Darke County's Own

"Little Sure Shot,"

Annie Oakley!

13 Aug 1860-3 Nov 1926

Surnames mentioned in this brief genealogy of Annie Oakley:

BREWER, BRUMBAUGH, CAMPBELL, CLAPPER, CRIPE, GRABFELDER, HAINES, MOSEY/MOSES, PUTERBAUGH, SHANER, SHAW, SHOOK, STINER, ULRICH, WISE, YORK

Ahnentafel of Phoebe Anne Mosey (aka Annie Oakley) of Darke County, Ohio (Ancestry of Annie Oakley pending verification by Brethren Genealogists.)

• 1 Phoebe Anne MOSEY: b 13 Aug 1860 Patterson Twp,Darke Co.,OH; d 3 Nov 1926 Greenville,Darke Co.,OH m Francis BUTLER: b 1850 ,,,IRE; d 21 Nov 1926 (no issue) Both buried New Brock Cem, Darke Co., OH
• 2 Jacob MOSEY: b 1 Mar 1799 ,Blair Co.,PA; m 1848; d 2 Feb 1866, Darke Co.,OH Jacob and Susan buried Yorkshire Cem, Darke Co., OH
• 3 Susan WISE: b 10 Jul 1830 East Loop,Blair Co.,PA; d 18 Aug 1908 Piqua, Miami Co.,OH
• 6 Jacob WISE: b 9 Mar 1806 ,,PA; m 1825 ,,PA; d 19 Mar 1836 ,,PA
• 7 Amelia "Emily" CLAPPER: b Dutch Loop,,PA; d 1840
• 12 John WISE Jr: b 13 Aug 1776 Hagerstown,Washington Co.,MD; m Abt 1797, Huntingdon Co.,PA; d Jul 1843 ,Darke Co.,OH
• 13 Elizabeth PUTERBAUGH: b 1776 ,Frederick Co.,MD; d Apr 1851, Darke Co.,OH
• 14 Jacob CLAPPER [KLAPUT ?]
• 15 Eleanor
• 24 John WISE: b 1754 ,,PA; m 1775 ,,PA; d 1821 ,Huntingdon Co.,PA
• 25 Mary CRIPE: b 1756 ,Bedford Co.,PA; d 1786 ,Huntingdon Co.,PA
• 26 Johann Peter PUTERBAUGH: b 1735 ,,GER; m 1758 ,Frederick Co.,MD; d 12 Sep 1800 ,Huntingdon Co.,PA
• 27 Elizabeth
• 48 Michael WISE
• 50 Jacob CRIPE: b 1712 ,,,Germany; m 1742 York Twp,Lancaster Co.,PA; d 1802 Frankstown,Huntingdon Co.,PA
• 51 Elizabeth ULRICH: b 1723 ,,,Germany
• 52 Johann PUTERBAUGH: b ,,,Germany; d ,,,Germany
• 102 Stephen ULRICH: b 1680 ,,,Germany

Annie's Motto

Aim at a high mark and you will hit it.
No, not the first time, nor the second,
and maybe not the third.
But keep on aiming and keep on shooting,
for only practice will make you perfect.
                             ---Annie Oakley

 1 - Jacob MOSEY
       Born -  1 Mar 1799 Blair Co., PA
       Died -  2 Feb 1866 Darke Co., OH
       Bur. - Yorkshire Cem, Darke Co., OH
       Note - This family called "Mosey" in cemetery records.  Jacob's 
              daughter Phoebe ("Annie Oakley") placed the markers herself.
 sp- Susan WISE
       Born - 10 Jul 1830 East Loop, Blair Co., PA
       Mar. - 1848 PA
       Died - 18 Aug 1908 Piqua, Miami Co., OH
       Bur. - Yorkshire Cem, Darke Co., OH
       Dau of Jacob WISE & Amelia "Emily" CLAPPER
       Note - Buried as Susan SHAW.  Another source reports birth as 12 Jul
              1832 which is close to the date that can be calculated from
              her age on her grave marker: 76y 2m 6d or 12 Jun 1832.  After
              Jacob's death Susan married Daniel BRUMBAUGH(by whom
              she had a daughter Emily) and Joseph SHAW.
     2 - Mary Jane MOSEY
           Born - 23 Feb 1852 Blair Co., PA
           Died - 11 Apr 1867 Darke Co., OH
           Bur. - Yorkshire Cem, Darke Co., OH
           Note - Birth date calculated from age on grave marker: 15y 1m 19d.
                  Seiler shows born: 22 Apr 1851??
     2 - Lydia MOSEY
           Born -  6 Aug 1852 Blair Co., PA
           Died -  8 Mar 1882 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH
     sp- Joseph STINE
     2 - Elizabeth MOSEY
           Born - 31 Mar 1855 Blair Co., PA
           Died - 18 Jun 1881 Darke Co., OH
           Bur. - Yorkshire Cem, Darke Co., OH
           Note - Birth date calculated from age on grave marker: 26y 2m 18d.
                  Seiler shows born: 5 Apr 1855??
     sp- --?-- BREWER
     2 - Sarah Ellen MOSEY
           Born -  4 Apr 1857 Darke Co., OH
           Died - 1939 Kansas City, MO
           Bur. - New Brock Cem, Darke Co., OH
     sp- Ben GRABFELDER
     2 - Catherine MOSEY
           Born - 17 Mar 1859 Darke Co., OH
           Died -  8 Nov 1859 Darke Co., OH


   PHOEBE ANN MOSEY  "Annie Oakley"
      Born - 13 Aug 1860 Patterson Twp, Darke Co., OH
      Died -  3 Nov 1926 Greenville, Darke Co., OH Obituary
      Bur. - New Brock Cem, Darke Co., OH

sp- FRANCIS "FRANK" BUTLER
     Born - 1850 Ireland
     Mar. - 22 Jun 1876 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH
     Died - 21 Nov 1926 Darke Co., OH
     Bur. - New Brock Cem, Darke Co., OH

View the Annie Oakley/Frank Butler gravesite.


     2 - John Henry MOSES
           Born -  8 Aug 1862 Patterson Twp, Darke Co., OH
           Died - 31 Mar 1949 Greenville, Darke Co., OH
           Bur. - New Brock Cem, Darke Co., OH
           Note - Descendant Hazel Robertson shows birth date in record.
                  Seiler shows born: 17 Aug 1862??
     sp- Laura Ellen YORK
           Born -  4 May 1868 York Twp, Darke Co., OH
           Mar. -  2 Mar 1884 Darke Co., OH
           Died - 11 Apr 1953 Greenville, Darke Co., OH
           Bur. - New Brock Cem, Darke Co., OH
           Dau of Joseph S. YORK & Catherine Hulda SHOOK
     2 - Hulda Marie MOSEY
           Born - 19 Dec 1864 Patterson Twp, Darke Co., OH
           Died - 22 Mar 1934 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
           Bur. - Greenville Cem, Darke Co., OH
     sp- Stephen SHANER
           Mar. -  1 Mar 1884 Darke Co., OH
     sp- John K. CAMPBELL
     sp- Albert HAINES

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