Frank Moss

1849 - 1917  (68 years)

• Name	Frank Moss  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	6 Apr 1849	Tazewell County, Virginia   [3, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Francis M. Moss  [6]
  Name	Francis Marion Moss  [3]
  Name	Frank M. Moss  [3]
  Reference Number	11422A
  Died	12 Aug 1917	Tazewell County, Virginia   [3, 5]
  Person ID	I52099	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2008

  
  

  Father	William Harden Moss,   b. 12 Aug 1812, Wythe County, Virginia ,   d. 19 Jul 1866, Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Sarah Mustard,   b. 8 Jan 1810,   d. 29 Sep 1897, Virginia  (Age 87 years)
  Married	20 Dec 1834	Giles County, Virginia
  Family ID	F18870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mallie Barns,   b. 8 Nov 1861, Ward's Cove, Tazewell, Virginia ,   d. 1943  (Age 81 years)
  Married	23 Feb 1881	Virginia   [6]
  Residence	Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virginia   [2]
  	Station Spring Creek, Rock Spring
  	The wonderful sugar tree orchard in foreground was a probable result of 'an improvement,' i.e., crop, made by William Ingles ca. 1750-1755. History has shown that when the virgin trees were removed, the natural regrowth was sugar maple. The twenty years or so of Indian wars and Revolution would allow a good start.
  		Moss → Frank & Mallie, home The wonderful sugar tree orchard in foreground was a probable result of 'an improvement,' i.e., crop, made by William Ingles ca. 1750-1755. History has shown that when the virgin trees were removed, the natural regrowth was sugar maple. The twenty years or so of Indian wars and Revolution would allow a good start.
  Children	+ 1. Clinton Moss,   b. 1882,   d. 1945  (Age 63 years)   2. George H. Moss,   b. Feb 1884, Virginia ,   d. 1953  (Age ~ 68 years)   3. William Oscar Moss,   b. 1886,   d. 1947  (Age 61 years) + 4. Margaret Moss,   b. Aug 1889,   d. 1967  (Age ~ 77 years) + 5. Sarah B. Moss,   b. Feb 1892, Virginia ,   d. 1960, Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia  (Age ~ 67 years)   6. Lettie Moss,   b. 1895,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Ida Moss,   b. 1897,   d. 1941  (Age 44 years) + 8. Marybelle Moss,   b. 1900,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2011
  Family ID	F18872	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Moss → George & Frank George and Frank Moss, twin brothers from Burke's Garden, had delivered cattle to a buyer in Baltimore. A pickpocket saw Frank put the money in his inside coat pocket, trailed him through the station, lost him temporarily, thought he found him again in a crowded streetcar, but it was really George. After a try or two to lift his wallet in the usual way without success, the pickpocket started cutting his coat with a sharp knife, still without success of course. When he cut through to the skin, George realized what was happening and grabbed the man, hollered to Frank for help, and turned the man over to a policeman. The brothers went on to the photographer for this picture. And this is the reason George is holding his arm so as to cover a bad flaw in an expensive suit of clothes. Frank Moss, in his youth, was the working partner of Major T.J. Higginbotham of Liberty, in buying cattle in southwest Virginia, driving them on foot to Pennsylvania and Maryland, fording the Potomac River above Washington, and loading them on cattleboats at Annapolis for England. This is the origin of the term "export cattle" for all cattle weighing over 1200 pounds. Photograph by R. Holyland, Baltimore. Courtesy of J.M. Hoge and Nancy Moss Wollbrinck.

  
  

• Notes

  (Research):Also No. 12245. [5]

  
  

• Reference

  If the Legends Are True... by J. Craig Canada, "Frank Moss" (accessed February 27, 2021) | http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I52099&tree=Legends.