MOINE, Mary (Boron) 1830-1912

MOINE, BORON, PRUDHON, PETERSON

Posted By: Sheryl McClure (email)
Date: 4/6/2003 at 20:50:00

Mary Boron Moine, daughter of John and Mary Boron, was born in Beaufort, near Belfort, department or county of Haat Rhine, France, February 2, 1830, and died March 31, 1912, at the age of 82 years and twenty-nine days.

In the spring of 1842 she with her parents came to America, settling in Ohio near Canton. There she grew to womanhood. At the age of eighteen she was married to James Moine, who died January 19, 1890. To this union were born fourteen children, eleven boys and three girls. Those that survive this union are John Peter of Rochester, Minn., Mary Peterson, Virginia Prudhon, Frank Julius and Frederick Moine, of Nashua and vicinity. Seven children died in infancy. Victoria grew to womanhood and died October 13, 1874.

In the year 1867 Mr. and Mrs. Moine and family moved from Ohio to Iowa and settled near to what is now Republic in Chickasaw county. This has been their home ever since.

Mrs. Moine was reared in the Roman Catholic faith, in which she remained until the year 1898, when she was converted to the Baptist faith uniting with the Baptist church of Nashua under the pastorate of Elder Sutton in which church and faith she remained loyal. During the years that the Baptist church was closed she still remained true to her new found convictions and on the re-opening of the church a year ago she was among the first to return and has expressed many times since then her joy that she was able to attend the worship of her choice.

Mrs. Moine was of a cheerful disposition, of a saintly character, given much to prayer and although not able to read any English she found comfort in her native language and possessed several books printed in French but the book that occupied most of her time was her French Bible. Up until winter set in she was seldom absent from the services of the church on Sunday. The funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning from the house at ten o'clock, by her pastor, Otis L. Spurgeon and the burial was in the cemetery at Republic.