Mosher Family Records, 1848-1945

Mosher Family Records

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Collection Overview

Title: Mosher Family Records, 1848-1945

ID: OGLMC463

Extent: 1.0 Linear Feet

Arrangement: The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by surname and then chronologically for each individual. Correspondence is both incoming and outgoing except that all correspondence to Alllette Mosher is in her files.

Date Acquired: 09/00/1977. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Pioneer Life

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The principal recipient and correspondent is Allette Mosher (1864-1945). Other recipients and correspondents include: Eliza Keyes (1848-1903), mother of Allette; Warren and Viola Pierce, Allette’s sister and brother-in-law, (1856-1870); Inez Mosher (1886-1924), Allette’s daughter; and Gladys Mosher (1932-1933), Allette’s granddaughter. The correspondence deals with the everyday concerns, including farming, health, and the lives of family members in Kansas, New York, North Dakota, and Michigan. Included are documents concerning the death of Thomas Batty and the efforts of Allette to receive her Civil War widow’s pension. There is also correspondence with a relative in the Pacific during World War II.

Collection Historical Note

The Mosher family moved from New York to Michigan and eventually to Dazey, North Dakota (ca. 1900), chronicling their migration in letters to family members. Allette Keyes Batty Mosher moved from Michigan to Dakota Territory in 1880 with her mother, Eliza Keyes, and brother, Edward Keyes. Allette had married Thomas Batty in 1876 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They had had one daughter, Inez, before Thomas died in 1877. Allette married Emmet Mosher in Hope, Dakota Territory, in 1885. They had one daughter, Eva, who died in infancy. Allette and Emmet Mosher farmed until 1904, when they moved to Dazey. Inez Batty married Elihue Mosher in 1893 and had six children, of whom four survived: Gladys, Hugh, Maurice, and Kermit.

Source: Barnes County History: Barnes County, North Dakota. Barnes County Historical Society, 1976. page 164.

Subject/Index Terms

Pioneer Life

Administrative Information

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Accruals: Phyllis Kannowski loaned photographs of Mosher family members for duplication in August 1979; 80-646

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Phyllis Kannowski, Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Acquisition Method: Donation; 77-485. The originals were loaned for duplication and returned to the donor

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Mosher Family Records. OGLMC 463, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in January 2020.

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Folder 1: Correspondence, Eliza Keyes, 1848-1903
Folder 2: Correspondence, Eliza Keyes, 1848-1903
Folder 3: Correspondence, Allette (Keyes) Batty Mosher, 1890-1945
Folder 4: Correspondence, Allette (Keyes) Batty Mosher, 1890-1945
Folder 5: Correspondence, Allette (Keyes) Batty Mosher, 1890-1945
Folder 6: Correspondence, Allette (Keyes) Batty Mosher, 1890-1945
Folder 7: Correspondence, Allette (Keyes) Batty Mosher, 1890-1945
Folder 8: Correspondence, Allette (Keyes) Batty Mosher, 1890-1945
Folder 9: Correspondence, Allette (Keyes) Batty Mosher, 1890-1945
Folder 10: Correspondence, Allette (Keyes) Batty Mosher, 1890-1945

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