Moses Thompson Work and Margaret Hopkins

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Husband Moses Thompson Work ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 5 Dec 1812 - East Mahoning Twp, Indiana Co, PA 1 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Mar 1885 or 1886 - Indiana Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Gilgal Cemetery, East Mahoning Twp, Indiana Co, PA

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         Father: William Work (1760-1828) 1 5 6
         Mother: Miriam Scroggs (1775-1850/1855) 1 5 6

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       Marriage: 1833 4

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   Other Spouse: Tabitha L. Van Horn (1861-1890) 1 3 4 - 13 May or 13 Aug 1847 4 7

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Wife Margaret Hopkins ^{1 3 4}

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           Born: 13 Apr 1812 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Aug 1844 7
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Hopkins (      -      ) 4 8
         Mother: Margaret Jamison (      -      ) 4 8

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Children

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1 M Thaddeus C. Work ^{7 9}

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           Born: 23 Feb 1835 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Oct 1857 7
 Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
         Buried: 

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2 M Milton Work ^{7 9 10}

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           Born: 10 Nov 1836 - East Mahoning Twp, Indiana Co, PA 7 10
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1913
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jane Elizabeth Craig (1842-1907) 7 11 12
           Marr: 4 Jun 1863 7 12

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3 F Arabella Work ^{7 9}

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           Born: 14 Apr 1839 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James Irvin Work (1835-      ) 7 9 13
           Marr: 7 Apr 1859 7

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4 F Asenath Work ⁷

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           Born: 15 Feb 1841 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Aug 1844 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 F Ruth Work ⁷

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           Born: 20 Nov 1843 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Aug 1844 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Moses Thompson Work

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He grew up much as other boys of that period, never going very far away from the old home. At that time the chances for getting an education were very limited. At the age of sixteen, his father died and the care of the farm fell principally on his shoulders, the older brothers having married and gone to homes of their own.
He married and three years later built himself a log cabin and log barn on the farm he lived on during the remainder of his life.
He was County Commissioner from 1854 to 1857; was often called upon as an arbitrator to settle disputes between neighbors. At his home, the poor and the simple met with the same warm reception as those more favored with wealth and talent. His family were good singers, and he gave them every opportunity for improvement in that line. The writer often heard him express the wish that he might be taken away before he became a charge to his friends, which wish was granted. After having lived a busy life, and after only a few days' illness, he died at the age of 73 years.

He was born in East Mahoning township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and there attended subscription school. His opportunities for education were limited, but he had unlimited training of a practical nature, assisting his parents until he started out on his own account. He was only in his sixteenth year when his father died, and he remained on the homestead after that until 1836, when he settled on a tract of land later owned by the McGee family, in East Mahoning township-100 acres then entirely in the woods. He first erected a round-log house and stable, cleared his land, and subsequently bought another tract of 160 acres known as the William McCall place. In 1857 he put up a brick house, one of the first of its kind in the township. He also built a frame barn, and made extensive improvements of all kinds on his property, gaining a reputation for hard work and thrifty habits. He had a kindly disposition and high character which made him well liked wherever known, and he was popular in many circles, being associated with various local interests in which he took an active part. He followed general farming and stock raising to the end of his life, but did not devote all his time to that work, serving from 1854 to 1857 as county commissioner, and holding many other local offices. He was one of the organizers of the Indiana County Fair Association, served as director and one of the managers of same, was a Whig and Republican in politics, and in religious connection a member of the Gilgal Presbyterian Church. He was originally a member of the United Presbyterian Church. He was a large man, six feet in height and weighing 180 pounds.

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 458.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 745, 980.

3 M. T. Steele & Edith Work, The Work Family (Marion Center, PA: Privately published, 1894), Pg 57.

4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 745.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 246.

6 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 744, 980.

7 M. T. Steele & Edith Work, The Work Family (Marion Center, PA: Privately published, 1894), Pg 58.

8 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 463, 484.

9 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 459.

10 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 744.

11 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 459, 460.

12 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 746.

13 M. T. Steele & Edith Work, The Work Family (Marion Center, PA: Privately published, 1894), Pg 77.