When James Burrus Moon was born on 19 March 1840, in Clinton, Ohio, United States, his father, John Ezra Moon, was 23 and his mother, Sarah B Jones, was 24. He married Margaret Ann Harley on 9 February 1860, in Shelby, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Shelby, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Cold Spring Township, Shelby, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 12 May 1921, in Herrick, Shelby, Illinois, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Herrick, Shelby, Illinois, United States.
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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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