My Genealogy Hound

PETER J. MOON. The ancestors of the subject of this sketch figured conspicuously in the wars that antedated and that out of which was born the Republic which has been and is the wonder of political organizations in the world’s history. His paternal grandfather served with distinction in the French and Indian wars; the grandfather, William Moon, a native of New York, was a Revolutionary patriot, and died at the age of seventy-seven, from a wound received in the war of independence. The father, Philip Moon, was a farmer, removing to Michigan in 1828, being one of the pioneers of that state, where he died at the ripe age of eighty.

Peter J. Moon was born in New York, May 7, 1818. His mother, whose maiden name was Charlotte Johnson, was a native of Vermont and died in Michigan. He began his career as a farmer in the Lake State. In 1880, he came to Nebraska, settling in Phelps county. Was married June 9, 1839, to Miss Harriet Tomlinson. She died April 4, 1881, and was buried in Harlan county, this state, leaving surviving her venerable husband and six children to mourn her loss. Mr. Moon is one of Phelps county’s respected citizens. He is justly proud of the glorious achievements of his ancestors. In politics he is a democrat of the Jackson school. He is now in his seventy-third year, having lived out the time allotted to man — three score and ten years. Although healthy and vigorous for one of his age, yet in the nature of things he will not long survive the inevitable decree that awaits us all. Three quarters of a century, happy, peaceful years, lie behind him, and ere long he must emigrate to that unknown country to meet again the beloved wife of his youth and the solace of his declining years.