Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Benjamin Thomas Moseley November 14 1900
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(Cedartown Standard, November 29, 1900) 
Prof. Benjamin Thomas Moseley, was one of the best known citizens of the early 
days of Cedartown, and he and his family are well remembered by our oldest 
people. His son and namesake passed away on the 14th inst. At his home in 
Louisiana, and the following obituary notice from the Daily Town Talk of 
Alexander, La, will be read with interest. Moseley at the family residence, 
corner Fifth and Jackson streets, Alexandria, La., on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 1900, 
at 7:50 a.m., Dr. Benjamin Thomas Moseley, age 51 years. Cause of death, 
Bright,s disease. Dr. Moseley was born in Hancock county, Ga., on 12th November 
1849, and was therefore 51 years and 2 days of age when death called him hence. 
His father, Hon. Benjamin T. Moseley was a prominent citizen of George, and the 
Moseley family is still prominent in that state. Dr. Moseley after receiving a 
literary education in his native state, left there before reaching his majority 
and settled in North Louisiana. He studied medicine at Minden, La., and took 
his first course of lectures at the Medical Department of the Louisiana 
University. He graduated in the spring of 1875 from the Medical College of New 
Orleans. He first practiced medicine in North Louisiana, and from there moved 
to Washington, St. Landry parish, where he remained for some time. He next 
moved to New Orleans and practiced his profession there for several years, 
moving with his family to Alexandria in January, 1896, and resided here up to 
the time of his death. In 1876 he married Miss Jennie Jones of Minden, La., 
whose father was a prominent lawyer of North Louisiana. To this union five 
children were born, three sons and two daughters, all of whom survive their 
father. He leaves one brother, Mr. M. C. Moseley, the well known attorney at 
law of Alexandria. Dr. Moseley had a very lucrative practice here until his 
health failed. He was confined to his bed for many weeks before his death. The 
remains will be taken to Minden, Webster parish, for interment in the cemetery 
there, where his mother and other relatives are sleeping. (Cedartown Standard, 
November 29, 1900) 


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