Squire DeMoss was the seventh of eight children born to William DeMoss and Elizabeth Sarah Lowe.  Squire was born on May 2, 1846 in most likely Reeve Township in Daviess County, Indiana.  He had two sisters, Elizabeth and Mary, and five brothers, Isaac, John, William, Democrat, and Fleming.  His parents were originally from Kentucky and came to Indiana in the early 1830s to pursue better farming.

Squire’s older brothers Isaac and William moved Knox County where they built their farms and families.  His brother John stayed in Daviess County for many years and Squire stayed on with him as a farm hand.  His brother Democrat fought in the Civil War and is buried at the National Cemetery in Port Hudson, Louisiana.  On December 29, 1870, Squire married Mary Jane Davis.  The marriage was very short lived, however, as Squire died at the age of 24 on January 16, 1871.  He was buried at the Hawkins Prairie Cemetery.  Mary Jane remarried a year later.

Squire DeMoss was my 4th great-uncle on my dad’s side.

REFERENCES

• United States Census, 1850, 1870
• Find A Grave website
• Indiana Marriages
• Indiana Civil War Soldier Database Index