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Howard (1907), Vol. 2 biographies
b. 10 June 1840, Coshocton Co., Ohio, third of eleven children of George (b. 11 Mar. 1813, Pa.; d. 14 Oct. 1884) and Lucy (Long) Houser (b. 11 Dec. 1817, Ohio; d. 1898) (Part 75, pp. 1018–1020). George Houser removed to Plymouth, Ind., in 1858, then to Liberty Township, purchasing 80 acres of virgin land with one acre cleared (Part 75). Moses spent his first seventeen years in Coshocton County; agriculture his career, plus a sawmill conducted for fifteen years while the land was being cleared (Part 75). M. 24 June 1866 Mary A. Gonser (b. 9 Dec. 1847, DeKalb Co., Ind.); eight children, seven living, named — incl. Charles A., a Liberty Township teacher for seven years and a Valparaiso University attendee (Part 75). Holdings grown to 140 acres, homestead “The Poplars” (Part 75). First presidential vote for Lincoln; Evangelical church (Part 75). [REGISTER] Carrying fact: the Houser parents’ generation at full size — he is the elder kin of Chapman’s Houser Bros. (sons of George and Lucy (Long) Houser, §2), and the texts’ shared parentage is the link, stated as such; Moses himself is not made a Houser Bros. partner by any text read.