Butts County GaArchives Photo person.....Ben Moss Family c.1899
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Source: Annie Belle(Moss)Carter
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Stephen Benjamin Moss was born in Newton Co. GA, May 12, 1848, the oldest child 
of Francis and Martha F.(Mann)Moss. Sarah Ann Gray was born April 8, 1850 in 
Butts Co. GA. Her parents were Allen and Peletiah(O'Neal)Gray. "Ben" and his 
brother, Oglesby Prophet Moss(who married Sophronia Jane Gray-Sarah's sister))
met their future wives while assisting the Gray girls in crossing the South 
River, near Island Shoals. Sarah married Ben in Butts Co. on January 4, 1872. 
This photo was likely made by their daughter(who is not pictured)Otis Lemer 
born April 20, 1878[m.James M. Carr, April 8, 1897]. Her siblings(shown to the 
right of the couple)are-left to right: Dovie Cleo, born August 21, 1892[m. 
Harris Crumley]; Annie Belle, born March 21, 1888[m. Emmitt G. Carter]; Elvia 
Odesia born December 25, 1884[m. James E. English]; Cora Leigh born May 8, 1875
[m. Thomas J. Jackson]; and Asberry Francis Moss born May 14, 1881[m. Nora L. 
Berry]. Ben Moss served in the 3rd GA Infantry during the Civil War. He and 
Sarah are buried in the Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery in Henry Co.



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