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Born 1838
From The history of Clinton County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the (1882)
WYATT C. MOON, farmer, P. O. Farmers Station, son of Isaac and Edna (Smithson) Moon, was born in Clark Township March 30, 1838. He is the second son and third child of a family of four children. Ho attained his majority on his father’s farm, and received his education in tho common schools and Normal of Lebanon. He taught school two years, and engaged in farming and raising stock. ' In 1873, ho located on his present farm, which contains eighty-five acres. January 25, 1872, he married, in Lawrence County, In., Frances J. Turner, a daughter of Calvin and Matilda (Wilson) Turner. Mrs. Moon was born in Orange County, Ind., Novombcr 3, 1811. This marriage resulted in five children; of these four are living: Victor C., born September 30, 1874; Charlie T., born March 6, 1876; Estella M., born May 18, 1879, and an infant, born November 14, 1881; Irene, born December 6, 1872, and died September 8, 1876. Mr. Moon and his wife aro 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.
As printed in The history of Clinton County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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