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Surnames: Moss
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Although this is not an answer to your question, it may be a hint as to where to look.
Goodspeed's 1884 "History Of Greene County..." lists C. M. Moss on page 245
as follows:
"REMINISCENCES. (Of Stockton Twp.)
Upon the arrival of the first settlers, the township was one of the finest in the county.
A considerable portion was quite level and
was open prairie land, where herds of deer grazed on the rich
grass which grew in profusion, often higher than a man’s head. Other portions were more
rolling and were covered with timber, through which all the varieties of wild animals of
this latitude roamed. Several of the Mosses and others were experienced hunters. C. M.
Moss has killed eight full-grown deer at four shots. Laban Moss was also a skillful deer
hunter. On more than one occasion he killed two at one shot. Aquilla Moss was one of the
first preachers. He was a hard-shell Baptist, and was a man of great force of character
and commanded wide influence and unbounded respect from all who knew him. He was also a
man of great hardihood, and could withstand the attacks of disease and encounter the
inclemencies of the weather without injury or effect."
As one of his uncles (I presume) was a well respected and hard line preacher, chances are
that he may be buried in one of the old Baptist Church graveyards in Stockton Twp..
If you're interested, there is more covering the Moss family. You may contact me via
email for more.