ROBERT LANG MOSLEY

 

Robert Lang Mosley, b August 30, 1849 in Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama, d June 27, 1920 at Lott, Falls County, Texas and buried in Clover Hill Cemetery‑was a son of Mason Lang Mosley, b ca 1815 in South Carolina, d after 1850 in Alabama ‑ a descendant of Richard Warren who arrived in America on the "Mayflower," and his wife, Martha Madison (Jay) Mosley, b ca 1815 in Virginia, d after 1871 in Falls County, Texas‑a daughter of a wealthy plantation owner in Conecuh County, Alabama. After the death of Mason Lang Mosley, Martha Madison (Jay) Mosley married second in about 1856 to John Williamson, b 1814 in Virginia, d after 1871 in Falls County, Texas‑a nephew of Churchill Jones.

 

In 1866, the Williamson and Mosley family came to Falls County‑settling on the Churchill Jones land. Robert, at age twenty‑one, went on a cattle drive to Kansas, and decided that once was enough. In 1876, he purchased land in the Benjamin Shields' Survey between Lott and Westphalia in Falls County, where he built a log cabin.

 

On August 23, 1881, Robert Lang Mosley was married to Mary Frances Bouchillon, b April 14, 1864 in Mississippi, d January 16, 1927 in Lott and buried in Clover Hill Cemetery‑a daughter of Francis Sullivan and Jane Mahalia (Morrow) Bouchillon, who settled in Falls County in 1871.

 

            Robert and Mary Frances lived in the log cabin until after the birth of their first child; then he built a family in 1884, which is still owned by one of his granddaughters.

 

Robert was one of the organizers of the Lone Star Baptist Church near his home. He served as Falls County Commissioner (1908‑1910), and was Chaplain of the Masonic Lodge at Lott.

 

            Robert and Mary Frances (Bouchillon) Mosley were the parents of nine children:

 

Nicholas Francis Mosley, b March 26, 1882 in the log cabin of his parents, d October 11, 1962 and buried in Clover Hill Cemetery in Lott ‑married January 7, 1906 to Ida Givens, b April 1, 1887, d December 26, 1935 and buried in Clover Hill Cemetery. They had one daughter, Cleo M. Mosley, who was buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, whose marker has no dates inscribed.

 

Bertha Belo Mosley, b October 9, 1884 in Lott, d October 31, 1978‑married August 7, 1907 to William Albert Reed. They had three of five children to survive.

Mason Lang Mosley, b March 27, 1887 in Lott, d July 5, 1975‑ married October 5, 1916 to Mary High, and had one son.

 

Robert Jay Mosley, b July 10, 1891 in Lott, d 1979 and buried in Clover Hill Cemetery ‑ married January 21, 1916 to Willie Mae Lewis, b 1894, d 1974 at Lott ‑ a daughter of Lawson Larry and Sarah Elizabeth (Dixon) Lewis.

 

William Morris Mosley, b January 31, 1894‑was alive at age 90 years in 1984‑married first on June 2, 1917 to Willie Mattie Golding, and had one daughter; and married second to Ruby Ingram McMullin, and resides in Waco, Texas.

 

Arthur Sewell Mosley, b August 21, 1896, d June 22, 1975‑married September 13, 1919 to Ethel Davenport, and had three children.

 

Mary Ella Mosley (called "Mamie"), b February 6, 1899‑ married Louis Edward Phillips, had three children, and resides in Waco, Texas.

 

Louella Mosley (called "Elli"), b May 6, 1902, d November 19, 1975 and buried in Clover Hill Cemetery‑married October 30, 1920 in Rosebud to Chester Parker Springfield, b October 23, 1897 in Robertson County, Texas, d November 18, 1975 in Lott and buried in Clover Hill Cemetery. They had four children.

 

Henry Lee Mosley, b April 29, 1904 at Lott, d 1983 ‑married January 5, 1926 to Katherine Leila Priest, b August 3, 1907, d January 10, 1979 and buried in Clover Hill Cemetery at Lott ‑ a daughter of Roger Q. Priest, b June 24, 1888, d June 23, 1966, and his wife, Mary ("Mollie" Lawless) Priest, b January 31, 1890, d d August 21, 1965 at Lott. Henry Lee and Katherine had one daughter.

 

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart and her volunteers for printing the biographies of these

Falls County Families to this web page. “Families of Falls County”, compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Department, pp. 320-321.

 

Correction

Submitted by Carolyn Brown

 

Robert Lang Mosley, b August 30, 1849 in Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama, d June 27, 1920 at Lott, Falls County, Texas and buried in Clover Hill Cemetery‑was a son of Mason Lang Mosley, b ca 1815  in South Carolina, d after 1850 in Alabama ‑ a descendant of Richard Warren who arrived in America on the "Mayflower," and his wife, Martha Madison (Jay) Mosley, b ca 1815 in Virginia, d after 1871 in Falls County, Texas‑a daughter of a wealthy plantation owner in Conecuh County, Alabama. After the death of Mason Lang Mosley, Martha Madison (Jay) Mosley married second in about 1856 to John Williamson, b 1814 in Virginia, d after 1871 in Falls County, Texas‑a nephew of Churchill Jones.

1. Mason Lang Mosley was b Dec 11, 1806 in either Barnwell or Edgefield Dist, SC. His father (Mason Moseley) was murdered while hunting near his in Barnwell, SC in July of 1806. I have yet to determine whether his mother stayed there for his birth or returned just a few miles away to her parents in Edgefield Dist, SC for the birth.

2.  Mason Lang Mosley died March 12, 1856 near Evergreen, Conecuh Co, AL of a liver disease.

3. Martha M Jay Mosley was born Jan 1, 1816 in SC and died Nov 11, 1872 in Falls Co, TX and is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin. I have not been able to find the headstone, but a great aunt found it years ago.

For the above items, I have Mason Lang Mosley's Bible and a copy of his obituary.

4. Martha married John Williamson after the 1860 Conecuh Co, Census where she is listed as Martha M Mosley and March 11, 1867 when her father's will was written leaving property to the 5 minor children of his daughter Martha M Williamson.