Notes:
DANIEL D. MOOMAW
Daniel was born in 1842, probably in Giles Co., Virginia. Between 1849/1850, his father moved the The Family moved to Grant Co., Indiana. By 1856 they had moved again, this time to Fremont Co., Iowa.
In 1862, Daniel married Mary Elizabeth (b. 25 Mar 1841, Peoria, Illinois).
Four months later he enlisted (along with brothers Mark F. and John F.) in Company A, 4th Battalion, of Iowa's Southern Border Brigade (17 September 1862). He was mustered in on 18 October.
Daniel and Mary Elizabeth had two daughters, Elzina (b. 27 Jan 1863) and Anna Jane (b. 19 Sep 1866).
After Mary Elizabeth's death in 1886, Daniel married Rhoda J.
Like most of the Moomaws, Daniel was a farmer. He died in Sidney in 1914.
His name is sometimes given as Daniel B.
For more information, see his father's biography.
Source: Mumma/Moomaw Family Book
by Robert A. Moomaw
1881 History of Fremont County
The Proctor Connection
by Shirley Ross & Ruth Snyder
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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
1870 Census, IA, Fremont Co., Sidney,
*** dwelling 127 ****
Moomaw, Daniel, 28, farmer, $350 real estate, $200 personal, b: VA
" , Mary E., 29, keeping house, b: IL
" , Ella, 8, at home, b: IA
" , Anna, 4, at home, b: IA
*** dwelling 128 ****
Moomaw, Jacob, 27, farmer, $300 real estate, $400 personal, b: VA
" , Hettie, 26, keep-house, b: IL
" , Mary C., 5, at home, b: IA
" , Clara, 1, at home, b: IA
*** dwelling 129 ****
Moomaw, Jacob, 72, farmer, $700 personal, b: VA
" , Annie, 61, keep house, b: VA
" , Henry, 12, at home, b: IA