Family Remembrance:795, p. 63. "Elizabeth Jane Warnock . . . married Moses Emerson Folsom at Oregon City, May 6, 1855, in a double ceremony with her sister Margaret and John Edward Folsom, brother of Moses. She wore a white dress and a rose in her hair. Moses was born ca. 1827 in East Corinth, Maine, and died December 29, 1899, at Pendleton, Oregon. They had seven girls and four boys."
Biographical Sketch (1938):2426, v. 2, p. 614-615. "He went to California, where he met his brother John who had come from the South Sea Islands with a cargo of wheat. Together they went to Oregon, where Moses Emerson Folsom settled in Pendleton, Umatilla County. It has been impossible to get full data on his children."
1830 Birth:2329 Birth year of 1830 estimated based on age (40 years) in 1850 census enumeration. Family remembrance gives birth place as East Corinth, Maine.
1855 Marriage:1459 "Territory of Oregon. County of Clackamas. This is to certify that the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of said county did on the sixth day of May A.D. 1855 join in lawful wedlock Moses E. Folsom and Elizabeth J. Warnock with their mutual consent also on same day John Folsom and Margaret Folsom with their mutual consent and the presence of Thomas Johnson and Horace Baker of said County. Joseph N. Preston, Justice of the Peace. Received July 2nd, 1855, F. S. Kolluss, Recorder."
1860 U.S. Census:2428Clackamas County, Oregon (Oregon City Precinct and Post Office)
Enumerated 9 June 1860
Moses E. Falsome •• 33, male, blacksmith, real estate value $500, personal property value $300, born in Maine
Elizabeth •• 22, female, born in Indiana
Julia A. •• 3, female, born in Oregon
Henry •• 2, male, born in Oregon
1870 U.S. Census:2329Umatilla County, Oregon (Umatilla Precinct, Cayuse Post Office)
Enumerated 6 July 1870
Moses Folsom •• 40, male, white, blacksmith, real estate value $1,000, personal property value $1,500, born in Maine, male over 21 years
Jane •• 31, female, white, keeping house, born in Indiana
Julie •• 13, female, white, born in Oregon, attended school within the year
Henry •• 11, male, white, born in Oregon, attended school within the year, cannot write
Mary •• 9, female, white, born in Oregon, attended school within the year
Flora •• 6, female, white, born in Oregon, attended school within the year
Bertha •• 4, female, white, born in Oregon
Daisy •• 1, female, white, born in Oregon
1880 U.S. Census:2330Umatilla County, Oregon (Pendleton)
Enumerated 2 June 1880
Moses Folsom •• white, male, 50, self, married, blacksmith, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine
Jane •• white, female, 39, wife, married, keeping house, born in Indiana, father born in Ohio, mother born in Kentucky
Julia •• white, female, 23, daughter, single, music teacher, born in Oregon, father born in Maine, mother born in Indiana
Harry •• white, male, 21, son, single, works in blacksmith shop, born in Oregon, father born in Maine, mother born in Indiana
Mary •• white, female, 18, daughter, single, at school, born in Oregon, father born in Maine, mother born in Indiana
Flora •• white, female, 16, daughter, single, at school, born in Oregon, father born in Maine, mother born in Indiana
Bertha •• white, female, 13, daughter, single, at school, born in Oregon, father born in Maine, mother born in Indiana
Daesie •• white, female, 10, daughter, single, at school, born in Oregon, father born in Maine, mother born in Indiana
Ralph •• white, male, 8, son, single, at school, born in Oregon, father born in Maine, mother born in Indiana
Gilman •• white, male, 6, son, single, born in Oregon, father born in Maine, mother born in Indiana
Elsie •• white, female, 4, daughter, single, born in Oregon, father born in Maine, mother born in Indiana
Fredrick •• white, male, 2, son, single, born in Oregon, father born in Maine, mother born in Indiana
1898 Death:795, p. 63. Family remembrance indicates death on 29 December 1899 at Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon.