Notes:
Data source is Steve Kamm, 2117 SW 84th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73159, e-mail skamm@occc.edu
MARK F. MOOMAW
Enlisted 17 September 1862 (along with brothers John F. and Daniel D.) in Company A, 4th Battalion, of Iowa's Southern Border Brigade. Promoted to First Sergeant on 1 March 1863.
The oldest child is identified in the 1960 census of Fremont Co., IA
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"ROSTER AND RECORD OF IOWA SOLDIERS IN MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIZATIONS of the Mexican War, Indian Campaigns, War of the Rebellion and the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars" published in Des Moines in 1911. -- Pages 209 - 272 pertain to the "Southern Border Brigade (State Militia)".
There is an historical sketch preceding the rosters which explains the role played by each of the four battalions which comprised the Southern Border Brigade. The greatest threat of invasion by Southern Troops into Iowa came from a drive northward through Missouri during the summer of 1861. After capturing Lexington, Missouri, those forces--under General Sterling Price--crossed the Missouri river, and headed for northern Missouri. However, mistaken intelligence reported to Price that there were ten regiments from the North marching to engage him at Chillicothe, when in reality, there was but one much smaller force from the Southern Border Brigade. This mistake caused Price to retreat with his army and never again during the Civil War was southern Iowa threatened by a large armed force of Confederates.
But the South did realize that small bands of Rebels could necessitate the deployment of much larger forces on the part of the North to prevent their plans -- such as destroying the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad which ran east - west across Missouri. This meant a large number of men in the State militia could not be called up by the United States to fight against the Confederacy in the South, and for Fremont county this set the stage for the kind of operations that Company "A" of Fourth Battalion of the Southern Border Brigade would be kept in readiness to engage in.
The following roster lists those in Company "A" of the Fourth Battalion of the Southern Border Brigade. Most men gave their residency as being in Sidney, Fremont county, Iowa. If they said only that they lived in Fremont county, I have followed their name with an (F).
"M": Daniel D. Moomaw, John F. Moomaw, Mark F. Moomaw
1880: Sidney, Fremont, Iowa
Mark F. Mooman 47
Jane Mooman 45
John W. Mooman 21
Irene Mooman 16
1885 Iowa State Census, Fremont Co, Sidney
Mark F Moomaw 59
Jane Moomaw 50
John W Moomaw 24
Ida Irena Moomaw 21
1900: Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa
Mark F Moomaw 67
Jane Moomaw 64
1910: Porterville Ward 3, Tulare, California
Mark Lahtle 98 [68] [28] The age and surname is poorly transcribed
Jane Monnaw [76]
John W Monnaw 61 [67] [51]
Roslie G Monnaw 40