John Stone Mooberry1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 18241, (1826 - 1898)
FatherDavid Mooberry4 (7 Oct 1798 - 9 Jul 1850)
MotherMargaret Stumbaugh4,5 (26 Feb 1801 - 21 Dec 1890)

Key Events:

Birth: 5 Nov 1826, Columbus, Ohio6,7,8
Marriage: 14 Jan 1851, Tazewell Co., Illinois, Jane Cunningham (8 Oct 1829 - 10 Apr 1877)9,10,11
Death: 17 Nov 1898, Tazewell Co., Illinois12
Burial: Mooberry Cemetery, Tazewell Co., Illinois13
ChartsSelected Descendants of William and Elizabeth Mooberry

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     
John S. Mooberry
from Portrait and Biographical Record of Tazewell and Mason Counties, Illinois14
John Stone Mooberry was born on 5 Nov 1826 near Columbus, Ohio.6,7,8 He was probably one of the two males under age 5 listed in the household of his father, David Mooberry, in the 1830 Federal Census of Montgomery Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio.15
     He moved to Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, in 1832 with his parents.4 He was probably one of the two males age 10 to15 listed in the household of his father, David Mooberry, in the 1840 Federal Census of Tazewell Co., Illinois.16
     His father died on 9 Jul 1850, when John was 23 years old.17,18,19 John appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Tazewell Co., Illinois, in the household of his mother, Margaret Stumbaugh.20
     John married Jane Cunningham, daughter of Thomas Cunningham and Mary Cameline, on 14 Jan 1851 in Tazewell Co., Illinois.9,10,11
     John and Jane appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 29 Jul 1870, reporting real estate valued at $16,000 and personal estate of $3,000. Their children Helen, Emeline, John, Mary, George and Louis were listed as living with them, as were farm laborers Henry Billings, age 23, and Samuel Ramsey, age 21.21
     His wife died on 10 Apr 1877 in Tazewell Co., Illinois.22,23
     John appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Groveland, Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 16 Jun 1880. His children Emeline, Mary, George and Louis were listed as living with him, as was Louis Demohn, a farm laborer.24
     He was a farmer.20,21,24 He began farming on his own at age 21, when he rented land from his father and some neighbors. On 16 Jan 1851 he settled on his own property, 80 acres given him by his father. Subsequent purchases increased the total to 160 acres of timber and 320 acres of tillable land, some of which he later gave to his sons. He mainly raised stock.4
     The 1870 census of Groveland Twp. provides a snapshot of his farm. On it he reported he held 200 acres of improved land and 90 acres of woodland, which he valued at $10,400, plus $400 worth of implements. He paid $400 in wages, including board, for hired help over the prior year. He had 6 horses and 6 milch cows, 30 other cattle, and 25 swine, valued in total at $1,400. He had produced during the prior year 35 bushels of spring wheat, 900 bushels of Indian corn, 250 bushels of oats, 20 bushels of Irish potatoes, $35 worth of orchard products, 60 lb. of butter, and had slaughtered or sold for slaughter animals worth $100, for a total of $555 worth of farm product.25
     An 1894 publication described his home of 40 years as "A finely improved farm of three hundred and twenty acres pleasantly situated in Groveland Township Tazewell County." It continues "The Mooberry farm is one of the most valuable in Groveland Township, being improved with good buildings and all the appurtenances required by the progressive and industrious agriculturist. Mr. Mooberry keeps himself posted upon modern methods of agriculture and avails himself of the approved machinery in the cultivation of his land."26
     John died on 17 Nov 1898 in Tazewell Co., Illinois, at age 72.12 He was buried in Mooberry Cemetery, Tazewell Co., Illinois.13

Children:
     Children with Jane Cunningham:

  • Helen Jane Mooberry27,28 (Oct 1851 - 16 Jun 1932)
  • Emeline Mooberry27,28,24 (abt 1853 - )
  • John Clinton Mooberry27,28 (23 Feb 1855 - 2 Apr 1917)
  • Mary L. Mooberry27,28,24 (abt 1857 - )
  • George W. Mooberry27,28,24 (9 Dec 1859 - 28 Mar 1946)
  • Louis Grant Mooberry29,30,24 (6 May 1864 - 14 Oct 1945)

Citations

  1. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 26900928, Louis Grant Mooberry, includes what appears to be a transcription of an obituary from an unidentified newspaper showing name as John Stone Mooberry.
  2. [S3846] Portrait & Biographical Album of Tazewell and Mason Counties, Illinois, pg 345, shows name as John S. Mooberry.
  3. [S3846] Portrait & Biographical Album of Tazewell and Mason Counties, Illinois, pg 345, shows name as John Mooberry.
  4. [S3846] Portrait & Biographical Album of Tazewell and Mason Counties, Illinois, pg 345.
  5. [S3850] Margarett Mooberry household, 1850 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  6. [S3846] Portrait & Biographical Album of Tazewell and Mason Counties, Illinois, pg 345, shows date, near Columbus, and state.
  7. [S3850] Margarett Mooberry household, 1850 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows age 22.
  8. [S3813] John S. Mooberry household, 1870 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows age 43 and state.
  9. [S1057] "Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900," Ancestry.com, record for John Mooberry and Jane Cunningham, citing FHL #1314686 - 1314688, shows date, as 14th, and county.
  10. [S3846] Portrait & Biographical Album of Tazewell and Mason Counties, Illinois, pg 345, shows date, as 7th.
  11. [S3813] John S. Mooberry household, 1870 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  12. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 33694802, John Stone Mooberry, shows date, county and state, and includes tombstone photo but inscriptions area unreadable.
  13. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 33694802, John Stone Mooberry, includes tombstone photo.
  14. [S3846] Portrait & Biographical Album of Tazewell and Mason Counties, Illinois.
  15. [S3852] David Mooberry household, 1830 U.S. Census, Franklin Co., Ohio.
  16. [S3851] David Mooberry household, 1840 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  17. [S3846] Portrait & Biographical Album of Tazewell and Mason Counties, Illinois, pg 345, shows date, with year as 1850.
  18. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 33694786, David Mooberry, shows date, with year as 1850, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  19. [S3854] David Mooberry entry, 1870 U.S. Census, mortality schedule, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows age 53, month, and cause of death, length of illness. This census is supposed to include deaths in the year ending 1 Jun 1850, but was not enumerated until 30 Aug, so it appears from other sources his death was actually in Jul 1850, and should not have been included.
  20. [S3850] Margarett Mooberry household, 1850 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  21. [S3813] John S. Mooberry household, 1870 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  22. [S3846] Portrait & Biographical Album of Tazewell and Mason Counties, Illinois, pg 345, shows date, and on home farm.
  23. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 33694801, Jane Cunningham Mooberry, shows date and includes tombstone photo but inscriptions are unreadable.
  24. [S3812] J. S. Mooberry household, 1880 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  25. [S3853] Jno S. Mooberry farm, 1880 U.S. Census, agriculture schedule, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  26. [S3846] Portrait & Biographical Album of Tazewell and Mason Counties, Illinois, pp 345-6.
  27. [S3846] Portrait & Biographical Album of Tazewell and Mason Counties, Illinois, pg 346.
  28. [S3813] John S. Mooberry household, 1870 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  29. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 26900928, Louis Grant Mooberry, shows John as his father and includes what appears to be a transcription of an obituary from an unidentified newspaper showing same.
  30. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Louis Grant Mooberry, citing FHL #1984363 and cert no 44349.