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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
THE
HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO
Volume 2 of 2
containing
A History of the County; Its Townships, Cities, Towns, Schools,
Churches, Etc.; General and Local Statistics; Portraits of
Early Settlers and Prominent Men; History of the
Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Map of
Clinton County; Constitution of the
United States, Miscellaneous
Matters, Etc., Etc.
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Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co.
1882
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Adams Twp. -
HARLAN MADEN, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born Oct. 26,
1811; son of
Eli and Hannah Maden. Eli Maden was born in
Pennsylvania, May 13, 1779; son of George and Edith Maden;
emigrated from North Carolina, to which State he had removed
from Pennsylvania, to Clinton County, and settled on Todd’s Fork
about 1810. He was married in March, 1810, to Miss
Hannah Harlan, daughter of Enoch and Edith Harlan.
They were the parents of six children—Harlan, John, George,
Rowena, Rebecca and Hiram. He endured all the
hardships and privations of pioneer life. He was a member
of the Friends’ Society, and died Dec. 22, 1871. Harlan
Maden, the subject of our present sketch, was reared to
manhood on a farm, received
but a limited education, and was married Feb. 24, 1836, to
Miss Margaret Osborn, daughter of William and Susannah
Osborn. This union has been blessed with five children
—Susannah, Rebecca A., Sallie M.; Hannah
and William, deceased. He is a member of the
Friends’ Society, a Republican, and has served as Trustee of
Adams Township for several terms.
Source: History of Clinton Co., OH, Vol. 2, Published 1882 -
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Adams,
Twp. -
DAVID S. MIARS., farmer, P. O. Ogden, was
born in 1831, in Clinton County, the son of David and Sarah
Miars. He was reared on a farm, received but a limited
education, and was married Mar. 22, 1856, to Miss Eliza W.
Harlan, daughter of Nicholas W. and Abigail
Harlan. They are the parents of seven children, viz.,
Mary E., Nicholas D., Willie B., Isaac H., Armata, Sarah L.
and Lenora. Mr. Miars is a Republican, in political
matters. He is a man of more than ordinary intelligence,
and the owner of fifty-one acres of land.
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Clark Twp. -
HISTORY OF THE MOONS. There are perhaps, few families in
Clinton County that rank so prominent as the Moons,
judging not only from the sole standpoint of their being an
extensive family, but regarding them in all their
characteristics - their abounding enterprise, energetic
industry, loyalty and uprightness as citizens generosity and
kindness as neighbors, and their eminent social qualities as a
people. The ancestral history of this family is quite
elaborate - extending back the avenues of several centuries to
Denmark, the kingdom of which their earliest progenitors were
natives. They were of the Teutonic or German family, which
is now the prevailing race of Europe, and yet scarcely 4,000
years old. It embraces the people of Sweden, Norway,
Denmark, the whole of the German Empire and the masses of
Scotland and England. In history has been recorded that
this family was never known to have been conquered.
During a certain period of history, the Kingdom of Denmark
formed a part of the English Dominion, however, only under a
partial rule of the King of England. Within this period of
English rule, the King of England made a requisition on the King
of Denmark for a regiment of soldiers, a body-guard to His
Majesty himself. The Danish Monarch, regarding it an honor
to furnish the distinguished King with a body-guard, issued
orders that the best men of his kingdom be selected—persons
erect in stature, athletic, of light complexion, blue eyes and
red hair. A regiment from the best families of Danes,
fully corresponding to the orders, was organized and sent to the
King. The banner they bore had, in addition to the
National colors, the inscription of a half-moon, and the
regiment was known as the “ Moon Regiment.” At the
expiration of their term, having rendered very efficient
services, much to the pleasure of the King, he granted them land
in England if they would settle there. A large number of
them accepted the offer, and settled down in a colony.
They then unanimously adopted the name of Moon, and the land
grant was given in that name. Thus is given the history of
the origin of the Moon name. From this date on, we
see the Moons leading honorable, prosperous lives,
devoting a portion of their time to the moral and religious
culture of the then superstitious people, till the time when
George Fox, Robert Barkley and others
lifted an insurrection against the principles and doctrines of
the predominant churches of England. Among the noble
Christians who suffered persecution on account of their
religious opinions, we find a number of the Moons, who
with them endured imprisonment and punishment for their honest
views. In 1682, when William Penn emigrated
colonies to America, he established a colony of Moons in
Bucks County, Penn., and from there the family is traced to Red
Stone, Western Pennsylvania, Western New York and to Virginia.
The deed of lands from William Penn to John
and Jasper Moon is now in the possession of
Charles Moon, son of James Moon, a lineal
descendant of John Moon. James Moon, the father of
Charles, died in 1858. This land in Pennsylvania is
the homestead of the first American ancestors. Jane
Moon, the mother of Charles, died some years
since. She was a lady of fine intellectual culture and
advancement, and was for many yeas Clerk of the Friends' Annual
Meetings at Philadelphia, Penn. Jasper Moon was the
first to abandon the colony. He went to the "Old
Dominion." He had one son, Simon, who has married
twice. By his second wife he had one child - John.
His mother dying when young, he was bound out to learn the
carpenter trade. At the expiration of his seven years
apprenticeship, he migrated to North Carolina, and settled on
the Neuse River. He married Mary Farmer, and had a
family of five children, viz., Rachel, who married M.
Bookout; John Moon, went to Georgia, where he died;
Joseph, married Ann Brewer, and had ten sons and
three daughters - Daniel, William, Samuel, Joseph, John,
Jesse, Harry, James, Thomas and Solomon; and Mary,
Grace and Jane. Grace died in infancy.
Joseph (the father) lived on Deep River, in Randolph
County, N. C., and in 1796, removed to Jefferson County, Tenn.
Daniel, his eldest son, married Ruth Hutson; William
married Jane Hutson; Samuel, to Martha Routh;
Joseph, to Sarah Camer; John, to Elizabeth
Mount; Jesse, to Rebecca Stidam;
Jane, to John Routh; Mary, to James
Garner; James, to Anna Hockett;
Henry, to Elizabeth Hockett, and Solomon
to Hannah McLin. The latter four were not
married till after they came to Ohio. In the spring of
1808, Daniel and Joseph, with their families, came
to what was then Highland County, and settled near the site of
Martinsville. The following autumn, Samuel and
John Moon, and John Routh (their brother-in-law) and
their wives and children, migrated to Ohio, and settled in the
same neighborhood as their relatives. The spring of 1809,
Joseph Moon the father of the foregoing parties, and with
his family, and William and Jesse Moon, with their
families came to the county, and located in the Moon
community. In the year of 1811, James Garner,
husband of Mary Moon with four sons and five daughters,
came in and joined the "Moon colonists" in their new Ohio
home. This Moon colony consisted of fifty-four
persons - thirty-four males and twenty females. They were
about the first settlers of what is now Clark Township - in
fact, the very founders of that section of division of Clinton
County. In this colony there were tradesmen of various
kinds. They were not professional mechanics, but rather,
possessing a brain of ingeniousness, were able to execute
successfully, the business of a carpenter, cooper,
harness-maker, saddler, hatter, cabinetmaker, chairmaker,
shoemaker, gunsmith, locksmith, blacksmith, brick and
stonemason, plasterer and master mechanic. Many of the old
pioneer citizens of Ohio and Indiana have in their possession
today guns manufactured by William and Jesse Moon,
who did an extensive business in that line. Thus we see
that they were prepared and well equipped for coming in on wild
and unbroken forest, and making for themselves homes.
Mr. Joseph Moon was the father of ten sons and three
daughters, and had 829 great-grandchildren and thirty-three
great-great-grandchildren. Since the advent of the
Moons in America with William Penn, they have
multiplied till their descendants have scattered in every State
and nearly all the Territories of the United States. The
writer of this history has few words of eulogy to say of his
family. They have made a record by their noble
achievements as pioneers, their loyalty and enterprise as
citizens, their sterling integrity, pure moral character and
irreproachable lives, that has transformed itself in the
memories of their contemporaries into a living monument, and
here made perpetual, more worthy and grand than the elegantly
emblazoned monument that adorns a city cemetery.
Source: History of Clinton Co., OH, Vol. 2,
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Union
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DANIEL C. MOON, Wilmington, dealer in
flour and feed, S. South street, was born near Westboro,
Jefferson Township, this country, June 26, 1844. His
father was James Moon, a native of Tennessee, a member of
the Moon family who are so numerous in the south part of
Clinton county, and a sketch of which wil be found in the
history of Clark Township. James Moon was a
blacksmith by trade, and accompanied his father to Martinsville,
Ohio, in 1819. He married Sarah A. Clark, a native
of West Virginia. Of the sixteen children born to them,
thirteen are now living, our subject being the thirteenth child
and seventh son. Both parents are yet living, and reside
at Independence, Montgomery Co., Kan. Both enjoy good
health. Our subject was reared in Jefferson Township, and
in 1861, when but seventeen years of age, enlisted in Company E,
Forty-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was
veteranized in the same regiment. He served nearly four
years, during which time he was wounded five times, once through
the shoulder; from the latter wound he draws a pension.
Mr. Moon was honorably discharged in July 1865. He
came back to Westboro and "farmed it" a year or so. He
then removed to Central Illinois, where he was engaged in
farming two years; thence to Westboro, and in February 1871,
came to Wilmington. Since that period, Mr. Moon has
been mostly engaged in mercantile pursuits, and at present
enjoys a good trade. He is Republican in politics and
served two years as Coroner of Clinton County, also as Deputy
Marshal of Wilmington for the same length of time. While
serving in the latter capacity, Mr. Moon unfortunately
killed a colored man, whom he was attempting to arrest. On
the trial for murder, it was proven to have been a sad accident,
and he was completely vindicated of the charge. Mr.
Moon enjoys a birthright in the Society of Friends. He
was married in 1864 to Elizabeth Holliday, a native of Clinton
County. They have three children - Cora, Otto and
Burt, all attending school. Mrs. Moon is
also a member of the Friends.
Source: History of Clinton Co., OH, Vol. 2, Published 1882 -
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Marion
Twp. -
DARIUS H. MOON, druggist and hardware
merchant, Blanchester, corner Broadway and Main streets, son of
Henry H. and Mary A. (Paxton) Moon, was born in
Martinsville, Clinton County, Sept. 5, 1837. His parents
were among the early settlers of this county. His father
is still living in Dayton, Ohio; mother died July 3, 1880.
He was reared on a farm, attending schools winters till eighteen
years of age when he learned the carpenter's trade and worked at
it four years. He then enlisted in Arcanum, Darke Co.,
Ohio, in 1862, in Company B, One Hundred and Tenth Ohio
Volunteers, under Capt. Young, and was in a number of
prominent battles, among others the battle of Winchester,
Wilderness and Cedar Creek. He enlisted as private, and
was promoted first to Orderly Sergeant, then Second Lieutenant,
then First Lieutenant. He served two years and six months,
resigned near Winchester, Va., on account of ill health, and
again returned to Martinsville and worked at his trade one year.
He then opened a drug store at Westboro, which he kept two
years, and then sold and came to Blanchester and opened his
present place of business where he carries a choice stock of
drugs and also hardware; carries a stock of about $2,500, and
does an annual business of about $8,000. He was married,
Feb. 22, 1870, in Blanchester to Osee F., daughter of
Thomas and Margaret (Williams) Strawn, born in Lebanon,
Warren Co., Ohio. They have one son - Alden M.,
born in Blanchester Sept. 1, 1872. Mr. Moon owns a
fine residence on Main street, and a dwelling, which he rents,
on Center street. He is a member of the Masonic and Odd
Fellows Associations.
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Washington
Twp. -
ERASTUS E. MOON, son of S. T. Moon,
was born in Washington Township Sept. 30, 1855. He was
reared in his father's store, and was educated in the Normal
School of Lebanon, Ohio; he also took a course in Bookman's
College, Akron, Ohio. In March, 1881, he went to
Jeffersonville, Fayette Co., Ohio, and took charge of a branch
store established by his father. Mar. 24, 1881, he was
married to Miss Carrie Babb, a daughter of Sampson
Babb, of Wilmington Ohio.
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Clark
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GEORGE R. MOON, general merchant,
Martinsville, was born in Clark Township Aug. 11, 1840. He
is a son of Joshua and Eliza G. Moon, who were early
pioneers of Clinton County. Mr. Moon was reared on
a farm, and obtained his education in the common schools.
He was engaged in the avocation of farming up to 1869, when he
came to Martinsville and started in the mercantile business, and
has since very successfully pursued that occupation. He
carries a stock of drugs, groceries and hardware to the amount
of $2,000, and does an annual business of $8,000. In
August 1864, Mr. Moon was joined in marriage to Miss
Sarah R. Moore, a daughter of Macagah Moore, and a
native of Washington Township, where she was born in June 1845.
Orville P., their only child, was born Dec. 8, 1868.
Mrs. Moon is a member of the Christian Church, and Mr.
M.'s religious views are Universalist. He is connected
with the I. O. O. F., and politically is a Republican. He
was appointed Postmaster in October, 1875, and served till
March, 1881, when he resigned. He was Mayor of
Martinsville one term, and member of the Village Council eight
years. Mr. Moon is a man of much enterprise and a
worthy citizen.
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Jefferson
Twp. -
JASON G. MOON, farmer, P. O. Westboro, for many years one
of Clinton County's most successful teachers, was born in
Jefferson Township Dec. 18, 1837. He is a son of Thomas
and Elizabeth (Hockett) Moon, natives of Sevier County,
Tenn. They came to this county in 1809 and the noted "Moon
Colony." At the early age of twelve years, our subject
embarked on "life's voyage alone" He found work with a
farmer at a salary of $7 per month, and finally, at a riper age,
was advanced to $15 per month. In August, 1856, he engaged
in teaching by taking up the Sycamore School. In order to
better fit himself for his chosen profession, in 1859 he
attended one term in the Lebanon Normal. He then resumed
teaching, when he has since followed with fine success.
Among his self-acquirements was algebra, geometry and surveying;
the latter he followed considerably. He was Deputy County
Surveyor one term under Hiram E. Moon. He served as
Clerk of Jefferson Township for six years. Apr. 6, 1861,
he was married to Miss Lydia E. Cravens, daughter of
John and Elizabeth Cravens. Mrs. Moon was born
in Highland County, Ohio, Feb. 9, 1843. Mr. Mom and
wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr.
Moon in politics is an advocate of Republicanism. He
owns a well-improved farm of 117˝
acres, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising to some
extent.
Source: History of Clinton Co., OH, Vol. 2, Published 1882 -
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Jefferson
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JOEL MOON, farmer, P. O. Westboro, son of Thomas and
Elizabeth Moon, was born in this township May 5, 1827.
When but a boy he was compelled to go out in the world and do
for himself. He was married Mar. 8, 1851, to Rebecca J.
Moore, a daughter of Macajah and Rebecca (McGee) Moore.
Mrs. Moon was born in Washington Township Oct. 8, 1835.
Six children were added to this union, viz., Ella J.,
born Oct. 18, 1852, wife of Wilson Peele; Emerson E.,
born Aug. 13, 1855, married Florence E. Hale; Americus
E., Dec. 26, 1859; George F., born Apr. 27, 1866;
Rollie E., January 26, 1868; and Harley A., Mar. 21,
1869. Mr. Moon owns a farm of 60 acres, and is
engaged in tilling the soil. He and wife are communicants
with the Christian Church; Mr. M. is also connected with
the I. O. O. F. In politics, he is a Republican. In
1862, he was elected to the Board of Trustees of Jefferson, and
re-elected in 1863; he was again chosen to that office in 1877,
and has since been a member of that body.
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Union Twp.
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COL. JOHN C. MOON, Wilmington, solicitor
of insurance, is a life resident of Clinton County. He was
born in Clark Township, May 1, 1830. His father,
Solomon Moon, was a native of Tennessee, and
accompanied his father (Jacob Moon) to Ohio about
1806. They located in Clark Township, where Solomon
Moon's mother was Hannah McLin, a native of
Ohio, who died a few years ago. She was the mother of
twelve children, of whom our subject was the seventh child and
third son. Col. Moon was reared a "farmer's
boy," obtaining his education at the old Martinsville Academy,
then one of the most noted educational institutions in Southern
Ohio. His father was a plasterer by trade, and our subject
would assist him during the summer months, and teach school in
the winter ones. He thus devoted his time until 1860.
In 1859, he removed to Wilmington, and was soon after elected
Superintendent of the Wilmington Public Schools. While
occupying that position, he was elected County Surveyor, having
received a good education in civil engineering. In 1862,
he appointed a deputy surveyor to take his place, and
immediately enlisted in Company F, Eighty-fifth Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry (three months). He was elected Captain
of the company, and, upon the expiration of the three months,
raised Company B of the Eighty-eighth Regiment, and went with
them to the field. Their principal duty was to guard the
prisoners at Camp Chase. In the spring of 1864,
President Lincoln appointed Capt. Moon as
Lieutenant Colonel of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment
United States Colored Troops, and he served in that capacity
during the remainder of the war. The regiment was attached
to the Army of the James, and was before Richmond. After
the fall of Richmond, Lieut. Col. Moon was made Colonel
of the regiment, and ordered to proceed to Brownsville, Texas,
to guard the frontier. He remained there till March, 1866.
In 1865, he was brevetted Brigadier General. While in
Texas, Col. Moon was attacked with the "Texas Fever,'
which so disabled him as to necessitate his coming home for
recovery. He returned to Texas again, but since the war
has had occasional spells of the dreadful disease. Col.
Moon represents several of the best insurance companies in
America and England, but ill health bars him from doing a very
large business. He is a member of Clinton Lodge, No. 92
(I. O. O. F.), of Vienna, and Hiawatha Encampment, No. 70, of
Wilmington. Religiously, Col. Moon is a
Universalist; and politically, an uncompromising Republican.
He was married, Jan. 25, 1853, to Susan W. Johnson, a
native of Highland County, Ohio. They have two children -
Ella and Lizzie. Mrs. Moon is also a
believer in Universalist faith. Col. Moon is the
author of the interesting sketch of the "Moon family,"
which finds a place in our history of Clark Township.
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Washington
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JOHN ROBERTS MOON, farmer, P. O. Cuba, a
member of the Board of County Commissioners and son of
William R. and Emily U. Moon, was born near Martinsville,
Sept. 27, 1830. Mr. Moon was reared principally in
Washington Township, and was educated in the common district
schools. At the age of nineteen, he was placed in charge
of his father's saw-mil and continued in that position till 1856
and resumed the occupation of farming, which he followed till
February, 1866, when he, in company with his brother, S. T.
Moon, engaged in the mercantile trade in Cuba the style of
their firm, Moon Bros. In October, 1868, Mr.
Moon was compelled to retire from the business on account of
ill-health. He returned to farming; which he has since
carried on. In October, 1877, he was elected to the Board
of County Commissioners, and re-elected in October, 1880.
Mr. Moon has displayed much good judgment and ability in
this relation, and has performed the duties of the office to the
highest public satisfaction. In 1867, he was chosen
Justice of the Peace, and served one term. He also filled
the office of Treasurer and Clerk of his township. Dec.
11, 1851, he was joined in the bond of marriage with Miss
Eliza M., daughter of Elijah D. and Winnifred C. King.
Mrs. Moon was born in Clark Township, Oct. 13, 1835.
Of the two children added to this union; one, William H.,
is living. Mr. Moon has one adopted daughter -
Jennie (Cast). She was born Mar. 22, 1862. Mr.
Moon and wife are members of the Universalist Church.
Mr. Moon is identified with the I. O. O. F. society as
Treasurer. He owns a farm of 132 acres, well improved and
cultivated. Mr. Moon is a man of the people, and
well deserves the honorable positions to which he has chosen.
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Clark Twp.
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JOHN W. MOON, farmer, P. O. Farmers
Station, eldest son of Isaac and Edna Moon, was born in
the township of his residence Dec. 28, 1835. He was reared
to manhood on his father’s farm, and has followed that
avocation. In 1857-58, he was engaged as foreman on
the M. & C. R. R., and, for four years following, as contractor
in constructing bridges throughout the county. He
was then engaged in farming till December, 1876, when he formed
a partnership with James Pittser, and engaged in
buying and shipping hogs and grain at Farmers Station,
Martinsville and Lynchburg. They shipped, in 1881, 35,000
hogs to Cincinnati and Baltimore. Most of their grain is
shipped to Eastern markets. Mr. Moon owns a
farm of ninety-three acres of well improved land, and pursues
farming. He makes the raising and feeding of Poland-China
hogs a leading business. Mr. Moon was
married, Dec. 13, 1856, to Jemima, daughter of Macagah
and Rebecca J. Moore. Mrs. Moon was born in Washington
Township, Clinton County. Of their six children, five are
living, viz., Isaac F., born Dec. 28, 1857; Walter I.,
born July 24, 1860; Ida B., born Nov. 17, 1861; Myram,
born July 26, 1866, and Loreen, born July 17, 1871. Clara
(deceased) was born July 27, 1867, and died Sept. 29, 1876.
Mr. Moon is a member of the Universalist Church.
Mrs. M. and one daughter are connected with the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Mr. Moon is a member of the I. O.
O. F., and of the Lynchburg Encampment. His political
views are purely Republican. He served his township as
Assessor for nine consecutive years.
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Clark
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JOSEPH R. MOON, retired, P. O.
Martinsville, an old and honored pioneer of Clinton County, was
born in Sevier County, Tenn., July 25, 1802. His parents,
Samuel and Martha Moon, were natives respectively of
Randolph and Chatham Counties, N. C. The former was born
Apr. 17, 1781, and the latter Mar. 5, 1781. In 1796,
Mr. Moon came to Tennessee, and in the fall of 1808, with
his wife and family, to Clark Township, Clinton County, where
the famous "Moon colony" located in the spring of 1809 In
1808 when Samuel Moon settled here, all was a wilderness,
and there were but six cabins within the limits of what is now
Clark Township. The wild Indians were still here in roving
bands, and their contemporaries, the wild animals, still roamed
their forests at will. Mr. Moon, the subject of
this sketch, was reared here in the midst of primeval nature.
His educational advantages were very limited. In 1812, at
the age of ten years, he attended his first term of school.
It was held in a rude log cabin, furnished with slab floor, slab
seats and oiled paper window lights. It was heated with a
huge fire-place that occupied almost the full end of the room.
This is the description of the pioneer schoolhouses in which
Mr. Moon obtained his education. Mr. Moon has
witnessed the vast and important changes that occurred in
seventy years of the history of Clinton County. He has
seen the land converted from a forest into well-improved,
fertile fields, and villages grow to cities and thriving towns,
and schools, churches and societies organized and established,
the very means of enlightening the inhabitants. These were
the achievements of the pioneers, among whom our venerable
subject was prominent. Mr. Moon has, through
his untiring industry and economy, accumulated considerable
wealth. In 1829, he removed to Washington Township, where
he lived till 1859, when he came to Martinsville and retired.
He owns a well-improved and cultivated farm of 304 acres in
Washington Township and forty acres in Brown County. He
also owns four and a half acres in Martinsville. Mr.
Moon was a member of the Board of County Commissioners
one term, and also Director of the County Infirmary. He
served as Clerk of Washington Township nine years, and as
Trustee one year, and was also Trustee of Clark Township one
term. Sept. 26, 1827, he was united in marriage with
Miss Eleanor Hunter, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret
(Montgomery) Hunter, the former a native of Dublin, Ireland,
and the latter of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Moon
was born in Bourbon County, Ky., Feb. 5, 1805. Four
children were the fruits of this union; of these two are living
- Margaret, wife of Dr. John Carman,
and Martha, wife of F. M. Moore, President of
Clinton County National Bank. Findley and Emily
are deceased. Findley was a merchant in
Martinsville for fourteen years, and an extensive stock and
grain dealer. Mr. and Mrs. Moon are members of the
Universalist Church. Mr. Moon is a member of
the Masonic fraternity. His political views are
Republican. He was formerly a Whig. Sept. 26, 1877,
Mr. and Mrs. Moon celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of
their marriage, and also had a re-union of the Moon
family and all the descendants of the Moon colonists.
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Clark Co.
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JOSHUA MOON, farmer, P. O. Farmers
Station, son of Samuel and Martha Moon, was born in Clark
Township Mar. 1, 1816. He passed his earlier life on his
father's farm, and received only a common-school education.
When sixteen years of age, he learned the carpenter trade, which
he followed at intervals for several years. On the 25th
day of May, 1838, he was joined in marriage with Eliza G.
Smithson, a daughter of Tyra and Celia Smithson, a
native of Highland County, Ohio, where she was born February,
1818. This union resulted in eleven children, viz.,
George R. (whose history is given elsewhere), Martha J.,
born July 1, 1842; Samuel and William T. (twins),
were born Aug. 24, 1844; died the same day, and Sept. 14, 1844,
respectively; Permelia I., born Mar. 1, 1846, married
Dr. John Herrin, and died May 6, 1875; Celia E. (the
other twin) is the wife of J. W. Gregory; Emma
E., born Dec. 25, 1876; Mary A., born July 30, 1832,
wife of M. R. Higgins, and Isaac C., born Sept. 1,
1855. Mrs. Moon departed this life with strong
religious faith in a happy future. Mr. Moon is a
member of the Universalist Church, which he aided in founding.
His views politically are Republican. He owns a
well-improved farm of 133 acres, and is engaged in general
farming.
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GEORGE MOON,
farmer, P. O. Martinsville, son of Samuel and Martha (Routh)
Moon, is a native of Clark Township, Clinton County, where
he was born May 1, 1822. He was married Oct. 14, 1843, to
Elizabeth Smith, by whom he had nine children, viz.,
Sarah A., born Mar. 25, 1845, wife of William Kester;
Mary E., born Jan. 8, 1847, wife of T. S. Wallace; John A.,
born Nov. 16, 1848, married Margaret M. Page; Columbus,
born Mar. 16, 1851, married Susanna Rohonemus;
Margaret, born, Mar. 7, 1853, wife of Daniel H. West;
Marion N. born Sept. 5, 1856; Asa S., born Mar.
16, 1858, married Rachel Rohonemus; Oscar, born
Mar. 9, 1861; and Ulysses, born May 11, 1864.
Mr. and Mrs. Moon are members of the Universalist Church.
They were among the organizers of that society. Mr.
Moon is a member of the Grange, and is a stockholder and
also Treasurer in the Farmers Station Joint Stock Company.
He owns a well-improved farm of 330 acres, and is engaged in
farming and raising live stock.
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ORLANDO C. MOON, merchant, Cuba, son of S. T. and
Nancy Moon, was born in Cuba Mar. 22, 1858. He was
reared in his birthplace, and received his education in the
schools of that place. In March, 1881, he became a partner
with his father, and is still a member of that firm. For
three years previous to joining his father in business, he was
engaged in teaching, in which he was very successful. Mar.
24, 1881, Mr. Moon was married to Miss Clara E. Bates,
daughter of Willard and Eliza Bates. Mrs. Moon
also a native of Washington Township, was born May 15, 1863.
Mr. Moon is associated as a member with I. O. O. F.
fraternity. He is a young man of good business abilities,
and promises to be a successful man.
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PLEASANT MOON, farmer, P. O. Cuba, was born in Clark
Township, May 20, 1819. His parents, Joseph and Rachel
(Hockett) Moon, were members of the Moon Colony that
settled in Clark Township in 1809. Mr. Moon
was reared in the wilderness of his native place, and for an
education he had the advantage of "backwoods" schools.
Mr. Moon was united in matrimony to Miss Huldah Pike,
a native of Highland County and a daughter of William and
Lucy (Butler) Pike. She was born June 16, 1817.
Twelve sons and four daughters were the fruits of this union.
Four sons and four daughters are living, viz., Lucy, born
Feb. 12, 1804; parker, born Mar. 31, 1842, married
Mary E. Green; Rachel, born Nov. 15, 1844, wife of Henry
Long; Sarah E., born Apr. 14, 1846, wife of Theodore
Wright; Mary A., born Jan. 26, 1848, wife of
Zachariah Waltz; Samuel, born Sept. 26, 1850, married
Lydia Brittle; James A., born Mar. 3, 1854, and Lindley,
born Mar. 21, 1867. Daniel, Carey, Joseph P., William,
Harvey, Stephen R., Elwood and Manary are deceased.
Mrs. Moon was born in Clinton County June 2, 1819.
She has three children by her former husband, viz., Jane M.,
Sylvester W. and John T. Since 1859, Mr.
Moon has been running Joseph R. Moon's farm. He
and wife are members of the Friends Church. In politics,
Mr. Moon is Republican. He is a good farmer and an
esteemed citizen.
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SERVETUS T. MOON, Postmaster and merchant, Cuba, one of
the most prominent merchants in Clinton County, is located at
Cuba. He was born in Clark Township Aug. 8, 1834.
When quite young, his parents, William R. and Emily U.
Moon removed to Washington Township, where he was reared to
manhood. When of age, he superintended his father's
grist-mill, in which he had an interest. He was engaged in
the milling business until 1863, when he embarked in the
mercantile business in Cuba, and has ever since been extensively
engaged in that department of business. He carries a stock
of goods, consisting of general merchandise, to the amount of
from $5,000 to $9,000. In 1872, his annual sales
aggregated $18,000, which were the most extensive sales in
Clinton County. He has also run branch stores in
Wilmington, to Martinsville and Jeffersonville, Fayette County.
In 1866, Mr. Moon was appointed Postmaster at Cuba, and
has since filled that office. He is a man of genial
character, worthy enterprise and sterling business qualities,
and as a merchant he has been one of the most successful in
Clinton County. Aug. 3, 1854, Mr. Moon was joined
in marriage with Miss Nancy Mitchell, daughter of
Samuel Mitchell, an old pioneer of Washington Township.
Mrs. Moon died June 1, 1873, and left three children,
viz., Erastus E., Orlando C. and Larkin. Mr.
Moon celebrated his second marriage Feb. 10, 1874, with
Mrs. Sallie A. Moon, widow of Maranda Moon, and
daughter of Jacob P. T. and Margaret Miller.
Mrs. Moon was born in Hamilton County, June 15, 1842.
One daughter was given to bless this union - Elsie Maud.
Mrs. Moon is connected with the Universalist Church.
Mr. Moon is associated with the I. O. O. F. society.
In politics, he is a Republican. He owns 103 acres of
excellently improved land adjoining Cuba, with an elegant $2,500
frame residence. He also owns a large store building
erected in 1871 at an expense of $2,000.
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Clark Twp. -
SIMEON MOON
(deceased) was born Feb. 23, 1820. He was a son of
Samuel and Martha (Routh) Moon. The former was born
Apr. 17, 1781, and the latter Mar. 5, 1781. They were
married in Tennessee Nov. 5, 1801, and, in 1808, came to Clark
Township before the "Moon colonists." Mr.
Moon departed from the active scenes of life Mar. 25, 1846,
at the ripe age of sixty-five years. Mrs. Moon
died Feb. 19, 1852, in her seventy-first year. Mr.
Moon, the subject of this sketch was married, Mar. 24,
1842, to Priscilla Sewell, by whom he had five
children, viz., Samuel M., born Feb. 3, 1843, married,
Aug. 9, 1866, to Sallie A. Miller, and had one child -
Rachel, who was born May 14, 1867, and died Sept. 14, 1868 -
he died Nov. 2, 1869; David S., born May 28, 1845,
married Sept. 2, 1877, to Ruth Rohonemus, who was
born in Jefferson Township Mar. 21, 1850 - their child,
Burgess J., was born Aug. 21, 1878; Jefferson, born
Nov. 3, 1848; married, Dec. 25, 1874, to Katie Boyd,
who died May 30, 1876; Jefferson, died May 1, 1875;
Franklin, born May 1, 1851, and died Jan. 9, 1876; and an
infant. David S., the only surviving representative
of Simeon Moon, occupies the "old homestead" which
is venerable and esteemed grandfather located in 1809, and where
his parents died. The homestead consists of 150 acres of
well-improved and highly cultivated land.
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THOMAS MOON, retired, P. O. Martinsville,
son of Joseph and Sarah (Comer) Moon, was born in Bay's
Mountain, Jefferson Co., Tenn., May 23, 1805. Mr. Moon
was reared to manhood on his father's farm; his educational
advantages were very limited. He was one of the scholars
who attended the first school in Clark Township. He was
married in Lebanon, Apr. 7, 1825, to Mary, daughter of
Andrew and Maria Chew, and a native of Warren County.
She was born Sept. 7, 1807. This union was blessed with
twelve children - seven sons and five daughters - Sarah A.,
born May 17, 1826, wife of Elmore Clark;
Diantha, born Aug. 9, 1827, wife of W. J. Kilsoe;
Thomas W., born Jan. 23, 1829, married Margaret
Carey; Mary J., born Apr. 17, 1831, married
Andrew Beals, and died July 27, 1852; Phebe,
born July 19 1833, wife of Ambrose Smith; James
C., born Nov. 11, 1835, married Eliza Carey;
Joseph B., born June 4, 1838, and died Feb. 22,
1840; Daniel C., born Aug. 3, 1842, married Ellen
Moon, and has since died; Simon P., born May 1,
1845, married Rebecca Stevenson; Andrew,
born Sept. 20, 1847, married Elizabeth Johns;
Jesse, born Nov. 4, 1849, married Ruth Davis;
and Lydia M., Born Sept. 7, 18__, and died July 28, 1853.
Mrs. Moon departed this life Mar. 9, 1859, and
Mr. Moon again married, Dec. 16, 1868, to Hannah
Sheppard, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth (Faulkner)
Sheppard. Mrs. Moon was born in Greene
County Dec. 11, 1821. About 1850, Mr. Moon
began the study of medicine in the physico-medical system, and
received a diploma from Dr. Alva Curtis, President of
Physico Medical College, of Cincinnati. He practiced till
1879, making a specialty in treating chronic diseases, and was
attended with success. In October, 1881, he retired from
farming and removed to Martinsville. He owns a farm of
seventy-five acres of property in Martinsville. He and his
wife are members of the Friends' Church, and in politics he is a
Prohibitionist.
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Jefferson
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WILERSON T. MOON, farmer, P. O. Westboro, was born in
Jefferson Township, May 5, 1833. He is a son of James
and Sarah (Clark) Moon, who were natives of Tennessee and
Virginia. The former was born Sept. 19, 1801, and the
latter Dec. 28, 1803. They were married near Martinsville,
and had sixteen children, eight sons and eight daughters, viz.,
Rhoda, born Sept. 22, 1820; Jane, bon Oct. 30,
1821; Elizabeth, born Jan. 30, 1823; William C.,
born Jan. 30, 1825; Elihu, born July 6, 1826; Mary
born Oct. 10, 1828; John B., born June ___, 1829;
James V., born Feb. 14, 1831; Wilerson T., our
subject; Josiah D., born Mar. 16, 1835; Sarah A.,
born Jan. 20, 1837; Lusetta M., born Nov. 5, 1838;
Ruth, born June 15, 1841; Daniel C., born June 26,
1843; Joseph H., born Mar. 21, 1845, and Nancy C.,
born Sept. 9, 1848. Mr. Moon, our subject, was
married Sept. 4, 1852, to Miss Lydia Hockett, daughter of
Jacob and Anna (Milliner) Hockett, and a native of
Jefferson Township. She was born Aug. 9, 1834. They
had seven children, viz., Sanford A., born June 14, 1853;
Erlistus J., born July 31, 1856; Walter E., born
Feb. 23, 1858; Elbridge H., born Mar. 2, 1865; Eva,
born Feb. 20, 1862; Anna born Sept. 6, 1866, and
Jacob, born July 27, 1873. Mr. Moon served in
Company C, One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and fought in the battle of Nashville. He was
discharged with honors at the close of the war. Mr.
Moon and wife are members of the Friends' Society.
Mr. Moon is identified with the society of I. O. O. F., and
also with the Republican party. He owns a farm of
ninety-seven acres, seventy-six of which is improved and under a
good state of cultivation. He pursues farming and raising
stock.
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WILLIAM H. MOON, farmer, P. O. Cuba, son of John R.
and Eliza Moon, was born in this township June 8, 1853.
He was reared on a farm till about eighteen when he engaged in
the profession of teaching, which he followed with success for
four years in Vernon and Wayne Townships. In 1875, he went
into the mercantile business with S. T. Moon, and
continued in its pursuits till July, 1881, when he resumed
farming. Mr. Moon was married September 18, 1873,
to Miss Moon is connected with the I. O. O. F. society,
and in politics is Republican.
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WILLIAM R. MOON, farmer, P. O. Cuba, one of the most
honored and respected pioneers of Clinton County, is the person
whose name graces the head of this sketch. He was born in
Sevier County, Tenn., May 1 1804. His parents, Samuel
and Martha Moon, are members of the band of "Moon colonists"
who came to Clark Township in 1809. The young nowadays can
faintly imagine a "true picture of pioneer life and labors,"
when the father of our venerable and worthy subject would be
compelled to go to Lynchburg for hands to help on important
occasions, such as "log-rollings" and "house-raisings." As
help was very scarce the neighbors would join together and go
en masse from one harvest field to another, till the whole
neighborhood was completed, and it sometimes took twenty-one
days to make the rounds. Mr. Moon soon grew to the
sturdy days of manhood, and it fell to his lot to assist his
father in clearing a farm, and in this he exercised no little
energy. In 1835, Mr. Moon purchased a farm of 100
acres of his present farm, which was then all woods. He
cleared a site for a house and erected a log structure, 18 x 22
feet in size, for a home. Mr. Moon, with his sons,
cleared a good portion of the land, and now owns a
well-developed farm of 122 acres. Mr. Moon was
married Jan. 29, 1829, to Emily U. Roberts; Mrs.
Moon is a daughter of Moses and Anna (Brannaman) Roberts.
She was born in Knox County, Tenn., Apr. 12, 1810. Five
children were born to bless their union - Martin H., John R.,
Sevetus T., Sarah E. (wife of E. G. Ford, of Dayton),
and Thomas E. Mr. and Mrs. Moon are members of the
Universalist Church. Mr. Moon has been connected
with the I. O. O. F. for over forty years. In politics he
is a Republican; formerly an advocate of Whig policies.
Mr. Moon's grandfather, Joseph Moon, died, aged
nearly 100 years, and had at his death 445 grandchildren and
great grandchildren.
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WYATT C. MOON, farmer, P. O. Farmers
Station, son of Isaac and Edna (Smithson) Moon, was born
in Clark Township Mar. 30, 1838. He is the second son and
third child of a family of four children. He attained his
majority on his father's farm, and received his education in the
common schools and Normal of Lebanon. He taught school two
years and engaged in farming and raising stock. In 1873,
he located on his present farm, which contains eighty-five
acres. Jan. 25, 1872, he married, in Lawrence County,
Ill., Frances J. Turner, a daughter of Calvin and
Matilda (Wilson) Turner. Mrs. Moon was
born in Orange County, Ind., Nov. 3, 1841. This marriage
resulted in five children; of these four are living - Victor
C., born Sept. 30, 1874; Charlie T., born Mar. 6,
1876; Estella M., born May 18, 1879, and an infant,
born Nov. 14 1881; Irene, born Dec. 6, 1872, and died
Sept. 8, 1876. Mr. Moon and his wife are
members of the Universalist Church. He is an earnest
worker in the Grange enterprise. He served his chosen
order as Secretary two terms, Master one term and Overseer one
term.
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HARRISON MULLIN, farmer, P. O. Harveysburg,
was born Feb. 17, 1847. in Warren County, Clear Creek Township;
is the son of Nathan and Mary Ann Mullin. He was
reared on a farm; received but a limited education; was married,
Sept. 11, 1873, to Miss Eva L. Harlan, born July 14,
1854, daughter of Nathaniel and Lydia Harlan. This
union has been blessed with one child, viz., Milo M.
In his political views, he is a Republican. In 1873,
he removed to the farm at present occupied by him, about two
miles southwest of Oakland Village. He believes in
supporting every enterprise which would be of interest to the
county or township, and is the owner of 150 acres of land.
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