MOYERS, Cary A. - Putnam

MOYERS, Cary, A., P. O. Reelsville, Farmer, Section 7; was born in Botetourt County, VA., June 25, 1809, and moved with his father to Putnam County in 1839. On January 9, 1834, he was married to Susan LOCKETT, who bore him eight children; two sons, Edward J. and Ezra, are dead; the former died at the age of fifteen months; the latter, five years; the names of those living are: Henry L., aged forty-four years; Frances M., thirty-nine years; Anderson T., thirty-eight years; Catherine, thirty-six years; Elizabeth J., thirty-five years; William C., thirty years; two sons and one daughter live in Iowa, and one son and two daughters in this State. Mr. MOYERS, as the date of his settlement here will show, was one of the advance guard of civilization, and to his lot fell the arduous work of preparing the soil for future fertility, such as felling timber, rolling logs, clearing brush, uprooting stumps, etc. As the years rolled on, he took his place in public life, serving as Justice of the Peace fro seventeen years; also, as Township Trustee, School Director, etc, winning the respect of all who knew him. He and his faithful wife are now in their seventieth year, are both members of the Christian Church, and wait patiently and with resignation for the call to their other home.