Co C 1st North Carolina Infantry, CSA
AUGUSTA GAZETTE, NOV 22, 1918
HENRY MOYLE, PIONEER CITIZEN QUIETLY PASSES TO THE GREAT BEYOND
Died, at his home in our city, Henry Moyle, on November 20th at 7:35 pm, aged 73 years. His death, has brought the bitter cup of sorrow to the lips of friends and relatives. His was a heart of gold. He was one of nature's noblemen, in its truest sense--brave, generous and manly. His was the soul of honor and his friends and friendships were sacred to him.
He was a man of generous impulses and never forgot the hospitable ways of the pioneer. The stranger never failed to find succor if sought at his hands and he was always found ready to help those in need and filled his place in the social and business life in a successful way rarely done by many. He leaves a wife, 6 children and 13 grandchildren. We can only remind these mourners that he is not dead, but only asleep--resting after a well spent life here. He would not return to us, but we can go to him. Behind the storm clouds always lurks the rainbow and when the storm passes it weeps upon the flowers of the land. Darkness precedes the breaking of the dawn and out of the blackness of the night comes the sunshine and joy of the day, and so from the beauty of his life let us take an inspiration and so live that when the summons comes we may know that "all" is well.
He believed that the man who scattered flowers in the pathways of his fellowman and let sunshine of life in dark places, is following in the footsteps of the Master.
The ranks of the vanguard that led the way to the opening and settlement of Butler county are rapidly thinning and Henry Moyle, of Augusta, stood out conspicicuously as a Butler county pioneer who did his part in the 60s and 70s in laying the foundation of this empire of itself which now ranks as one of the foremost political subdivisioins of the great state of Kansas.
Henry Moyle was born in Cornwall, England in 1846 and was son of Matthew C. and Elizabeth (Treloar) Moyle, both natives of the mother country. They were parents of the following children: Eliza Ann (deceased), John (deceased), Henry, our subject, Julia (deceased), Mary, married to Alexander Petrie who resides in Pasadena, California.
Henry Moyle immigrated to America with his parents in 1848, and they located in Gold Hill, North Carolina where the boy was reared and received a fair education. He lived the peaceful life of the average boy until the great Civil War broke out, and naturally when the great struggle came on, his sympathies were with his own state and he enlisted in the First North Carolina Infantry and fought beneath the stars and bars following the vicissitudes of war for 4 years and 10 days, or until the hope of the Confederacy was placed in the catalogue of the world's lost causes. While in the line of duty, Mr. Moyle participated in many of the important and hard fought battles of that great struggle. At the battle of Big Bethel Church, Virginia, he was seriously wounded below the right knee by a musket ball.
After the clouds of war had passed away he returned to his home where he remained until 1867 and on May 20, 1869, he came to Butler county, Kansas locating on a claim near White Station on the Walnut river. This was long before the railroad was built. He erected a primitive log cabin on his claim and proceeded to break prairie for himself and his neighbors with ox teams, for he received 5 dollars per acre whil breaking for others. This proved to be a fairly remunarative vocation, but was a little over exercise, if anything, both for the man and the oxen. He remained on his claim until 1875, when he sold and engaged in the hardware business in Augusta, a place which had assumed quite pretentious proportions by this time. However, when Mr. Moyle located in Augusta township in 1869, Augusta was not the hustling oil town it is today. The entire residence and business district at that time consisted of one log house and C.N. James and Shamlever conducted a store in that building, which by the way, is still standing but has been sheeted with boards so that it presents the appearance of a frame building, with the exception of its unusually thick wall and is now used as a residence. Mr. Moyle was one of the first hardware men to locate in Augusta and later engaged in the grocery business, which he conducted for 34 years. However, he has not confined himself entirely to the mercantile life, but about 1895 he began investing in farm lands extensively, whichhas proven to be a successful financial move. At the time of his death he with his sons owned 720 acres of valuable farm land which is located in the heart of the rich gas and oil belt of Butler county, the future possibilities of county, which have proven highly remunerative.
Mr. Moyle was united in marriage in 1870 with Miss Josephine Sanders at Augusta and 6 children have been born to this union: Grace married Arthur Skaer, Augusta, Pohn, Augusta, Matthew married Pearl Purcell and resides in Walnut township, Beulah married R.Y. Alexander, Wichita, and Harry and Fannie residing at home. Mrs. Moyle belongs to a pioneer Butler county family, who came from Chillicothe, Ohio in 1869.
During Mr. Moyle's business career he has found time occasionally to devote himself unselfishly to the cause of public affairs. In 1885, he was elected mayor of Augusta, an office which he filled with credit to himself and entire satisfaction of the electors of this city and later served 4 more terms. Mr. Moyle has seen great changes in the life of Butler county since coming here, and perhaps had as rich a fund of early day reminiscenses as any pioneer of the county and he possessed the faculty of relating the stories of pioneer days in an entertaining way. When he came here there was plenty of game, such as deer, antelope and turkeys and prairie chickens by the thousands. The great herd of buffaloes, had drifted a little further west and were in abundance not far from where Wichita is now located. He remembered though of one buffalo being killed in this county on Turkey Creek after he came here. He had thought that buffalo was just a little unfortunate and had failed to heed Horace Greeley's warning to go west and escape the fate that overtook him.
Henry Moyle will be long rememberd as one of the grand old men of Butler county to whom future generations will ever owe a debt of gratitude for the part he played in laying the foundation for the enjoyment of the great institutions of today.
The five-story and basement building he had not quite completed will stand as a monument to his faith in the future of his home town.
Funeral services this afternoon at 2:30 from the residence. Interment in Elmwood.
NOTE: bio info provided by Contributor: Gypsy Girl (47851655)
AUGUSTA GAZETTE, NOV 22, 1918
HENRY MOYLE, PIONEER CITIZEN QUIETLY PASSES TO THE GREAT BEYOND
Died, at his home in our city, Henry Moyle, on November 20th at 7:35 pm, aged 73 years. His death, has brought the bitter cup of sorrow to the lips of friends and relatives. His was a heart of gold. He was one of nature's noblemen, in its truest sense--brave, generous and manly. His was the soul of honor and his friends and friendships were sacred to him.
He was a man of generous impulses and never forgot the hospitable ways of the pioneer. The stranger never failed to find succor if sought at his hands and he was always found ready to help those in need and filled his place in the social and business life in a successful way rarely done by many. He leaves a wife, 6 children and 13 grandchildren. We can only remind these mourners that he is not dead, but only asleep--resting after a well spent life here. He would not return to us, but we can go to him. Behind the storm clouds always lurks the rainbow and when the storm passes it weeps upon the flowers of the land. Darkness precedes the breaking of the dawn and out of the blackness of the night comes the sunshine and joy of the day, and so from the beauty of his life let us take an inspiration and so live that when the summons comes we may know that "all" is well.
He believed that the man who scattered flowers in the pathways of his fellowman and let sunshine of life in dark places, is following in the footsteps of the Master.
The ranks of the vanguard that led the way to the opening and settlement of Butler county are rapidly thinning and Henry Moyle, of Augusta, stood out conspicicuously as a Butler county pioneer who did his part in the 60s and 70s in laying the foundation of this empire of itself which now ranks as one of the foremost political subdivisioins of the great state of Kansas.
Henry Moyle was born in Cornwall, England in 1846 and was son of Matthew C. and Elizabeth (Treloar) Moyle, both natives of the mother country. They were parents of the following children: Eliza Ann (deceased), John (deceased), Henry, our subject, Julia (deceased), Mary, married to Alexander Petrie who resides in Pasadena, California.
Henry Moyle immigrated to America with his parents in 1848, and they located in Gold Hill, North Carolina where the boy was reared and received a fair education. He lived the peaceful life of the average boy until the great Civil War broke out, and naturally when the great struggle came on, his sympathies were with his own state and he enlisted in the First North Carolina Infantry and fought beneath the stars and bars following the vicissitudes of war for 4 years and 10 days, or until the hope of the Confederacy was placed in the catalogue of the world's lost causes. While in the line of duty, Mr. Moyle participated in many of the important and hard fought battles of that great struggle. At the battle of Big Bethel Church, Virginia, he was seriously wounded below the right knee by a musket ball.
After the clouds of war had passed away he returned to his home where he remained until 1867 and on May 20, 1869, he came to Butler county, Kansas locating on a claim near White Station on the Walnut river. This was long before the railroad was built. He erected a primitive log cabin on his claim and proceeded to break prairie for himself and his neighbors with ox teams, for he received 5 dollars per acre whil breaking for others. This proved to be a fairly remunarative vocation, but was a little over exercise, if anything, both for the man and the oxen. He remained on his claim until 1875, when he sold and engaged in the hardware business in Augusta, a place which had assumed quite pretentious proportions by this time. However, when Mr. Moyle located in Augusta township in 1869, Augusta was not the hustling oil town it is today. The entire residence and business district at that time consisted of one log house and C.N. James and Shamlever conducted a store in that building, which by the way, is still standing but has been sheeted with boards so that it presents the appearance of a frame building, with the exception of its unusually thick wall and is now used as a residence. Mr. Moyle was one of the first hardware men to locate in Augusta and later engaged in the grocery business, which he conducted for 34 years. However, he has not confined himself entirely to the mercantile life, but about 1895 he began investing in farm lands extensively, whichhas proven to be a successful financial move. At the time of his death he with his sons owned 720 acres of valuable farm land which is located in the heart of the rich gas and oil belt of Butler county, the future possibilities of county, which have proven highly remunerative.
Mr. Moyle was united in marriage in 1870 with Miss Josephine Sanders at Augusta and 6 children have been born to this union: Grace married Arthur Skaer, Augusta, Pohn, Augusta, Matthew married Pearl Purcell and resides in Walnut township, Beulah married R.Y. Alexander, Wichita, and Harry and Fannie residing at home. Mrs. Moyle belongs to a pioneer Butler county family, who came from Chillicothe, Ohio in 1869.
During Mr. Moyle's business career he has found time occasionally to devote himself unselfishly to the cause of public affairs. In 1885, he was elected mayor of Augusta, an office which he filled with credit to himself and entire satisfaction of the electors of this city and later served 4 more terms. Mr. Moyle has seen great changes in the life of Butler county since coming here, and perhaps had as rich a fund of early day reminiscenses as any pioneer of the county and he possessed the faculty of relating the stories of pioneer days in an entertaining way. When he came here there was plenty of game, such as deer, antelope and turkeys and prairie chickens by the thousands. The great herd of buffaloes, had drifted a little further west and were in abundance not far from where Wichita is now located. He remembered though of one buffalo being killed in this county on Turkey Creek after he came here. He had thought that buffalo was just a little unfortunate and had failed to heed Horace Greeley's warning to go west and escape the fate that overtook him.
Henry Moyle will be long rememberd as one of the grand old men of Butler county to whom future generations will ever owe a debt of gratitude for the part he played in laying the foundation for the enjoyment of the great institutions of today.
The five-story and basement building he had not quite completed will stand as a monument to his faith in the future of his home town.
Funeral services this afternoon at 2:30 from the residence. Interment in Elmwood.
NOTE: bio info provided by Contributor: Gypsy Girl (47851655)
Co C 1st North Carolina Infantry, CSA
AUGUSTA GAZETTE, NOV 22, 1918
HENRY MOYLE, PIONEER CITIZEN QUIETLY PASSES TO THE GREAT BEYOND
Died, at his home in our city, Henry Moyle, on November 20th at 7:35 pm, aged 73 years. His death, has brought the bitter cup of sorrow to the lips of friends and relatives. His was a heart of gold. He was one of nature's noblemen, in its truest sense--brave, generous and manly. His was the soul of honor and his friends and friendships were sacred to him.
He was a man of generous impulses and never forgot the hospitable ways of the pioneer. The stranger never failed to find succor if sought at his hands and he was always found ready to help those in need and filled his place in the social and business life in a successful way rarely done by many. He leaves a wife, 6 children and 13 grandchildren. We can only remind these mourners that he is not dead, but only asleep--resting after a well spent life here. He would not return to us, but we can go to him. Behind the storm clouds always lurks the rainbow and when the storm passes it weeps upon the flowers of the land. Darkness precedes the breaking of the dawn and out of the blackness of the night comes the sunshine and joy of the day, and so from the beauty of his life let us take an inspiration and so live that when the summons comes we may know that "all" is well.
He believed that the man who scattered flowers in the pathways of his fellowman and let sunshine of life in dark places, is following in the footsteps of the Master.
The ranks of the vanguard that led the way to the opening and settlement of Butler county are rapidly thinning and Henry Moyle, of Augusta, stood out conspicicuously as a Butler county pioneer who did his part in the 60s and 70s in laying the foundation of this empire of itself which now ranks as one of the foremost political subdivisioins of the great state of Kansas.
Henry Moyle was born in Cornwall, England in 1846 and was son of Matthew C. and Elizabeth (Treloar) Moyle, both natives of the mother country. They were parents of the following children: Eliza Ann (deceased), John (deceased), Henry, our subject, Julia (deceased), Mary, married to Alexander Petrie who resides in Pasadena, California.
Henry Moyle immigrated to America with his parents in 1848, and they located in Gold Hill, North Carolina where the boy was reared and received a fair education. He lived the peaceful life of the average boy until the great Civil War broke out, and naturally when the great struggle came on, his sympathies were with his own state and he enlisted in the First North Carolina Infantry and fought beneath the stars and bars following the vicissitudes of war for 4 years and 10 days, or until the hope of the Confederacy was placed in the catalogue of the world's lost causes. While in the line of duty, Mr. Moyle participated in many of the important and hard fought battles of that great struggle. At the battle of Big Bethel Church, Virginia, he was seriously wounded below the right knee by a musket ball.
After the clouds of war had passed away he returned to his home where he remained until 1867 and on May 20, 1869, he came to Butler county, Kansas locating on a claim near White Station on the Walnut river. This was long before the railroad was built. He erected a primitive log cabin on his claim and proceeded to break prairie for himself and his neighbors with ox teams, for he received 5 dollars per acre whil breaking for others. This proved to be a fairly remunarative vocation, but was a little over exercise, if anything, both for the man and the oxen. He remained on his claim until 1875, when he sold and engaged in the hardware business in Augusta, a place which had assumed quite pretentious proportions by this time. However, when Mr. Moyle located in Augusta township in 1869, Augusta was not the hustling oil town it is today. The entire residence and business district at that time consisted of one log house and C.N. James and Shamlever conducted a store in that building, which by the way, is still standing but has been sheeted with boards so that it presents the appearance of a frame building, with the exception of its unusually thick wall and is now used as a residence. Mr. Moyle was one of the first hardware men to locate in Augusta and later engaged in the grocery business, which he conducted for 34 years. However, he has not confined himself entirely to the mercantile life, but about 1895 he began investing in farm lands extensively, whichhas proven to be a successful financial move. At the time of his death he with his sons owned 720 acres of valuable farm land which is located in the heart of the rich gas and oil belt of Butler county, the future possibilities of county, which have proven highly remunerative.
Mr. Moyle was united in marriage in 1870 with Miss Josephine Sanders at Augusta and 6 children have been born to this union: Grace married Arthur Skaer, Augusta, Pohn, Augusta, Matthew married Pearl Purcell and resides in Walnut township, Beulah married R.Y. Alexander, Wichita, and Harry and Fannie residing at home. Mrs. Moyle belongs to a pioneer Butler county family, who came from Chillicothe, Ohio in 1869.
During Mr. Moyle's business career he has found time occasionally to devote himself unselfishly to the cause of public affairs. In 1885, he was elected mayor of Augusta, an office which he filled with credit to himself and entire satisfaction of the electors of this city and later served 4 more terms. Mr. Moyle has seen great changes in the life of Butler county since coming here, and perhaps had as rich a fund of early day reminiscenses as any pioneer of the county and he possessed the faculty of relating the stories of pioneer days in an entertaining way. When he came here there was plenty of game, such as deer, antelope and turkeys and prairie chickens by the thousands. The great herd of buffaloes, had drifted a little further west and were in abundance not far from where Wichita is now located. He remembered though of one buffalo being killed in this county on Turkey Creek after he came here. He had thought that buffalo was just a little unfortunate and had failed to heed Horace Greeley's warning to go west and escape the fate that overtook him.
Henry Moyle will be long rememberd as one of the grand old men of Butler county to whom future generations will ever owe a debt of gratitude for the part he played in laying the foundation for the enjoyment of the great institutions of today.
The five-story and basement building he had not quite completed will stand as a monument to his faith in the future of his home town.
Funeral services this afternoon at 2:30 from the residence. Interment in Elmwood.
NOTE: bio info provided by Contributor: Gypsy Girl (47851655)
AUGUSTA GAZETTE, NOV 22, 1918
HENRY MOYLE, PIONEER CITIZEN QUIETLY PASSES TO THE GREAT BEYOND
Died, at his home in our city, Henry Moyle, on November 20th at 7:35 pm, aged 73 years. His death, has brought the bitter cup of sorrow to the lips of friends and relatives. His was a heart of gold. He was one of nature's noblemen, in its truest sense--brave, generous and manly. His was the soul of honor and his friends and friendships were sacred to him.
He was a man of generous impulses and never forgot the hospitable ways of the pioneer. The stranger never failed to find succor if sought at his hands and he was always found ready to help those in need and filled his place in the social and business life in a successful way rarely done by many. He leaves a wife, 6 children and 13 grandchildren. We can only remind these mourners that he is not dead, but only asleep--resting after a well spent life here. He would not return to us, but we can go to him. Behind the storm clouds always lurks the rainbow and when the storm passes it weeps upon the flowers of the land. Darkness precedes the breaking of the dawn and out of the blackness of the night comes the sunshine and joy of the day, and so from the beauty of his life let us take an inspiration and so live that when the summons comes we may know that "all" is well.
He believed that the man who scattered flowers in the pathways of his fellowman and let sunshine of life in dark places, is following in the footsteps of the Master.
The ranks of the vanguard that led the way to the opening and settlement of Butler county are rapidly thinning and Henry Moyle, of Augusta, stood out conspicicuously as a Butler county pioneer who did his part in the 60s and 70s in laying the foundation of this empire of itself which now ranks as one of the foremost political subdivisioins of the great state of Kansas.
Henry Moyle was born in Cornwall, England in 1846 and was son of Matthew C. and Elizabeth (Treloar) Moyle, both natives of the mother country. They were parents of the following children: Eliza Ann (deceased), John (deceased), Henry, our subject, Julia (deceased), Mary, married to Alexander Petrie who resides in Pasadena, California.
Henry Moyle immigrated to America with his parents in 1848, and they located in Gold Hill, North Carolina where the boy was reared and received a fair education. He lived the peaceful life of the average boy until the great Civil War broke out, and naturally when the great struggle came on, his sympathies were with his own state and he enlisted in the First North Carolina Infantry and fought beneath the stars and bars following the vicissitudes of war for 4 years and 10 days, or until the hope of the Confederacy was placed in the catalogue of the world's lost causes. While in the line of duty, Mr. Moyle participated in many of the important and hard fought battles of that great struggle. At the battle of Big Bethel Church, Virginia, he was seriously wounded below the right knee by a musket ball.
After the clouds of war had passed away he returned to his home where he remained until 1867 and on May 20, 1869, he came to Butler county, Kansas locating on a claim near White Station on the Walnut river. This was long before the railroad was built. He erected a primitive log cabin on his claim and proceeded to break prairie for himself and his neighbors with ox teams, for he received 5 dollars per acre whil breaking for others. This proved to be a fairly remunarative vocation, but was a little over exercise, if anything, both for the man and the oxen. He remained on his claim until 1875, when he sold and engaged in the hardware business in Augusta, a place which had assumed quite pretentious proportions by this time. However, when Mr. Moyle located in Augusta township in 1869, Augusta was not the hustling oil town it is today. The entire residence and business district at that time consisted of one log house and C.N. James and Shamlever conducted a store in that building, which by the way, is still standing but has been sheeted with boards so that it presents the appearance of a frame building, with the exception of its unusually thick wall and is now used as a residence. Mr. Moyle was one of the first hardware men to locate in Augusta and later engaged in the grocery business, which he conducted for 34 years. However, he has not confined himself entirely to the mercantile life, but about 1895 he began investing in farm lands extensively, whichhas proven to be a successful financial move. At the time of his death he with his sons owned 720 acres of valuable farm land which is located in the heart of the rich gas and oil belt of Butler county, the future possibilities of county, which have proven highly remunerative.
Mr. Moyle was united in marriage in 1870 with Miss Josephine Sanders at Augusta and 6 children have been born to this union: Grace married Arthur Skaer, Augusta, Pohn, Augusta, Matthew married Pearl Purcell and resides in Walnut township, Beulah married R.Y. Alexander, Wichita, and Harry and Fannie residing at home. Mrs. Moyle belongs to a pioneer Butler county family, who came from Chillicothe, Ohio in 1869.
During Mr. Moyle's business career he has found time occasionally to devote himself unselfishly to the cause of public affairs. In 1885, he was elected mayor of Augusta, an office which he filled with credit to himself and entire satisfaction of the electors of this city and later served 4 more terms. Mr. Moyle has seen great changes in the life of Butler county since coming here, and perhaps had as rich a fund of early day reminiscenses as any pioneer of the county and he possessed the faculty of relating the stories of pioneer days in an entertaining way. When he came here there was plenty of game, such as deer, antelope and turkeys and prairie chickens by the thousands. The great herd of buffaloes, had drifted a little further west and were in abundance not far from where Wichita is now located. He remembered though of one buffalo being killed in this county on Turkey Creek after he came here. He had thought that buffalo was just a little unfortunate and had failed to heed Horace Greeley's warning to go west and escape the fate that overtook him.
Henry Moyle will be long rememberd as one of the grand old men of Butler county to whom future generations will ever owe a debt of gratitude for the part he played in laying the foundation for the enjoyment of the great institutions of today.
The five-story and basement building he had not quite completed will stand as a monument to his faith in the future of his home town.
Funeral services this afternoon at 2:30 from the residence. Interment in Elmwood.
NOTE: bio info provided by Contributor: Gypsy Girl (47851655)
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