been very feeble during the past winter, died Saturday night the 8th, at the residence of James Moore. The deceased was the mother of Dewitt C. Moore of Lacona. She was in her 79th year. The funeral took place at her late residence, Tuesday at 10 o’clock. The Rev. Mr. Mitchell conducted the services.

      Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, March 19, 1891 Sandy Creek News - Sandy Creek, New York - Died - Moore - In Sandy Creek, New York, March 7, 1891, Mrs. John B. Moore, aged 79 years.

      Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, March 19, 1891 Sandy Creek News - Sandy Creek, New York - A Mother is Gone - Mrs. Betsey Moore, widow of the late John B. Moore, died on the 7th inst. at die residence of her daughter, Mrs. James Moore, and die town of Sandy Creek, Oswego county, New York, in the seventy-ninth year of her age. Mrs. Moore was a daughter of Hezekiah Leigh, she was the eldest of six children and was the last one to depart this life. She was born in the town of Argyle, Washington county, New York, in 1811. When she was fifteen years of age she moved with her parents to the town of Sandy Creek, Oswego county, and settied on the farm where Mr. Ira Oyer now lives. In 1833 she was married to John B. Moore and settled in the town of Boylston, then a wilderness, she there shared the toils, hardships and privations incident to die new country. She resided in that town until the death of her husband in 1882, since then she has lived with her daughter. To her were given seven children, three sons and four daughters, viz.: D. C. Moore of Lacona, New York, Byron Moore, Nuckolls county, Nebraska, Jasper Moore, Mrs. Eliza Hatcliff, White county, Indiana, and Mrs. James Moore, Lacona, Oswego county, New York. The three sons responded to their countries call in the late rebellion. Jasper was killed at the battle of Cold Harbor June 1864. Two daughters died in early life. God grant that all die dear ones may come to life’s closing scene with the same Christian patience and fortitude witii as calm a resignation like full assurance of hope. The funeral services took place from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. James Moore, March 10, 1891, Rev. J. S. Mitchell officiating and discussing from the words “We must surely die.” The interment took place at the Wesleyan Methodist cemetery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S482] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;), Database online.
      Record for John B. Moore
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=13659327276&indiv=try