Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - John W. Moss

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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John W. Moss, general merchant at Dyer Station, was born in Carroll 
County, Tenn., in 1848, and is a son of William and Elizabeth 
(Montgomery) Moss. The mother was a native of North Carolina, who came 
to Randolph County, Ark., in 1868, and in 1870 removed to Crawford 
County, where she died in 1879, a believer in the Christian faith. 
John W. Moss made his home with his mother until his marriage, and has 
no living relatives to his knowledge outside of his wife and children. 
He had a sister who was burned to death when a child. His mother was 
twice married. He attended school but about six months during his 
youth, and at the age of fifteen began to work as a farm hand, after 
which he rented land until 1873. He then homesteaded forty acres in 
Alma Township, and by the practice of industry and economy is now the 
owner of 240 acres, 100 being bottom land. and all of it well 
situated. He farmed exclusively until two years ago, and then started 
a general merchandise store in the spring of 1886. He handles farm 
implements, and has a stock valued at $1,800, his annual sales 
averaging $6,000. He served during the war about eight months in the 
Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry, and being captured while at home in Carroll 
County, Tenn., was held a prisoner at Camp Chase until the close of 
the war, when he took the oath of allegiance. In 1867 he married Lucy 
C. James, who died in 1880, leaving three children. The same year he 
wedded Ursula Whittington, a native of Arkansas, by whom he has had 
four children, three of whom are living. Mrs. Moss' father was a 
native of Alabama. Mr. Moss is a Democrat, and for one year was 
postmaster at Dyer. He now fills the position of assistant postmaster. 

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