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Moon, Simon (Jr.) (Dr.)

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Last Name Moon
First Name Simon (Jr.) (Dr.)
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Death Date 11/30/1878
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Obituary Source Martinsville Republican, Dec. 5, 1878
Source Information Cemetery index
Cemetery Bethel Friends
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Spouse Lydia Harvey (died April 1878)
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Other Age 92 years, 7 months, and 24 days. Born May 24, 1786. "Another of the early pioneers has gone to his resting place, in the person of Simon Moon, who was 94 years of age. He was known forty or fifty years ago as Dr. Moon. He lived three miles east of Gasburg, in the Bethel neighborhood." [From the Diary of Elam Harvey for Nov. 30, 1878: "Uncle Simon Moon died this afternoon with a cancer in his head. He is very old."] Born in Guilford Co., N.C.; son of Simon and Judith Reeves Moon. Married on Oct. 21, 1815. Father of: Nancy, Lorenzo Dowe, Milo Harvey, Eli Stanfield, William Riley, Elmina, and Anson H. Moon. [According to Almira Harvey Hadley's book, "A Brief History of Mooresville and Vicinity": "Simon Moon was an herb doctor who practiced in the country south and southwest of town...[He] was a fine specimen of pioneer life and a great lover of nature and children were very fond of him."
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