Moses W. Shoup of Maryland

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Moses W. Shoup George Shoup, Sr. (family)
 
Charlotte Amalie Loy
Spouse
Elizabeth Miller (family)
26 Mar 1818
Montgomery, Ohio

Data

Birth
1 Oct 1793
Frederick, Maryland
Death
7 May 1880
Burial
Mt Zion Shoup Cemetery, Beaver Creek Twp, Greene, Ohio

Notes

Elder Moses Shoup then took charge and continued until the close of his life in 1880. Elder Shoup was born in Frederick County, Maryland Oct. 1, 1793. He came with his parents George and Charlotte Shoup to Greene County in 1805. He was married to Elizabeth Miller. His wife died Jan. 11, 1877. The church continued under the Shoup influence to this day. Daniel Shoup, a son of Bishop Shoup was long a decon and later became a minister in the Old Order Church. (From History of the Church of the Brethren of the Southern District of Ohio by the Historical Committee. Otterbein Press, Dayton Ohio 1920)

Sources

History of Green County, Ohio
George F. Robinson
File:History of Greene County, Ohio, by George F. Robinson.pdf
pp. 375, 418
Moses W. Shoup, the grandfather of our subject, was born, reared and died on the old family homestead which his father had developed and improved. He was a prosperous farmer, owning about one thousand acres of land. His life was ever honorable and upright and he became a preacher of the Dunkard church.