Moses W. Darnall Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft@cowtown.net

Source:

1881 History of Grant Co., Wisconsin
Western Historical Company, Chicago, IL
Biographical Sketches, Beetown, Pg. 1019

MOSES W. DARNALL, minister and farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. Hurricane Grove; born
in 1810, in Estill Co., Ky., where he lived four years; moved to Bourbon Co.
until 1822, then to Edgar Co., Ill., until 1834, thence to Iowa Co., Wis.,
near Mineral Point; following mining; then to Grant Co., near Centerville;
lived there fourteen years; moved to Beetown in 1855; has 82 acres of land,
valued at $1,500.  In 1839, married Nancy Booth; had five children, two of
whom are now living -- Rachel J. and James; one died in infancy, one killed
at Gettysburg, another murdered for his money in Nebraska.  Politics,
Republican.  Is a Free-Will Baptist minister.  Has been Road Overseer one
term.