Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904, pp 649-651 [Hickman] WILLIS R. MOSS. Among those who have attained distinctive prestige in the practice of medicine at Clinton stands Dr. Moss, who is a man of scholarly attainments and who has made deep and careful research into the science to which he is devoting his life. He is a native son of this city, where his birth occurred on the 31th of October, 1867, his parents being Luther C. and Laura B. (Hales) Moss. The father was born in Greensburg, Green county, Kentucky, January 22, 1829, and his death occurred in Clinton, this state, January 7, 1898. In his young manhood he came to Hickman county, settling on a farm near Columbus, in which city he engaged in the illing business and was operating a mill at the time of his enlistment in the Confederate army, becoming second lieutenant of Company K, Second Kentucky Infantry, serving throughout the entire period of hostilities. At the close of the Civil war Mr. Moss returned to Hickman county, and in 1866 married and located in Clinton, where he engaged in a mercantile business with his father-in-law, Thomas Hales. Later he became associated with James L. Moss, a nephew, in the agricultural implement business, under the firm name of L. C. and J. L. Moss, which relationship was maintained for about sixteen years, when Mr. Moss retired on account of failing health. He gave his political support to the Democratic party, and served as postmaster under Cleveland's first administration. His religious views connected him with the Presbyterian church, in which he served as a deacon, and in his fraternal relations he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His widow still resides in Clinton. In their family were the following children: Willis R., whose name introduces this review; Fred, deceased; Ida M., the wife of C. B. Hillard; Effie, deceased; Luther C., a dentist of Clinton; Nettie D., deceased; Thomas H., also a dentist in Clinton; and Robert B., at home with his mother. Mrs. Moss is a member of the Baptist church. At the death of Luther C. Moss a local paper said of him: "Columns would scarcely contain a fitting tribute to his character. His epitaph is engraved upon the hearts of his neighbors, and no monument could reach higher than his unselfish life. The memory of him will linger long in the hearts of the people who knew him and appreciated his sterling Christian virtues and his great human heart." Dr. Willis R. Moss was reared in Clinton and received his literary education in Clinton College. He pursued his medical studies in the University of Louisville, in which he graduated in 1893, and since that time he has followed the practice of his profession in this city. He is a member of the Southwestern Kentucky State Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and the Hickman County Medical Society, being president of the last named. In 1894 Mr. Moss was united in marriage to Miss Adah B. Dunnavent, of Clinton, and they have one child, Mary Lavinia. In his fraternal relations the Doctor is a Master Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias, and his religious views connect him with the Methodist Episcopal church. Moss Hales Hillard Dunnavent = Green-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/hickman/moss.wr.txt