SARAH "SALLY" MOSIER

Born - July 8, 1799 (Source: based on tombstone inscription) in Virginia (now the Harper's Ferry region of West Virginia)

Parents - Phillip Mosier and Catherine Dust/Durst

Source: Based on strong circumstantial evidence

Row 3 (extract - there are other Mosier names as well as a few others)

Mosier, Catherine, wife of Phillip, died July 10, 1845, aged 65y 10m 2d

Mosier, Phillip, died Aug. 28, 1848, aged 74y 11m 12d

Eckert, Samuel, son of J. H. & Sally, died Apr. 17, 1834, aged 8y 4m 16d

Source: Cemeteries of Greenfield Township published by the Fairfield County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society.

View our extracts located at Bacher/Baugher Cemetery, Greenfield Twp, Fairfield County, OH

Married - John Hancock Eckert in April 1820 in Greenfield Twp, Fairfield County, Ohio.

Source: Fairfield County Marriage Records - spelling is Mosere.

Died - December 22, 1883 in Hancock County, Ohio of Palsy.

Burial - Baker-Hamlin Cemetery, Cass Twp, Hancock County, Ohio. Inscription on the tombstone says 84 yrs, 5 mos., 14 days.

Note: Certified Copy of Death Record in our file from State of Ohio says she was 85 yrs, 5 months, 14 days old. It also states Place of Birth as Virginia. (West Virginia was part of Virginia until the Civil War).

An Eckert cousin, Gary Franks, has put together a wonderful website for the Baker Hamlin Cemetery including a photo of the Eckert tombstone and the Baker tombstones. Be sure to check it out at

http://hometown.aol.com/engineer9/genealogy/baker/bhcmty.htm

Using a photo sent by Gary Franks, we have put together a close up of the Eckert tombstone. NEW

For census, children and John Eckert's will, please visit John H. Eckert Homepage.

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