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Born 1804, Sevier County
From The history of Clinton County, Ohio (1882)
WILLIAM R. MOON, farmer, P. 0. 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, were 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 “ loglollings ” and “ house-raising.” 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, 18x22 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 January 29, 1829, to Emily U. Roberts; Mrs. Moon is a daughter of Moses and Anna (Brannaman) Roberts. She was born in Knox County, Tenn., April 12, 1810. Five children were born to bless their union — Martin H., John R., Servetus 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. 0. 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.
As printed in The history of Clinton County, Ohio (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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