Thursday, June 19, 2014

William Mark Moon.

Picture publish date 1908.
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William Mark Moon.

Birth: January 30, 1848.
Death; April 14, 1935.

Burial; Aubry, Cemetery, Aubry, Johnson County, Kansas.
Buried next to his wife, Ella M. Moon.

WILLIAM MARK MOON, farmer, P. O. Aubry, was born in Medina county, Ohio, January 30, 1848. In 1855 his parents emigrated to Grundy County, Ill., where the subject of our sketch was reared on a farm. In 1868 he came to Johnson County, Kan., located in Aubry, and has since given his attention to farming and raising stock. His farm consists of 215 acres, 165 of which are under cultivation. Mr. Moon was married in Aubry in June, 1871, to Ella Turner, a native of Ohio. They have three children - Florence E., Roland, and Lena M.

His farm was called Willow Dale Farm. His first post office address was Aubry,Kansas, later it was Stillwell, Kansas, both towns are within 3 miles west of the farm.

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