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MOFFATT, Thomas W.
MOFFATT, Thomas W. (Orillia, Canada, May 15, 1844--Dubuque, IA, Oct. 4, 1923). Moffat enlisted in the CIVIL WAR at Dixon, Illinois, September 14, 1861 and was a member of Company B, Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He served under General U. S. Grant and marched with Sherman's army to the sea.
Moving to Dubuque in 1905, he opened a grocery and was a member of the local GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC (G. A. R.) post. Thomas wrote his war memoirs with his son Wallace W. MOFFATT who was in the printing business in Dubuque.
He was survived by three daughters, Mrs F.S. Wood of Orillia, Canada; Mrs J. Frasher, Minneapolis, and Miss Elma Moffatt, Dubuque, three sons, James L., of St. Paul, W. W. and R. A. Moffatt, both of Dubuque. Burial was in the East Dubuque, Illinois cemetery.
See: THOMAS W. MOFFATT
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Source:
Christa Hughes-email, Mar. 3, 2014
Obituaries, Telegraph Herald, Oct. 4, 1923