Brief Life History of Samuel Jonas
When Samuel Jonas Moon was born on 3 March 1875, in Booneville, Logan, Arkansas, United States, his father, Thomas Jonas Moon, was 30 and his mother, Nancy Matilda Maddux, was 24. He married Luella Barnett on 16 November 1897, in Logan, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Tillman, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Haskell Township, Tillman, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. He died on 14 January 1957, in Grandfield, Tillman, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Frederick Cemetery, Tillman, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Samuel J Moon, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Samuel Jonas Moon - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Samuel Jonas Moon
- S J Moon, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
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1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded
The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
Irish: variant of Mohan .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Moyon in La Manche. Compare Mounce .
Americanized form of German Mohn or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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