Data source is the 1990 book, "Moomaw-Mumma-Mumaw-Mumaugh Genealogy" compiled by Robert Austin Moomaw (deceased).
In the 1850 census, Jacob is living in Ross County, Paint Township with his first wife, Mary A. They are next door to his father, Henry.
He is age 23 and Mary's age is 24.
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Shaner, Mary Ann & Moomaw, Jacob B. - Feb 14, 1850
Shaner, Rachel & Moomaw, Silas - May 2, 1850
Excerpt from
A History of Ross Co., OH, from the Earliest-Days, with Special Chapters on the Bench and Bar, Medical Profession Educational
Development, Industry and Agriculture and Biographical Sketches. HENRY HOLCOMB BENNETT, Editor, MADISON, WIS., SELWYN A. BRANT, 1902
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Jacob B. Moomaw, a veteran of the civil war and substantial farmer, was born in Ross Co., OH, near Fruitdale, in 1827. His father, Henry Moomaw, a native of Virginia, born in 1791, came to Ross county about the year 1813; settled in Paint township where he cultivated a farm until the time of his death, which occurred in 1871; and reared a family of twelve children, of whom seven were sons and only two of these are still living. Those called away were George W., John H., Allen, Henry, and Nelson B. The second of these gave three sons to the Union army to uphold the cause of the government during the civil war. Silas Moomaw, the fourth son in order of birth, is at present occupying the old homestead place. Jacob B. Moomaw grew to manhood in Paint Township and was educated in the common schools of that locality. From his earliest boyhood, he was accustomed to work on the farm and that has been his occupation throughout life. About 1852 he was married to Vashti C., daughter of John Morton, of Buckskin Township. Mr. and Mrs. Moomaw became the parents of four children, of whom all are living except William Henry, the second born. John A. Moomaw, the eldest son, married Sarah Reighle and is a leading farmer of Paint Township. Anna Eliza is the wife of Albert Ellenberger, of Fayette County. Franklin M. married Ida, daughter of George Curry, member of an old family of Twin Township. In 1862, Jacob B. Moomaw enlisted in Company H Eighty-ninth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. This command was mustered into the service at Camp Dennison and was sent from there directly to Kentucky. Later it was ordered into West Virginia and took part in the campaigns of that period in the mountainous regions south of the Ohio. Mr. Moomaw's health broke down as the result of continued exposure, and in 1863 he was discharged on account of disability from which he never afterward entirely recovered. After retiring from the army, he settled down upon his farm and spent all of the subsequent years in its care and cultivation. Mr. Moomaw is a member of the Presbyterian church at South Salem and J. C. Irwin post of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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