Moffett, James W.

Born: 1830-06-04 Springfield, Illinois

Died: 1864-09-19 Springfield, Illinois

Flourished: Springfield, Illinois

Alternate name: Moffitt

James W. Moffett was a lawyer and son of Judge Thomas Moffett. Moffett grew up in Illinois but attended college at Beloit College in Wisconsin. He earned admittance to the bar and practiced law in Springfield with his father. Moffett died of consumption.

Beloit College Bulletin: Alumni Register 1920 (Beloit, WI: Beloit College, 1920), 7; John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 528; Illinois Daily State Journal (Springfield), 20 September 1864, 2:4; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Springfield, Sangamon County, IL, 124.