 Birth | August 5, 1838 27 21 |
 Census | June 1, 1840 (Age 21 months) |
 Birth of a brother | Sydney R Moon 1842 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Dewitt C Moon about 1845 (Age 6 years) Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 Census |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 7 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Jane Moon January 9, 1849 (Age 10 years) |
| Census | September 5, 1850 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Henry H Moon January 17, 1852 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Samuel Lee February 3, 1853 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Moon 1854 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Elizabeth A Moon March 9, 1859 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 18 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth A Moon April 30, 1860 (Age 21 years) |
| Census | June 15, 1860 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 22 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
 Marriage | Sarah Jane Milliser — View this family March 5, 1866 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 28 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 28 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Ann Thomas March 29, 1868 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 30 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 39 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a father | William Philips Moon August 11, 1891 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 59 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a mother | Malinda Lee August 14, 1899 (Age 61 years) |
 Death | March 18, 1916 (Age 77 years) |
| Obituary | George W Moon Obituary March 23, 1916 (5 days after death) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 77 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Moon Cemetery |