Our Mosley Ancestors

Our Mosley Ancestral Tree Chart
This family tree page focuses on the parents, grandparents and siblings of Frances Mosley Fluellen, wife of Nathaniel aka Nathan Fluellen. Attention is also given to 1 niece, Daisey Worthen and 1 nephew, James Kennedy both who were known and resided in close proximity to the Nathaniel Fluellen and Frances Mosley Fluellen family in South Philadelphia.

For some ancestors in this family tree you will find short biographies. If a biography has been included it will open and enlarge when you click on an ancestor's profile.

Moseley, Mosely and Mosley.
Our Mosley ancestors were recorded in historical documents with all of the above spelling variations. Regardless of the spelling variations the pronunciation that has been passed down is, "MOS-LEY". If an ancestor is referred to here using another spelling variation please know that it is not an error. Rather it is an attempt to be as accurate as possible in regards to historical documents.

RIDLEY MOSLEY and MARTHA PETERSON
     Our Mosley ancestry can be traced back to Ridley Mosley and wife, Martha Peterson Mosley. They were the parents of our Fluellen matriarch, Frances Mosley Fluellen.

    Ridley and Martha were farmers who lived the majority of their lives in Hancock County, GA Ridley was born circa 1847 and died in Hancock County in 1916. Martha was born circa 1852 and died in MCDowell County, WVA in 1923 where she had been living with her daughter, Ella after Ridley's death.

     According to the 1900 census Ridley and Martha had eight children. At least seven of the children survived well into adulthood. The oldest of their children was their daughter, Frances.