Robert Gillis Mossman and Margaret "Peggy" Christy
Husband Robert Gillis Mossman 1 2
Born: 1 Oct 1795 - Fayette Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: 25 Aug 1847 - Greenville, Mercer Co, PA 1 Buried:
Father: William Herdman Mossman (1765-1851) 3 4 5 6 Mother: Sarah Gillis ( - ) 4
Marriage: 27 Sep 1821 1
Wife Margaret "Peggy" Christy 2 7
Born: Christened: Died: 16 Feb 1865 - Brady's Bend, Armstrong Co, PA 2 Buried:
Father: Col. Andrew Christy (1775-1865) 8 9 Mother: Susan Williamson (Abt 1783-1856) 10
Children
1 F Emaline Mossman 2
Born: 25 Mar 1823 11 Christened: Died: 25 Aug 1831 11 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 F Sarah Ann Mossman 2 12
Born: 5 Dec 1824 11 Christened: Died: 1 Jun 1861 or 1862 11 13 Buried:Spouse: Dr. Reuben E. Breiner (1808-1870) 14 Marr: 10 Jun 1841 13
3 M Christy Andrew Mossman 2
Born: 25 Oct 1826 11 Christened: Died: 14 May 1853 11 Buried:
4 M Rev. William Herdman Mossman 1 2
Born: 4 Dec 1828 11 Christened: Died: 28 Feb 1905 - Greenville, Mercer Co, PA 11 Buried:Spouse: Sarah Helen Dumars (1834-Aft 1912) 15 Marr: 12 Oct 1854 11
5 M Jehu Allen Mossman 2
Born: 5 Oct 1830 11 Christened: Died: 2 Aug 1848 11 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
6 F Susan Jane Mossman 1 2 16
Born: 10 Jul 1833 - Greenville, Mercer Co, PA 11 16 Christened: Died: 19 Dec 1872 - Greenville, Mercer Co, PA 11 17 Buried:Spouse: Chambers Templeton (1826-1897) 1 11 16
7 M Albert Gallatin Mossman 11
Born: 6 Oct 1837 11 Christened: Died: 24 Feb 1877 - Mission Creek, Wabaunsee Co, KS 11 Buried:
8 M Dr. Beriah Edwin Mossman, M.D. 1 11 18
Born: 27 Nov 1840 - Greenville, Mercer Co, PA 11 Christened: Died: Aft 1912 Buried:Spouse: Emma Elizabeth Hilands ( - ) 18 19 Marr: 5 Sep 1872 19
General Notes: Husband - Robert Gillis Mossman
His early education was quite limited. He received several months' day schooling, and, being bright and studious, he acquired a good knowledge of the rudiments of the English language. His father was a manufacturer of spinning wheels, which trade he learned and worked at when not engaged working on the farm.
Following his marriage, he removed to Greenville, and settled in what became the East Ward, part of which was Mossman's addition to Greenville. He carried on several branches of business, such as a furniture factory, woolen mills, grist and saw-mills, tannery and other branches of enterprise. He was a go-ahead man, of unlimited energy, and contributed largely to the development of the business interests of the place. He was a strong supporter of Andrew Jackson when first elected, but was afterward a Whig. He was the first Whig sheriff of Mercer County, elected in October, 1836. Mr. Mossman was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. [HMC 1888, 819]
Robert G. Mossman was one of the earliest manufacturers of the town. Prior to 1820 he established a chair and cabinet factory on the west side, which he carried on several years. He was also engaged for a time in operating a tan-yard. In 1834-35 he erected a grist-mill and furniture factory at the east end of the bridge, on the north side of Main Street, and constructed a dam across the Shenango just above the bridge. It was known as the "little grist-mill," to distinguish it from the larger one then operated by Andrew Campbell. William Laird purchased an interest in the business in 1835. They soon after established a woolen mill on the opposite side of the street, and, taking John M. Graham into partnership, placed him in charge of that factory. In 1836 Mr. Mossman was elected sheriff of Mercer County, and soon afterward sold out to Mr. Laird, who added thereto a saw-mill. In 1838 Laird disposed of the property, and it was operated as a furniture factory until the business ran out as unprofitable. The building was afterward used for various purposes, and finally burned, which fate also overtook the woolen factory on the opposite side of the street. [HMC 1888, 437]
Notes: Marriage
They were married by Rev. Samuel Tait, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Mercer.
1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 819.
2 Bertha Mossman Kaler, Concerning the Family of Mossman (Self-published, ~1912(?)), Pg 35.
3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 84.
4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 607, 819.
5 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 704.
6 Bertha Mossman Kaler, Concerning the Family of Mossman (Self-published, ~1912(?)), Pg 3.
7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1145.
8 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1144.
9 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 562.
10 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 536.
11 Bertha Mossman Kaler, Concerning the Family of Mossman (Self-published, ~1912(?)), Pg 36.
12 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 276, 819.
13 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 276.
14 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 276, 790, 819.
15 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 786.
16 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 403.
17 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 829.
18 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 400.
19
—, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 820.
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