Amassa Swift

Amassa married Calvin Moody on 23 Mar 1845 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina. Calvin (son of George Moody and Sarah Davis) was born about 1823 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Finley married Sarah A. Mink about 1873. Sarah (daughter of John Wesley Mink and Mary Vaught) was born about 1853 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Reuben Smith Johnson. Reuben was born in Sep 1856 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wiley married Sarah Marticia "Tishie" Stout on 27 Dec 1894 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Lawson E. Stout and Clarenda Jane Arnold) was born about 1882 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 12 Mar 1929 in Humboldt, , Allen County, Kansas; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, , Allen County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Lillie Bell Hall on 23 Aug 1894 in , Johnson County, Tennessee, . Lillie was born on 2 Dec 1875 in , Johnson County, Tennessee, ; died on 20 Feb 1950 in , Caswell County, North Carolina, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Will Fitzpatrick about 1903. Will was born about 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Letha Estella Norris on 12 Jul 1914 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina. Letha was born on 22 Aug 1896 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina; died on 31 Jan 1956 in , Avery County, North Carolina, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bina married James D. Ward about 1918 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. James (son of Daniel Ward and Nancy J. Moreland) was born in Mar 1878 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the HUMBOLDT UNION, Wednesday, March 2 1983

Civil War hero remembered - by David Colvin

In 1919, Enos Divilbliss (sic) (the name from her late third husband) came
to Humboldt, Kansas to marry the man that she had been corresponding with
for sometime. He was 82; she was 23.

The story began in Cook County Illinois where Justin O. Hottenstein was born
to Phillip and Elizabeth Hottenstein. He was one of six children. Justin
acquired a common school education and was raised on the farm.

In April of 1861, Hottenstein enlisted in the 20th Illinois Infantry. He
fought several major battles of the Civil War, including the battle at
Britan's Lane, in which he and his fellow Union troops were out numbered by
the Confederates 500 to 8000. Other battles he fought were at Shiloh
Corinth and Fort Donelson.

"His mother had five sons in the blue", says Mrs. Divilbliss.

"He was wounded on the battle field, and he was let lie there for five or six
days before he was picked up and then they drew a silk handkerchief back and
forth through him to get the dirt out," she explained.

After the wound healed, he returned to his unit and fought at Kennesaw
Mountain. He was captured at one time and later escaped. He was Honorably
Discharged on June 25, 1864 when the old wound began to bother him.

Hottenstein came to Kansas in 1867 and secured 80 acres of land five miles
east of Humboldt and married Enos, after a courtship by mail.

Enos Divilbliss was born in North Carolina,"...in a little place called
Beaver Dam, because the beavers cut all the trees down" she says. "The had
schools there but I didn't get to go."

"One day I wanted to go to school so bad. They were going to have a program
and they were going to have stick candy. My grandma told me if I got up and
did the wash I could go. Well, I got up and did the wash, but I didn't get
to go. I'll be darned if I didn't have to harrow buckwheat that day," she
remembers.

Mrs. Divelbliss remembers well her first impressions of Humboldt and her
husband, early in their marriage.

"Lord, I had never seen a grocery store in my life. I went to town one day.
I took chickens, eggs, and butter to town, you know..and I come back and he
said "What are we going to have for supper.' I said 'I don't know'. And he
said, didn't you get nothing.' I said no, I was never in a grocery store
before. We always raised what we ate."

Mrs. Divilbliss enjoys talking about her Civil War hero husband.

"He was a little man. He wasn't very tall. I weighed more than he did, but
he was a hard worker."

"I wasn't here very long and he bought me a car. He gave me two lessons and
he said I was as good as he was. We went to church and took the kids. I
drove around and got all of them I could get in the car."

"He was hard of hearing. when he was wounded it hurt his hearing. When I
came out here, I could talk to him just the way I talk to anybody, but
nobody else could do it. They said he would look at my mouth and tell what
I'm saying."

"He was a church goer too. We belonged to the Methodist church in Humboldt
and still do," she says.

Each month, Enos receives a pension from the government for her husband's
service in the civil War.

"Him and I had good times on the farm. He was good to me and I was good to
him."

Enos married Justin Oscar Hottenstein in 1919 in Humboldt, , , Kansas. Justin was born about 1839 in Cook County, , , Illinois; died before 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Enos married Charles Austin Tilman in Oct 1930 in Allen County, , , Kansas. Charles was born on 23 Sep 1873 in Stoddard County, , , Missouri; died on 26 Feb 1940 in Miami County, , , Kansas; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, , Allen County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Enos married Chester Wilson Divelbliss on 5 Dec 1945 in Allen County, , , Kansas. Chester was born about 1895 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jess Huffman. Jess was born about 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ellen married James Coy Eggers on 19 Jan 1917 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina. James (son of James Eggers and Eliza J. Phillips) was born in Sep 1895 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emma married David Hodges about 1922. David was born about 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Edith Lester on 14 Sep 1928. Edith was born about 1906; died in Jul 1966 in Kansas, , , . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hugh married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ida Isabell Pass Forrester

BUTLER — Ida Isabell Pass Forrester, age 89, of Butler, Tennessee, passed away on Monday, December 17, 2012 at the Johnson County Community Hospital.

She was born on July 7, 1923 to the late James and Bina Moody Ward. In addition to her parents, Ida was preceded in death by her husbands, Paul Pass and Fred Wallace Forrester; a son, James 'Jim' Pass and two brothers: Joe Ward and Lloyd Ward.

Ida worked for over 25 years for the Johnson County School System. She enjoyed being outdoors and loved to work in her vegetable and flower gardens.

Ida was the oldest member of Dyson Grove Baptist Church.

She is survived by her daughter, Mildred Pass; two sons and daughters-in-law: Danny and Judy Pass and Tom and Evone Pass; daughter-in-law, Brenda Pass, all of Butler, TN; grandchildren: Danny Pass Jr., Alan Pearson, Patty Pass, Miranda Lowe, Jason Pass, Matt Pass, Jamie Pass, Jeff Pass and Jonathan Pass; great grandchildren: Faith Lowe, Amber Lowe, Katlin Pearson, Alec Pearson and Allie Pearson; niece, Evelyn Ainsoworth and Ida's church family at Dyson Grove Baptist Church.

The family will receive friends from 6-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at the Dyson Grove Baptist Church with the funeral service to follow at 8:00 p.m. with Pastors Leonard Fletcher, Greg Thompson, Dean Fletcher and Chuck Stout officiating.

Graveside Service and Interment will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 20, 2012 from the Dyson Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Ida's grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

Notes:

Died:
Killed in automobile accident.

Ford married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Billy Ford Moody, age 42, of Elk Park, N.C., died Thursday, August 10, 2006, at his residence. He was the son of the late Ford Moody and the late Mary (Hughes) Moody. Billy was a mechanic who loved his family and enjoyed fishing and tossing horseshoes. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Rosey Brown Moody; Daughter, Angie Gwyn of Elk Park, N.C.; Son, Billy Bob Moody of Elk Park, N.C.; Special Friend, Colin Wilson of Cranberry, NC; Step-Father, Orville Webb of Newland, NC; Sister, Susie Burleson of Newland, N.C.; Brothers, D W Hughes of Newland, N.C, R C Hughes of Newland, N.C.; Grandmother, Florence Moody of Beaver Dam, N.C. Funeral services for Billy Ford Moody will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, August 13, 2006 from the Peoples Church with the Revs. Jude Hughes, Mike Hubbard, and Mr. Don Moser officiating. Interment will follow in the Lee Cemetery. Pallbearers will be: Jerry Johnson, David Blevins, Robby Bailey, Roy Bailey, Colin Wilson, and Charles Bailey.

Billy married Rosa Lee Brown about 1984 in North Carolina, , , . Rosa (daughter of Living and Bertie Mae Brown) was born on 20 Mar 1962 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; died on 13 Feb 2011 in North Carolina, , , ; was buried in Lee Cemetery, , Avery County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]