Aquila Moffatt^{[1, 2]}

1837 - 1928  (90 years)

• Associated names	Moffatt , Moffat , Moffat ( Moffet) , Moffat or Moffet , Moffeit , Moffet , Moffett , Moffit , Moffitt
  Gender	Male
  Birth	8 October 1837	Scales Mound, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois, USA
  Death	September 1928	probably, Peoria Co., Illinois, USA
  Burial	September 1928	probably, Moffatt Cemetery, Peoria Co., Illinois, USA
  Person ID	I58341	Clan Moffat Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 October 2002

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Franklin Moffatt,   b. 8 October 1815   d. 17 March 1886 (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Nancy Jane Risdon,   b. about 1820, Connecticut, USA d. about 1853 (Age ~ 33 years)
  Family ID	F8117	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Mary Ball,   b. 6 June 1843, Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, Wales
  Marriage	3 July 1861	probably, Peoria Co., Illinois, USA
  Notes	"July 3, 1861, recorded the marriage of Mr (Aquila) Moffatt and Miss Mary Ball, who was born in Blaenavon, South Wales, June 6, 1843, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Kear) Ball." - HISTORY OF ILLINOIS, 4V4, pp 50-51.
  Family ID	F40732	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 October 2002

  
  

• Notes

  "In a little brick school house in Limestone Township, Aquila Moffatt of this review gained some of his early education, the building having been owned by the township and having been used for various public purposes. The school that he first attended was maintained by the (unk) subscription plan and was then the only one in Limestone Township. While (still) in his teens Mr. Moffatt became associated with coal-mining operations in this section of the state and he was one of the young patriots who responded to President Lincoln's first call for volunteers when the Civil War was precipitated on the natin. He enlisted in Company B, Seventeenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, but as the quota was already filled then with other volunteers was not accepted for service at that time. He then took a contract for shipping coal and in a year he made enough money to enable him to build a house on the acre of land that was given to him and his wife by the latter's father. In 1863 he was appointed enrolling officer and commissioned to notify all drafted men in his assigned district. In March, 1865, Mr. Moffatt again enlisted, and at this time he became a member of Company G, Fourteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. From Camp Butler at Springfield he proceeded with his command to New York City hence down the coast to Beaufort, North Carolina and then to Raleigh, where they joined the forces of General Sherman and marched via Richmond and Petersburg, to Washington, D.C., wherehe participated in the Grand Review that followed the close of the war. With his regiment Mr. Moffatt was thereafter sent in turn to Louisville, St. Louis, Fort Leavenworth and Fort Kearney, and soon his return with his command to Illinois he received his honorable discharge September ?5, 1865. He then resumed his farming and mining operations and for several years he was manager of the Peoria Mining Company, which he had organized. He accumulated in Peoria County (??) acres of land, including the site of the present Illinois General Hospital for the Insane. His home commanded a splendid view of the Illinois Valley and the country around. He finally erected the attractive house that is now his place of residence, on the west side of Laramie Street, Peoria, and in Limestone Township. At Smith Park, on the 3rd of July, 1921, he and his wife celebrated their sixteeth wedding anniversary, and the occasion was made one of much social (unk) in the countyby the assembling of the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the venerable couple, together with a host of other friends in the community. Mr Moffatt has lived a life of usefulness and honor and is now one of the venerable and honored pioneer citizens of his native state. His political allegiance has ever been given to the Republican party and he is affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic, as one of it's oldest members in Peoria County. July 3, 1861, recorded the marriage of Mr Moffatt and Miss Mary Ball, who was born in Blaenovon, South Wales, June 6, 1843, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Kear) Ball. ..." - History of Illinois, 4V4, pp 50-51.

  
  

• Sources

  [S286] . [S287] from Tony Moffatt, Clan Moffat Society Member #1421, GEDCOM file JamesBMoffatt.ged.