William Moat was born August 21, 1841. He came to America in 1862, locating first in the State of New York. On February 1, 1865, he enlisted at Rochester. N. Y., in Company K 22nd Regiment N.Y. Cavalry, served nine months and was honorably discharged at the end of the war at Richmond Va. After the war he was located for several years in the Rocky Mountain district, where he worked at railroad construction. Later he located at Catasauqua, where he worked in the plate mill in the employ of the Catasauqua Manufacturing Co. for thirty years. He filled the position of patrolman in the borough of Catasauqua for five years. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and belonged to the I. O. O. F.and G. A. R. Fuller Post 378. He was marred to Margaret M. Leickel, a daughter of Frederick and Lucinda (Nagle) Leickel. She was born June 21, 1851, and died August 23, 1908. They were the parents of the following' children: William, John, Annie, George, James and Sarah.