From Proud Heritage, Volume I by DCPA, currently out of print.
Enoch Mosier was born 20 February 1798 in North Carolina. Around 1830 he married Catharine Myers, who was born on 2 December 1815 in Ohio. Census schedules place them in Indiana in the early 1830s. The first three Mosier children were born in Indiana.
Around 1840 Enoch Mosier and his family migrated to Mahaska County, Iowa, and settled in the area of Oskaloosa. Ten more children were born while the Mosiers were here. In the fall of 1855, Enoch Mosier sold his property in Iowa.
According to family records the Mosiers arrived in Dallas County in 1856. They were probably attracted to this area by Jeremiah Mosier, Enoch’s brother, who had settled in Tarrant County. Mosier Valley, north of Arlington, is named for Jeremiah’s family.
Enoch Mosier settled southeast of Hutchins on the W. H. Shelton survey. Today this property is located east of IH45 between Wintergreen and Fulghum roads. Until recently there were still Mosier descendants living in this immediate area.
On 29 August 1859 Enoch Mosier was accidentally killed. The following is an account of the accident from the September 7, 1859 issue of The Dallas Herald:
“Frightful Accident. – Mr. Mozier, a very respectable and worthy gentleman of this county, was accidentally killed a few days ago, while engaged in attending to the running works of his sugar mill. His head was caught between two pieces of the wood work, crushing it instantly, and scattering the brains in every direction. It is one of the most frightful accidents that has ever occurred in this section of the country. Mr. Mozier was an old man, a very worthy citizen, and left a large family.”
Enoch Mosier was buried in the Pioneer Section of Edgewood Cemetery in Lancaster, Texas.
After her husband’s death, Catharine Myers Mosier followed several of her children who had moved to Benton County in northwestern Arkansas. She died on 13 December 1893 at the age of seventy-eight. Catharine Myers Mosier is buried in the Butler Creek Cemetery in Sulphur Springs, Arkansas.
The children of Enoch and Catharine Myers Mosier were as follows:
1) Irene Elizabeth born 23 September 1833, Indiana, died 30 March 1908, Hutchins, Texas; married 12 April 1860, Dallas County, Texas, James Willis Sears born 22 March 1833, Kentucky, died 15 June 1889, Hutchins, Texas. Both are buried in Edgewood Cemetery, Lancaster, Texas. Nine children.
2) William Harrison born 11 February 1835, Indiana, died 2 March 1900; married Lucy E. Baker, born 8 July 1860, died 28 April 19 36. Both are buried in Edgewood Cemetery, Lancaster, Texas.
3) Martin born 1836, Indiana, died 1837.
4) O’Della born 13 April 1838, Iowa, died 18 August 1906; married 3 May 1866, Lancaster, Texas, John Thomas White born 19 July 1840, Iowa, died 19 January 1921. Both are buried in Bethany Cemetery, Godley, Johnson County, Texas. Seven children.
5) Aaron Bell born 7 March 1840, Iowa, died 6 February 1882; married 2 February 1877, Benton County, Arkansas, Emily Carl Thompson born 30 March 1858, died 21 March 1889. Both are buried in Butler Creek Cemetery, Sulphur Springs, Arkansas. Two daughters.
6) James D. born 29 October 1841, Iowa, killed at Pulaski, Tennessee during the War Between the States.
7) John W. born 14 April 1844, Iowa, date and place of death unknown; married 31 January 1867, Dallas County, Texas, Martha A. Landreth.
8) Nancy Jane born 22 April 1846, Iowa, died 22 August 1922; married Rev. David C. Ross. Buried in Lubbock, Texas.
9) Jeremiah K. born 2 February 1848, Iowa; died 12 October 1967. Buried in Edgewood Cemetery, Lancaster, Texas. (Unmarked grave.)
10) Enoch Rufus born 1 December 1849, Iowa, died 1922; married Lydia Baker. Buried in Lovington, New Mexico.
11) Daniel W. born 24 September 1851, Iowa, died 5 September 1874.
12) Mary Ellen born 22 December 1853, Iowa, date of death unknown; married 13 April 1871 (recorded McDonald County, Missouri) William Jasper Noel. Buried in Noel, Missouri.
13) Charles Albert born 12 October 1856, Iowa, died 29 March 1925; married 1 October 1876 (recorded McDonald County, Missouri) Mary A. (Molly) Shell, born 13 September 1859, died 23 January 1894. Both are buried in Butler Creek Cemetery, Sulphur Springs, Arkansas.
14) Casandria C. born 4 April 1858, Texas, died 7 December 1868. Buried in Edgewood Cemetery, Lancaster, Texas. (Unmarked grave.)
Robert Westbrook Sears, the author of this narrative, is the second great-grandson of Enoch Mosier (1798-1859 ).
By Robert Westbrook Sears, Dallas
