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Dorcas Mosteller

(1810-1891)
FatherChristopher Mosteller (c 1781-1844)
MotherPhebe Sacket (c 1786-1863)
Dorcas Mosteller, daughter of Christopher Mosteller and Phebe Sacket, was born in Butler County, OhioG, on 15 June 1810.1,2,3 She died aged 80 on 23 April 1891.1 She married in IllinoisG on 18 September 1835, Benjamin McElwain.2

 Notes & Citations

  1. Thurmon King's database, 4134 Dorcas Mosteller.
  2. John Carroll Power, History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois: "centennial record", E A Wilson & Co, Springfield, IL (1876), digital image, Ancestry.com, "DORCAS [daughter of Christopher & Phebe (Sackett) Mosteller], born June 15, 1810, in Butler county, Ohio, was married Sept. 18, 1835, in Illinois, to Benjamin McElwain. They are without family, and live in Petersburg, Menard county, Illinois."
  3. Research data: Extracts from John Power, History of the early settlers of Sangamon County.
Sackett line7th great-granddaughter of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet
ChartsLine 3a (American)
Generation.Tree8P.3
Last Edited28 Sep 2017
 

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