Allen Moon

Allen married Philanda White about 1865. Philanda was born on 2 Feb 1846 in Quebec, Canada; died on 28 Jul 1908 in South Bend, St Joseph County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Grace V Adams was born in Apr 1878 in Minnesota.
2. Bertha Moon was born on 27 Oct 1875 in Eagle Lake, Blue Earth County, Minnesota; died on 25 Sep 1876 in Eagle Lake, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.

Allen married Carrie Rachel Boyd in 1911 in South Bend, St Joseph County, Indiana. Carrie was born on 2 Jul 1858 in Lyme, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA; died on 11 Dec 1929 in Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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THE MIGRATION TO INDIANA In April of 1852 Samuel and Mary moved, with all their minor children from Ohio to Mississinewa MM near Marion, Indiana. Three of the older children were not a part of that move. Of the first, Ann, I have no information. Enos, the eldest son had married in Henry County, Indiana to Rachael Stanbrough and he, his wife and son Obediah followed his parents to Indiana very soon after they had left Ohio. Henry Presnall Moon, the second son, moved to Indiana as a single man but was married to Hannah Ann Brazington in Miami County, Indiana shortly after moving to Indiana. Both Henry P. and Hannah Ann were disowned by the Quakers in Indiana for marriage contrary to discipline and other offenses. Jeremiah, who had moved to Indiana with his parents, married Derinda Steward in Grant County, Indiana. This marriage was also contrary to discipline and Jeremiah was disowned by the Quakers. All of these older children were dropped from the Quaker records at this time, even though there are indications that Enos' membership may have been restored. This loss of connectivity with the Quaker records has greatly increased the difficulty of following the history of those thus affected. THE IOWA INTERLUDE None of these Moons stayed very long in Indiana. In 1856 Samuel and Mary with all their younger children, i.e. Hannah and those born later than she, moved to Salem, Iowa. Enos, Henry P. and Jeremiah went to Iowa with their families. All of these Moon family members resided in Cedar Township on the northern border of Lee County, Iowa and are listed in the Iowa State Census of 1856. This information is consistent with and in confirmation of the Quaker records. All of these family groups appear to have remained in Iowa until the early 1860's. Their daughter, Hannah, died in Lee County, Iowa in 1860 and was buried in Salem. Ruth married John Tease in Lee County in 1858. IMPORTANCE TO FAMILY HISTORY This family history has been developed in great detail because of its importance to the history of this line of the Moons in the Midwest. The movement of these families to the Southeast Minnesota area is, on a smaller scale, somewhat reminiscent of the migration of Joseph and Ann Moon to Ohio about 75 years earlier. The family of Samuel and Mary formed a base for the expansion of the family into the Minnesota, Iowa, and Dakota areas and on the West Coast. While there is currently very little information available concerning the later lives of Samuel and Mary's daughters, there is a great deal of information on the descendants of the sons. Both of these will be interesting areas for further sutdy. It will be most interesting to see to what extent it will be possible to document this later history.

Died:
Burgess Cemetery, Eagle Lake, Minnesota

Samuel married Mary Ann Presnall on 31 Mar 1825 in Duck Creek, Henry Co., Indiana. Mary (daughter of Daniel Presnell, Jr. and Pleasant Maudlin) was born on 19 Aug 1809 in Randolph, North Carolina, USA; died on 11 Dec 1883 in Eagle Lake, Blue Earth County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She married Samuel Moon, son of Daniel Moon and Ruth Hutson, 31 Mar 1825, in Henry Co., Indiana. Born, 10 Sep 1805, in Lost Creek, Jefferson Co., Tennessee. Died, 5 Apr 1885, in Eagle Lake, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota. Burial: Apr 1885, in Burgess Cemetery, Eagle Lake, Minnesota. I acquired the follwoing historical biography from Wendell Hansen of Keokuk Iowa, he recieved the information from Milton L. Moon. Samuel Moon, fifth son and seventh child of Daniel Moon and Ruth Hutson, was born in Jefferson County, Tennessee, (Lost Creek Monthly Meeting of Friends) on 10 Sep 1805. He moved with his parents to Clinton County, Ohio in 1808 and lived near Martinsville, initially being a member of the Fairfield Monthly Meeting of Friends and later transferring to the Newberry MM, Ohio. On 31 March 1825 he was married to Mary Presnall at Duck Creek MM located in what is now the town of Greensboro, Henry Co., Indiana. Mary Presnell, who was born on 19 August 1809, wsa the daughter of Daniel and Pleasant (Maudlin) Presnell who resided in Randolph County, North Carolina. After their marriage, Samuel and Mary returned to Clinton County, Ohio. It seems likely that they were farm people throughout their lives. Samuel and Mary had fourteen children for whom records have been found. Thirteen of them were born in the Clinton County, Ohio, area. Elvira Ann, the youngest, was born in Indiana.

THE MIGRATION TO INDIANA

In April of 1852 Samuel and Mary moved, with all their minor children from Ohio to Mississinewa MM near Marion, Indiana. Three of the older children were not a part of that move. Of the first, Ann, I have no information. Enos, the eldest son had married in Henry County, Indiana to Rachael Stanbrough and he, his wife and son Obediah followed his parents to Indiana very soon after they had left Ohio. Henry Presnall Moon, the second son, moved to Indiana as a single man but was married to Hannah Ann Brazington in Miami County, Indiana shortly after moving to Indiana. Both Henry P. and Hannah Ann were disowned by the Quakers in Indiana for marriage contrary to discipline and other offenses. Jeremiah, who had moved to Indiana with his parents, married Derinda Steward in Grant County, Indiana. This marriage was also contrary to discipline and Jeremiah was disowned by the Quakers. All of these older children were dropped from the Quaker records at this time, even though there are indications that Enos' membership may have been restored. This loss of connectivity with the Quaker records has greatly increased the difficulty of following the history of those thus affected.

THE IOWA INTERLUDE

None of these Moons stayed very long in Indiana. In 1856 Samuel and Mary with all their younger children, i.e. Hannah and those born later than she, moved to Salem, Iowa. Enos, Henry P. and Jeremiah went to Iowa with their families. All of these Moon family members resided in Cedar Township on the northern border of Lee County, Iowa and are listed in the Iowa State Census of 1856. This information is consistent with and in confirmation of the Quaker records. All of these family groups appear to have remained in Iowa until the early 1860's. Their daughter, Hannah, died in Lee County, Iowa in 1860 and was buried in Salem. Ruth married John Tease in Lee County in 1858.

IMPORTANCE TO FAMILY HISTORY

This family history has been developed in great detail because of its importance to the history of this line of the Moons in the Midwest. The movement of these families to the Southeast Minnesota area is, on a smaller scale, somewhat reminiscent of the migration of Joseph and Ann Moon to Ohio about 75 years earlier. The family of Samuel and Mary formed a base for the expansion of the family into the Minnesota, Iowa, and Dakota areas and on the West Coast. While there is currently very little information available concerning the later lives of Samuel and Mary's daughters, there is a great deal of information on the descendants of the sons. Both of these will be interesting areas for further sutdy. It will be most interesting to see to what extent it will be possible to document this later history. Children:

Daniel married Ruth Hutson on 29 Oct 1790 in Cane Creek M.M., Randolph Co., North Carolina. Ruth (daughter of Richard Hutson and Sarah Lamb, daughter of Charles Hudson and Martha Robertson) was born on 5 May 1770 in Cane Creek, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; died on 19 Jan 1852 in Newberry, Clinton, OH; was buried in Old West Fork Ce, Clinton, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

April 21, 1831 -- Regarding Daniel of Duck Creek; a preparatory meeting informed that he had been guilty of raising and circulating a slanderous report on an individual calculated to lower the credit and dignity of the Society.

July 21, 1831 -- Disowned.

August 25, 1831 -- Daniel appealed to the quarterly meeting.

June 20, 1832 -- The preparatory meeting complained of Daniel for using profane language and using spiritous liquor.

He was disowned on September 20, 1832.

Daniel married Pleasant Maudlin on 6 Jun 1804 in Back Creek, Randolph, North Carolina, USA. Pleasant (daughter of John Maudlin and Ann Newby) was born on 13 Jun 1784 in Perquimans, North Carolina, USA; died before 1860 in Henry, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Joseph, the fourth son of John and Mary, was born March 20, 1750 on Deep River, Randolph County, NC. About 1770 he married Ann Brown, daughter of Grace (Thompson) Brown and Daniel Brown, a Quaker preacher. Ann was born in Virginia, January 22, 1755. Joseph and Ann had thirteen children. (Data on these families found in the "Short History of the Moon Family").

They lived in Randolph County, NC. In 1796 Joseph and Ann and their children, some of whom had married by then, left North Carolina and went to Jefferson County, Tennessee, East of Knoxville about 20 miles, where they lived for several years. It was here that James, son of William and Jane, was born. In 1802, Joseph bought about 200 acres of land from John Chester in Jefferson Co, TN. However it was slave territory and since Quakers were opposed to slavery they moved north and formed a colony near Martinsville, in what was Highland County but is now Clinton County, Ohio.

Two sons, Daniel and Joseph, and their families were the first to leave Tennessee, in the spring of 1808. Autumn of the next year the father and mother, Joseph and Ann, with their younger children, and two sons William and Jesse and their families went to Ohio. By 1811 the rest of the family had followed to join the colony which, with their coming, numbered 55 persons - 34 males and 21 females. They were the founders of what is now Clark Township, Clinton County, OH.

In this colony were many artisans as well as farmers. The Moons of that day were well equipped for life in a new community, with carpenters, coopers, harness makers, blacksmiths, cabinet makers, stone masons, saddlers, plasterers, mechanics, gunsmiths included in their number. William and Jesse Moon were well known for the quality of guns they made and they did an extensive business in that line. It is likely there was a preacher in the group. We know there have been many in religious and educational work since.

Ann Moon died August 31, 1824 and Joseph died April 14, 1832. They were buried in the Newberry Cemetery in back of the Newberry Quaker church at Martinsville, within shouting distance of the first homes of the Moons in Ohio. The inscriptions on the stones are still legible but we are told the stones need resetting.

From 1808 until 1811 Joseph, his wife and family, eleven sons and two daughters, moved to Ohio and settled about a mile or two east of Martinsville in what is now Clark Township. In all fifty-five persons, thirty-four males and twenty-one females made the journey to what proved to be the Promised Land.

Joseph died in Martinsville on the 14th day of the 4th month of 1838. He was 88 years and 25 days old. Ann died on the 31st day of the 8th month on 1824. She was 69 years and 7 months old. (Newborn Stone Records)


Buried:
Friends Cemetery

Joseph married Ann Brown on 13 Apr 1772 in Cane Creek, Randolph, North Carolina, USA. Ann (daughter of Daniel Brown and Grace Thompson) was born on 22 Jan 1755 in Virginia, USA; died on 31 Aug 1824 in Martinsville, Clinton, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Sarah Lamb in 1769 in Randolph, North Carolina, USA. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Lamb and Sarah Moore) was born in 1748 in Perquimans, North Carolina, USA; died in 1807 in Lost Creek, , Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Center Monthly Meeting of Guilford County, North Carolina was established in 1757. The Daniel Presnell family was associated with this Center Monthly Meeting prior to 1792. The minutes of this meeting were destroyed by fire in 1825.

Daniel Presnell appears on Jacob Shepard's List in Randolph County in 1779 (age 31), the year the county was formed. His worth is listed as 170 pounds.

The Back Creek, North Carolina Quaker Meeting (Randoloph County) was established in 1792 and the Pressnall family was associated with this group from its start.

The Back Creek Quaker records show:

June 25, 1797, Stephen, son of Daniel of Randolph County, married Hannah Rease.

March 7, 1798, Lydia, daughter of Daniel of Randolph County, married Nathan Hutson.

June 6, 1804, Daniel, son of Daniel and Martha of Randolph County, married Pleasant Modlin.

Daniel Presnell appears on Capt. Burn's District in the 1815 Tax List of Randolph County, and is listed as having 650 acres on Back Creek.

The Milford Quaker Meeting Minutes of Wayne County, Irdiana record the following:

March 26, 1825, A committee was appointed to inspect the situation of Daniel Pressnall Sr. and his wife and devise such methods for their relief as may appear necessary.

July 23, 1825, The committee reported that the matter of relief for Daniel Pressnall Sr. and his wife be discontinued and no longer be a meeting concern.

March 25, 1826, Daniel Preasnall Sr. of Back Creek and his wife report that they need immediate assistance of the Friends.

April 22, 1826, Twenty dollars was raised for the relief of Daniel Sr. and his wife.

Daniel married Martha in 1775 in Holly Spring, Wake Co., North Carolina. Martha was born in 1750 in Virginia, USA; died between 1786 and 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Ann Newby on 1 Feb 1769 in Perquimans, North Carolina, USA. Ann (daughter of William Newby and Jemima Newby) was born on 16 May 1750 in Perquimans, North Carolina, USA; died in 1846 in Henry, Indiana, USA; was buried in 1846 in Clear Springs, Henry Co., Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Clear Springs Friends Cemetery