From Duane Cooley:

# Name: Alphous MOATS
# Sex: M
# ALIA: /Alfred/
# Birth: 1848

Father: Thomas MOATS b: UNKNOWN
Mother: Mariah SWANEY b: 1811

Marriage 1 Mariah W. KENNISON b: APR 1855 in PA

    * Married: ABT 1873

Children

   1. Ida Mae MOATS b: 17 AUG 1873
   2. John MOATS b: OCT 1875
   3. Thomas Jefferson MOATS b: 20 JAN 1877
   4. Clarence H. MOATS b: 2 APR 1881
   5. Charles D. MOATS b: APR 1882
   6. Frank P. MOATS b: 5 OCT 1887

# Name: Mariah W. KENNISON
# Sex: F
# Birth: APR 1855 in PA
# Death: UNKNOWN

Father: Absalom KENNISON b: ABT 1813 in Georges Twp., Fayette Co., PA
Mother: Rebecca HUMBERT b: UNKNOWN

Marriage 1 Alphous MOATS b: 1848

    * Married: ABT 1873

Children

   1. Ida Mae MOATS b: 17 AUG 1873
   2. John MOATS b: OCT 1875
   3. Thomas Jefferson MOATS b: 20 JAN 1877
   4. Clarence H. MOATS b: 2 APR 1881
   5. Charles D. MOATS b: APR 1882
   6. Frank P. MOATS b: 5 OCT 1887


Marriage 2 Oliver Blackford COOLEY b: 23 NOV 1863 in PA

    * Married: 5 SEP 1895

Children

   1. Hanna Elizabeth COOLEY b: DEC 1895 in PA
   2. John K. COOLEY b: 12 MAR 1898 in PA
   3. Bryan Jesse COOLEY b: 10 AUG 1900 in PA
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1880 Census - Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Georges TWP

  131 131
  Moates, Mariah   W F 70              Pa France France (Widow)
  Henry            W M 23              Pa Pa Pa

  132 132
  Moates, Alpheus  W M 31      Laborer Pa Pa Pa
  Mariah           W F 27 Wife         Pa Pa Pa
  Ida              W F  7 Dau          Pa Pa Pa
  John             W M  5 Son          Pa Pa Pa
  Jefferson        W M  2 Son          Pa Pa Pa
  Tedrick, Minnie  W F 13 Serv Servant Pa Pa Pa
  Pringle, Anna    W F 18 Serv Servant Pa Pa Pa

1900 Census - Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Georges TWP - 18&19 June 1900

  154 168
  Moats, Ida       Head W F Aug 1872 27 S  Penn Penn Penn
  ---, Tony        Son  W M --- ----  9 S  Penn Penn Penn At School
  ---, Clara       Bro  M W Apr 1882 18 S  Penn Penn Penn Day Laborer
  ---, Frank P. N. Bro  M W Oct 1886 13 S  Penn Penn Penn At School
  [The 'P' in Frank's name appears to have been striked through]
  [Tony's birthdate originally contained the same as Clara.  Then was striked through]

  14 January 1900
  166 171
  Enumerated with Jolly, Ella
  Moats, John   Boarder  W M Oct 1876 23 S  Penn Penn Penn Coal Miner

1910 Census - Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Georges TWP - 2 May 1910

  169 186
  Moats [Motes], Ida M.   Head F W 35 S Penn Penn Penn Housekeeper
  Thomas W.               Son  M W 18 S Penn Penn Penn

The following two census records indicate that Frank P. Moats was Thomas Jefferson Moats' brother.

1920 Census - Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Georges TWP - 26 January 1920

  --- 119
  Moats, T. J.      Head M W 42 M Penn Penn Penn Laborer, Swayne Coal Co.
  Rosetta           Wife F W 35 M Penn Penn Penn
  S. J.             Son  M W 20 ? Penn Penn Penn
  Etta N.           Dau  F W 14 S Penn Penn Penn
  Herman F.         Son  M W 11 S Penn Penn Penn
  H. B.             Son  M W  8 S Penn Penn Penn
  Thelma L.         Dau  F W  3 S Penn Penn Penn
  F. P.             Bro  M W 34 S Penn Penn Penn

1930 Census - Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Georges TWP - 15 April 1930

  250 250 Haydentown Brick Road
  Moats, Frank    Head M W 45 S  Penn Penn Penn Laborer, General Farm
  Rose            SLaw F W 45 Wd Penn Penn Penn
  Herman F.       Neph M W 21 S  Penn Penn Penn Laborer, Coal Mine
  Harry B.        Neph M W 18 S  Penn Penn Penn Teamster Keeper, Lumber Mill
  Thelma S.       Niec F W 13 S  Penn Penn Penn
  John            Son  M W  9 S  Penn Penn Penn

The following newspaper clipping from Anna Lila Wheeler Moats' bible gives evidence that John,
Clarence, Frank, and James Dawson Moats are brothers.  Gilmore is in Greene County, Pennsylvania:

Body Is Found By Train Crew
	___________

John Moats, 60, of Gilmore
Meets Death Beneath Wheels
On B. and O. Leckrone Branch
	__________

John Moats aged 60 years and
seven days, a well known resident of
Gilmore, was instantly killed about 
1:30 o’clock Sunday morning by a B.
and O. freight train on the Leckrone
Branch. near his home.     His body,
however, was not found until three
hours later.

	Moats is believed to have been
killed by the train as it made a regular
trip over the branch.  It was on the
turn trip of the same train at 4:30
that the man’s badly mangled body 
was found lying along the tracks.

	Surviving are three brothers,
James D. Moats, Greensboro; Frank
Moats, Haydentown, and Clarence
Moats, Smithfield H. D. 1. The body
has been removed the Clarence
Moats residence where funeral services 
will be conducted at 2 o’clock Tuesday
afternoon. Burial will be in Springhill
cemetery.