Brief Life History of Pleasant
When Pleasant Moon was born on 20 May 1819, in Clark Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States, his father, Joseph Daniel Moon, was 27 and his mother, Rachel Hockett, was 20. He married Hulda Pike on 24 December 1838, in Highland, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 12 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Washington Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States in 1880. He died on 15 July 1884, in Lynchburg, Highland, Ohio, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Martinsville, Clark Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (21)
- Pleasant Moone, "United States Census, 1860"
- Pleasant Moon in entry for Arthur Moon, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Pleasant Moon, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
Spouse and Children
1819–1884 Male
1817–1863 Female
Children (16)
1840–1886 Female
1841–1841 Male
1842–1853 Male
1842–1922 Male
1843–1864 Male
+11 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1791–1845 Male
1798–1879 Female
Siblings (12)
1819–1884 Male
1820–1882 Male
1822–1842 Male
1824– Female
1825–1896 Male
+7 More Children
World Events (7)
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 1
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
Age 17
1846
Age 27
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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