Orville Clay Mosby
Orville Clay Mosby, son of Jefferson D Mosby, CSA and Mary Elizabeth Endicott, born May 1870, Newton Township, Barton CO, MO, died 03 Feb 1946, Black Point, Flagler CO, FL, married Minnie Lenora Davidson, dau of John Norman Davidson and Queen Eliza Kilgore, born 17 Oct 1873, Cass CO, MO, died 31 Oct 1955, St Luke’s Hospital, Jacksonville, Duval CO, FL. Both buried Espanola Cemetery, Espanola, Flagler CO, FL.
In a 1980 interview for a story by Elizabeth Knapp in The Flagler Tribune, on their son, Richard Randall (Dick) Mosby, Dick said he came to Florida with his parents in 1912.
The family was living in Idaho a doctor advised the family that his mother, Minnie Davidson Mosby, did not have much longer to live and they should get her to a better climate for her last days.
A brochure for the Bunnell Development Company made them decide on Bunnell and they bought a farm at Black Point. Florida gave his mother 50 more years, she lived to be 82. Orville was one of the early truck farmers in the area.
In the Aug 1913 edition of the Bunnell Home Builder, it states that “Mr O C Mosby of Black Point continues buying milk cows preparatory to entering the dairy business. The people of Bunnell are anxiously awaiting the day when he will furnish them with fresh milk and butter. Mayor Heath says if Mosby will furnish him all the buttermilk he can drink he will be satisfied for life.”
The family was involved in the formation of the local Seventh Day Adventist Church and the erection of the building in the winter of 1917.
Orville Clay Mosby served as an elder in the church and his daughter, Nellie Mosby Miller, was named as the clerk of the church in Jan 1919. Mr and Mrs Mosby were the parents of seven children;
1. Ira Sylvester Mosby, born 09 Mar 1894, Cass CO, MO and is listed in the 1920 census with wife, Zora Hollingsworth, born about 1899, TN. Issue;
(1) William Howard (Bill) Mosby, born 27 Jan 1918, Flagler Beach, Flagler CO, FL, died 08 Jul 1993, Chattahoochee, Gadsden CO, FL
Ira Sylvester Mosby married before 1930, Elsie (LNU), born about 1886, KS. She was previously married to Quincy Cowart and they had a son Glen Coward, born about 1915, FL
2. Nellie B. Mosby, born 08 Jan 1896, Cass CO, MO, died 26 Apr 1987 Volusia CO, FL, married 01 Jul 1915, Daulphus Dell Miller son of James C Miller and Annie Eliza (Burnside) Burnsed, born 08 Dec 1898, Bunnell, St Johns now Flagler CO, FL, died 05 May 1972, Bunnell General Hospital, Bunnell, Flagler CO, FL (Div).
Daulphus, or Dell as he was called, lived on several farms in Flagler County, FL where he was employed by Robert Wallace (Rob) Deen, William Henry (Doc) Deen, and Raymond Tucker. In 1920, he was serving with the US Navy based at Olongapo, Philippine Islands. He returned to Flagler CO where he was a member of one the first baseball teams in Bunnell. Issue
(1) Minnie Lenore Miller, born 26 May 1916, Bunnell, St Johns now Flagler CO, FL, died 17 Sep 2002, Indigo Manor, Daytona Beach, Volusia CO, FL, married 1932, John Edward Lewis.
She was the owner/operator of Bunnell Dry Cleaners and was a seamstress in Holly Hill, FL from 1992 until her death. Issue;
A. Richard Edward Lewis, born 23 Feb 1935, died 25 Oct 1998, Volusia CO, FL
B. David Gordon Lewis
C. Carol Louise Lewis
Minnie Miller Lewis married 2nd, William Austin (Bill) Henderson, born 01 Jan 1919, SC, died 16 Jun 1971, Bunnell, Flagler CO, FL, buried Espanola Cemetery, Espanola, Flagler CO, FL.
He moved to Bunnell from Mayo, Florida in 1970. He was owner and operator of the Bunnell Dry Cleaners and Bunnell Laundromat. He was a veteran of WW II and a member of the Operating Engineers Union, Local 673, Jacksonville. His children were Thelma Jean Henderson, Martha Henderson and William A Henderson, Jr.
Minnie Miller Henderson married 3rd, 11 Dec 1971, Flagler CO, FL, Carl Bratcher, son of Lonney B Bratcher and Gertrude Turner, born 03 Mar 1926, FL, died 11 Nov 1988, Alachua CO, FL, buried, Espanola Cemetery, Espanola, Flagler CO, FL
Carl was first married to Charlotte R Nipper (see sketch on Lonney B Bratcher)
(2) Carol Louise Miller, born 28 Nov 1920, died 17 Jan 1965, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Dade CO, FL, married 08 .Jan 1937, Al McIntosh. Issue;
A. Richard Lee McIntosh
B. Phyllis McIntosh
C. Roger McIntosh
Carol Louise Miller married 2nd Edward James DeHarve, born 14 Feb 1915, died 14 Apr 1986, Miami, Dade CO, FL
Daulphus Dell Miller married 2nd about 1926, Rosa A. Wilkinson, dau of Salatha Wilkinson and Minnie Knowles, born 19 May 1902, Palatka, Putnam CO, FL, died 11 Nov 1990, Flagler CO, FL, buried Espanola Cemetery, Espanola, Flagler CO, FL (seek sketch on James C Miller for more information on the Miller family)
Nellie Mosby Miller married 2nd, 10 Oct 1925, Bartlett Home, Bunnell, Flagler CO, FL by Judge W Lee Bartlett to Culmer Elza Lammey, son of Charles M Lammey and Susan F (LNU), born 13 Mar 1898, IN, died 25 Jan1980, Volusia CO, FL. Issue;
(3) Culmer Elza Lammey Jr, born Sep 1927. He served in the US Army
3. Richard Randall (Dick) Mosby, born 20 Sep 1898, Cass CO, MO, died 04 Oct 1980, Bunnell Community Hospital, Bunnell, Flagler CO, FL, married 23 May 1932, Flagler CO, FL, Muriel Marie Ranger, dau of Charles Edward Ranger and Laura L Pelps, born 03 May 1907, Osceola, Livingston CO, MI, died 10 Jun 1994, Florida Hospital East, St Augustine, St Johns CO FL. Both buried Espanola Cemetery, Espanola, Flagler CO, FL.
They resided at Flagler Beach and operated a grocery store at Central Ave and South 3rd Street for many years. The building was built by Tom E Holden in 1925 and he operated a pharmacy on the ground floor and had apartments on the second floor.
I (Claude Sisco Deen, Jr) have a fond spot in my heart for Mr and Mrs Mosby. They were always nice to the youngsters in the community and it was at their store that the high school students caught the bus to go to school in Bunnell.
Dick served as Flagler Beach City Judge for 8 years and served on the city commission for 18 years. Issue;
(1) Patricia Lenora (Patsy) Mosby, born 08 Jun 1938, Flagler Beach, Flagler CO, FL, married about Jun 1957, Jerry G Davis, son of Sam Davis.
She was Salutatorian for the 1956 graduating class of Bunnell High School, captain of the cheerleaders, and attended Girls State in 1955. She was voted Miss Flagler County of 1955. He served in the USMC. Issue
A. Richard Randall Davis, born03 Mar 1958, Halifax District Hospital, Daytona Beach, Volusia CO, FL, married 07 Apr 1978, First Baptist Church, Palm Coast, Flagler CO, FL, Peggy Michelle Greathouse, dau of Charles J Greathouse and Helen J Gearhart (Div).
B Vickie Lynn Davis, born 19 Jul 1959, Halifax District Hospital, Daytona Beach, Volusia CO, FL
4. Queen Eliza Mosby, born 30 Jul 1901, MO, died 14 Jul 1994, Seminole CO, FL, married 1940, Flagler CO, FL Charles Lucius Hollingsworth, born 10 Jan 1880, NE, died 03 Feb 1942, Black Point, Flagler CO, FL, buried Espanola Cemetery, Espanola, Flagler CO, FL
Charles was previously married about 1906 to Lula May (LNU). They had two children, Chester L Hollingsworth and Thelma Hollingsworth
Queen Eliza Mosby married 2nd, 21 Apr 1944, Courthouse, Flagler CO, FL,
by Judge H A Eisenbach to William Lawson Garren5. Ida Mosby, born about 1904, ID, married Carl Parker born about 1901, FL. Issue;
(1) Roland Parker, born about 1928, FL
(2) Dorothy Parker, born about Feb 1930, FL
6. Orville Clay Mosby Jr, born 11 May 1909, ID, died 12 Feb 1950, Bay Pines VA Hospital, St Petersburg, Pinellas CO, FL, buried Espanola Cemetery, Espanola, Flagler CO, FL, married before 1932, Helen (LNU), born about 1913, IL (Div).
He spent most of his life in Flagler CO, FL, last residing in Flagler Beach. He served with the US Army in WW II as a member of the 577th Coast Artillery, Anti-Aircraft Division enlisting at Camp Blanding, FL on 01 Jan 1943. Issue;
(1) Ronald C Mosby, born about 1932, FL. He was serving in the US Army in 1950
7. Fannie Mosby, born 14 Jul 1911, ID, died 28 Dec 1995, Seminole CO, FL. She was employed by the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Tampa and in Oct 1961 was transferred to San Bernardino, CA. She was living in Orlando Feb 1992.
Source: The First Families of Flagler by Mary Ketus Deen Holland who cites as her sources, Census, Published Articles and Patricia Mosby Davis.
Additional sources used by the compiler were: 1880 United States Federal Census, Gallatin, Clay CO, MO; 1900 United States Federal Census, Cass, Sullivan CO, IN; 1900 United States Federal Census, Dolan, Cass CO, MO; 1910 United States Federal Census, White Cross, Ada CO, ID; 1920 United States Federal Census, St Johns Park, Flagler CO, FL; 1920 United States Federal Census, Detroit Ward 21, Wayne CO, MI; 1930 United States Federal Census, Bunnell, Flagler CO, FL;
1935 Florida State Census, Flagler CO, FL; 1935 Florida State Census, Precinct 10, Dade CO, FL; 1945 Florida State Census, Flagler CO, FL; 1945 Florida State Census, Precinct 9 (Florida State Hospital) Chattahoochee, Gadsden CO, FL;
WW I Civilian Draft Registrations; US World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946; Florida Death Index, 1877-1998; Social Security Death Index;
The Bunnell Home Builder, Aug 1913, Jul 1917; The Flagler Tribune, Bunnell, FL, 07 Feb 1946, 24 Apr 1947, 16 Feb 1950, 03 Nov 1955, 06 Mar 1958, 23 Jul 1959, and The Ranger Family Tree by Charles R Johnson;
Please send questions, corrections or additions to Sisco Deen, P.O. Box 637, Flagler Beach, FL 32136 or email him at Sisco_Deen@hotmail.com
