from his first earnings in Philadelphia he sent her money to come over. Like a true girl she responded and on the day of her arrival in Philadelphia they were married in 1848. The lady died in 1866, and is buried in the Elmira cemetery. Both of them were rare lovers of literature, the old gentleman being thoroughly conversant with all the leading writers, and a supporter of fifty-two weekly newspapers. William Moffitt's parents came to Philadelphia in 1848 with a young family. Some time later they moved to Henry county, Ill., purchased a farm near Weathersfield where the father died in 1854. The mother is still a resident of Kewanee, residing with her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of John Moffitt. Of William Moffitt's children, six are living, namely, John L., a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church in Colorado; George W., a resident of Stark county, referred to in local history; Margaret L., wife of Fred Fleming, of Toulon township; Eleanor L., wife of George Critzman, of Kewanee, and Anne J., wife of Jesse Fleming, a farmer of Elmira. The great-great-grandfather was James Moffitt, who was the father of five children, James, born in 1789, David, Jane, William and John. William came to Philadelphia in 1831, James in 1840, and David in 1845. Jane and her family settled in Australia early in the forties. David and his family moved from Philadelphia to Illinois; John went first to Scotland, but ultimately came to the United States. Robert Nichol, David Moffitt's father-in-law, was a soldier in the British army, was in Jamaica fifty years ago, and it is supposed that some of his children are still there. Many of the grandchildren of those Moffitt's are today scattered throughout the country, but the greater number of their children have crossed the unknown ocean.

Samuel Montooth, born in Tyrone county, Ireland, in 1799, and his wife, born there in 1810, came to the United States in 1830 and to Elmira township in 1858. Lieutenant Hunter, who married their daughter, was killed at Murfreesboro.

Robert Moore, named in the history of Elmira township, who married Margaret Clark, moved from Lancaster county, Pa., to St. Genevieve county, Mo., in the spring of 1822, and operated a mill there until 1835, when, as one of the Peoria colony, he purchased some claims in what is now Elmira township, this county, and took a full share in its first improvement. His family consisted of four sons and six daughters, all deceased with the exception of Robert M. Moore, of Toulon. The latter carried on his Elmira farm for thirty years. In 1844 he married Miss Maria, daughter of Hewes White; in 1874 this lady died, and the same year the family moved to Toulon. Samuel, Orlando and Corydon, her sons, are favorably known here. The two first-named are residents of Barton county, Mo., and the last of Toulon township. His second marriage was with Mrs. Lucina Petteys Van Dewater, a native of Oneida county, N.Y. This lady's two daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Moore died January 3, 1887, in her fifty-fourth year.

George Murray, son of Thomas and Janet (Scott) Murray, whose history is given in this chapter, was born in Roxburghshire, Scotland, May 12, 1840. He came to the United States with his parents in 1853,