Nancy Ann Mowry was born in Putnam, Illinois, on 21 December 1846 to George Aldrich [some sources say George W.] (1804 - 1889) and Nancy Jack Mowry (1806 - 1888). She had eight brothers and sisters: Martha Aldrich (1829 - ?), Jesse (1831 - 1917), Thomas (1833 - 1899), George (1835 - 1903), Robert (1837 - 1891), Margaret Aldrich (1839 - 1898), Welcome (1842 - 1907), and Mary (1844 - 1862). She completed grade school and, at the age of 19, married Webster W. Moses (1838 – 1912) at the Wesleyan Methodist parsonage in West Bureau (present Bureau) or Wyanet, Illinois. They had seven children: Edwin Ralph (1866 – 1866), Eugene Wilfred (1867 – 1942), Annella Lois (1869 – 1880), Jessie Mae (1875 – 1936), Robert Shepherd (1878 – 1880), Webster Lloyd (1881 – 1942), and Francis Willard (1890 – 1942). Between 1870 and 1880, the family moved to Springdale Township where she helped her husband farm. In 1940 she was living with her son Francis and his family. She died 18 July 1942 in Springdale Township at the age of 95.
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