Josephine May Billings and Samuel Wilson Moss

SAMUEL WILSON MOSS was born October 21, 1873 in Indiana,⁴⁹³¹ and died February 26, 1939 in Atherton, Vigo, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹ He is buried in Joppa Cemetery, Otter Creek Junction, Vigo, Indiana.^{4931, 456}

He married JOSEPHINE MAY BILLINGS on November 11, 1899 in Paris, Edgar, Illinois,⁴⁶³⁵ daughter of SARAH FLORA HALL and LOUIS R. BILLINGS. She was born November 12, 1882 in Logansport, Cass, Indiana,^{4931, 7587} and died July 29, 1963 in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹ She is buried in Joppa Cemetery, Otter Creek Junction, Vigo, Indiana.^{456, 4931}

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Children of JOSEPHINE MAY BILLINGS and SAMUEL WILSON MOSS:

1. WILLIAM HAROLD MOSS, b. May 13, 1900, Indiana;¹⁶⁷⁵ m. LILLIE MAY FREERS on June 4, 1921 in Indiana¹⁶⁷⁵; d. October 10, 1978, Union Hospital, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹
2. BEULAH MAE MOSS, b. October 3, 1901, Atherton, Vigo, Indiana;¹⁶⁷⁵ m. (1) LAWRENCE ANDERSON TOLLEY on December 24, 1920 in Indiana¹⁶⁷⁵, m. (2) CECIL CALVERT; d. July 2, 1945, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois.¹⁸⁰⁶
3. RUSSELL JAMES MOSS, b. February 20, 1904, Atherton, Vigo, Indiana;^{4931, 4917} m. INEZ GRACE HARVEY on May 9, 1925 in Vigo County, Indiana¹⁶⁷⁵; d. January 11, 1983, Union Hospital, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹
4. PAULINE MARQUIETE MOSS, b. May 24, 1906, Indiana;⁴⁹³¹ m. HARLAN ROSCOE KIRBY on August 13, 1927 in Vigo County, Indiana¹⁶⁷⁵; d. March 2, 1983, Vermillion County Hospital, Clinton, Vermillion, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹
5. SAMUEL DUDLEY MOSS, b. June 21, 1908, Numa, Parke, Indiana;⁴⁹¹⁷ d. January 11, 1953, St. Anthony Hospital, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana;⁴⁹³¹ bur. Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹
6. VIOLA GENEVIEVE MOSS, b. November 19, 1912, Clinton, Vermillion, Indiana;⁴⁹³¹ m. BENJAMIN HASTINGS on February 7, 1933 in Vermillion County, Indiana¹⁶⁷⁵; d. June 29, 1996, Vermillion Convalescent Center, Clinton, Vermillion, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹
7. EDNA LAVERNE MOSS, b. September 7, 1914, Indiana;⁴⁹³¹ m. GEORGE ELMER HARVEY on January 7, 1932 in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana^{7591, 1675}; d. March 6, 1981, St. Joseph Medical Center, South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹
8. RUTH EVELYN MOSS, b. June 28, 1917, Atherton, Vigo, Indiana;⁴⁹³¹ d. January 10, 1991, Memorial Hospital, South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana;⁴⁹³¹ bur. Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola, St. Joseph, Indiana.^{4931, 456}
9. RAYMOND WALKER MOSS, b. December 13, 1919, Atherton, Vigo, Indiana;⁴⁹³¹ m. (1) ALTHEA LAPEARL RUSSELL on June 21, 1941 in Indiana¹⁶⁷⁵, m. (2) IRENE KUNDEK on November 5, 1994 in St. Joseph County, Indiana¹⁶⁷⁵; d. June 21, 1996, St. Joseph Community Hospital, Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana;⁴⁹³¹ bur. Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola, St. Joseph, Indiana.^{4931, 456}
10. IVA PEARL MOSS, b. June 17, 1923, Atherton, Vigo, Indiana; m. CAREL LEON RUSSELL on January 2, 1941 in Indiana¹⁶⁷⁵; d. January 26, 2001, St. Anthony Medical Center, Crown Point, Lake, Indiana.⁷⁵⁷⁰

Obituaries

Daily Clintonian, February 27, 1939⁷⁵⁶⁸

Services Planned Tuesday for Samuel Wilson Moss

Last rites for Samuel Wilson Moss 65 years old, who died at his home in Atherton Sunday morning, will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the residence of the son, William Moss, 1318 First Avenue, Terre Haute. Burial will be in the Joppa cemetery near Atherton.

He is survived by the widow, Josephine May; four sons, William and Russell of Terre Haute and Samuel and Raymond at home; six daughters, Ruth and Iva Pearl Moss at home; Mrs. Beulah Calvert of Danville, Ill., Mrs. Viola Hastings of Clinton, Mrs. Pauline Kirby of Newport and Mrs. Edna Harvey of Atherton.

South Bend Tribune, July 29, 1963⁷⁵⁸⁷

Mrs. Josephine May Moss

Mrs. Josephine May Moss, 80, of 618 S. St. Joseph St., died early today in her home after an extended illness. Mrs. Moss was born in Logansport on Nov. 12, 1882 and came here 20 years ago from Terre Haute. Her husband, Samuel Moss, to whom she was married in 1889, died in 1939. Surviving are three sons, Russell and Harold both of Terre Haute, and five daughters, Mrs. Ruth Moss, Raymond W. of El Paso, Tex.; of South Bend, Mrs. George Harvey of Mishawaka, Mrs. Carol Russell of Cedar Lake, Mrs. Viola Hasting of Chicago and Mrs. Harlan Kirby of Clinton, Ind.; a sister, Mrs. Eula Wagner of San Antonio, Tex., several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The body will be taken from the Hollis Funeral Home in Rosedale, Ind., for services. Burial will be in Jappa Cemetery, Rosedale.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 25, 19007564	Florida, Parke, Indiana	Samuel Wilson Moss Josephine May Billings William Harold Moss Sarah Flora Hall Marshall Louis Billings Eula A. Billings
January 7, 19207565	Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana	Samuel Wilson Moss Josephine May Billings William Harold Moss Beulah Mae Moss Russell James Moss Pauline Marquiete Moss Samuel Dudley Moss
April 16, 19307566	Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana	Samuel Wilson Moss Josephine May Billings Samuel Dudley Moss Viola Genevieve Moss Edna Laverne Moss Ruth Evelyn Moss Raymond Walker Moss Iva Pearl Moss