Moses Heckert and Mary "Mollie" E. Heckert (nee:Vulgamott)

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Posted By: Harry Heckert (email)
Date: 4/21/2005 at 07:49:15

I am trying to locate any information about my great grand parents, Moses Heckert (b.1841 in Montgomery or Northumberland County, PA and Mary "Mollie" E. Heckert (nee:Vulgamott) (b.1851) born in Coshocton Cty, OH. Moses father was also named Moses (b.?-d.?) and his mother may have been Katherine "Kate" Heckert (nee: Goodman) One or both may have been born in Germany.

In the 1840's, as a child Moses (b.1841) and his brothers Caspar(b.1836?) and John (b.1842) moved to Fulton Cty, Indiana and were thus split up from their other family, possibly brothers Henry and Eli, who were sent to live with relatives in Crawford County, OH.

Moses (b.1841) was a civil war vet, 87th Indiana Infantry and was mustered out in 1865, he moved to the Jefferson Cty, IA area and married Mollie in March 1872. They had several children: Sadie (b.1874); Harry (b.1877); Rowlin (1882?) and Alexander (1884?) and possibly John (b.188?). Mollie may have died in 1885 and Moses may have remarried Nancy Eatherton Burroughs in 1885, but they divorced a year later. There was a child, Burt H. Heckert, born in 1885 but I do not know if he was related to Moses. Moses and Mollie are rumored to be buried near Sutherland, IA where Moses lived possibly until the early 1900's.

Any help would be gladly appreciated,

Harry Heckert