Brief Life History of James Orrin
When James Orrin Moon was born on 21 July 1898, in Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, United States, his father, Charles Walter Moon, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Emma Allen, was 26. He married Jean Marion Lambert in 1920, in Jackson, Missouri, United States. He lived in Fayette Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 19 September 1991, in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Floral Hills Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States.
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- J Orrin Moon, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: James Orrin Moon - Government record: Military record or discharge: birth-name: Orrin James Moon
- Orrin J Moon, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
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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