Brief Life History of Horace Greely
When Horace Greely Moon was born on 12 November 1829, in Oswego, Oswego, New York, United States, his father, Silas Moon, was 27 and his mother, Mary Polly Russell, was 29. He married Fanny M. Cochran on 26 July 1851, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Stow, Summit, Ohio, United States in 1880 and East Akron, Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States in 1900. He died on 12 May 1913, in Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Darrowville, Stow, Summit, Ohio, United States.
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- Horace G Moon, "United States Census, 1900"
- Horace Moon, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Horace G Moon, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
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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