Born in Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, in 1810. He went to California in 1849. He was a millwright, and he built mills and dams to turn the streams. Stayed in California five years. Returning to New Brunswick, he moved with his family to Minnesota in the spring of 1855, and in November moved to his claim in section 7, town of Oak Grove, where he lived until his death in June 1869. He was married about 1835 to Eunice Linton (died in 1868). Children: Rebecca (Mrs. George R. Longley, died about 1888) Henry E., Eliza (Mrs. David Stewart), Moses S., John M., (died in June 1864), George A. David Lorenzo (died in 1868)
History of Anoka County & the Towns of Champlin & Dayton in Hennepin County, By Albert M. Goodrich. Published 1905.
[Moses S. Sr is SGS# 2315 – Moses S.; Stuart R.; Justus William; Joseph; John; Benjamin; Nathaniel, Robert]
