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Below is a sample of a family biography
included in the Biographical and Historical
Memoirs of Ouachita County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed in 1890.
These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing
ancestors or filling in the details in a family tree. Family biographies often
include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.
Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place
of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including
maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if
married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service,
church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often
ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical
record.
John W. Moon, one of the best known farmers of Marion Township,
was born in Madison County, Ala., May 25, 1836, a son of Jackson and Sarah
(Moon) Moon, also natives of Madison County, the former born in 1814, a son of
John and Mary (Lewis) Moon. John Moon was born in Pennsylvania in 1789, and
was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was with Gen. Jackson, at the battle of
New Orleans. He was a son of John and Mary (Horn) Moon, the former of whom was
a son of a Quaker (to which sect all of his ancestors belonged), of English
descent, who resided in Pennsylvania. He and six brothers enlisted in the
Revolutionary War, contrary to the creed of the Quaker religion, for which
they were ex-communicated. Mary Horn (the great-grandmother of our subject)
was a daughter of John Hoof, of Pennsylvania. She died at the advanced age of
one hundred and twelve, when the subject of this sketch was five years old.
Jackson Moon was an old planter of Alabama, owning several hundred acres of
land and a number of slaves. He was married to the mother of our subject in
1835. She was the daughter of Joshua and Sarah (Perkins) Moon, the latter
lived to be ninety-seven years of age. The results of this union were two
children, John W. and Nathaniel J., whose death was caused by falling from a
wagon in 3858. The father died May 31, 1839, and his widow after ward married
Mr. W. C. Renfroe, of Alabama, and lived until 1870, dying in Texas. The
subject of this sketch was reared on a farm in Alabama until 1849, when his
mother and stepfather moved to Arkansas, locating in this county. When he was
eighteen years of age he commenced working for himself at farm labor, and also
by working in a grist and saw mill in Bridge Creek Township. He was married on
September 15, 1866, to Elexa Frances Tyson, who was born in Henry County,
Tenn., in 1846, a daughter of Uriah and Sarah M. (Lewis) Tyson, natives of
Tennessee. The fruits of this union have been nine children, all living, viz.:
William Uriah (teaching school and living at home), James N., John R., Sarah
A., Samuel E., Mary F., Martha B., Van T., and Clara L. Mr. Moon owns 647
acres of land, of which 220 acres are under cultivation, and devotes his
attention chiefly to the cultivation of cotton and corn. He is also engaged in
raising horses and cattle. Mrs. Moon is a consistent member of the Missionary
Baptist Church. Socially Mr. Moon is a member of the Masonic order, and
politically, belongs to the Democratic party. He takes a great interest in
politics, and is well known throughout the county, where he is highly
respected. Mr. Moon enlisted in June, 1861, in the Third Arkansas Cavalry, in
which he served until the close of the war, through which he was color-bearer,
and held the rank of third lieutenant. The principal battles in which he
participated were: Thompson's Station, Corinth, Iuka, Knoxville, Chickamauga,
Atlanta, and others, following Sherman to the sea, east battle of John son's
army at Smithville. He was wounded at Thompson's Station in the back of the
neck, and returned home November 10, 1865. He was in all of the battles of his
brigade, with the exception of the skirmishes. He carried the colors of his
regiment through the last three years of the war, and had two flags shot to
pieces in his hands, and many narrow escapes.
This family biography is one of 91 biographies
included in the Biographical and
Historical Memoirs of Ouachita County, Arkansas published
in 1890. For the complete description, click here:
Ouachita County Arkansas History,
Genealogy and Maps
View additional Ouachita County,
Arkansas biographies here:
Ouachita County, Arkansas Genealogy
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