MOFFITT, THOMAS, was born April 13, 1797, in that part of Montgomery, which is now Bath county, Ky., and came to Springfield, Ill., Nov. 14, 1826. He was married Jan. 22, 1829, in Morgan county, Ill., to Eliza A. Gatton, who was born July 26, 1810, in Kentucky, also. They had eight children in Springfield, four of whom died young. Of the other four--

JAMES W., born June 4, 1830, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law with his father for a short time, and died Sept. 18. 1864.

JANE ELIZA, born Dec. 4, 1834, and died March 14, 1858.

SARAH R., born Jan, 7, 1837, died Feb. 16, 1864.

THOMAS G., born Nov. 3, 1839, in Springfield, and was clerk in the office of the Auditor of State four and a half years. He enlisted in 1861, in Co. A, 7th Ill. Inf., was commissioned Lieutenant, promoted to Adjutant of the regiment, and died March 29, 1862, in Springfield.

Mrs. Eliza A. Moffitt died, Nov. 11, 1867, and Mr. Moffitt resides in Springfield. He is in his eightieth year, and bereft of all his children, and finally of his wife.

Thomas Moffitt taught school when he came to Springfield, devoting all the time at his command to the study of law, and was licensed to practice in 1828 or '9. He was Orderly Sergeant in a company from Sangamon county in the Winnebago war of 1827, and in 1832 was captain of a company in the Black Hawk war. He served two years as county commissioner, and from 1843 served as Judge of the Probate Court. Under the constitution of 1848, he was elected County Judge for four years. He has for many years been a Ruling Elder in the Second Presbyterian church of Springfield, Illinois.