Sydney R MoonAge: 81 years1842–1923
- Name
- Sydney R Moon
- Given names
- Sydney R
- Surname
- Moon
 Birth | 1842 30 25 |
 Birth of a brother | Dewitt C Moon about 1845 (Age 3 years) Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 Census |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 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 7 years) |
 Census | September 5, 1850 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Henry H Moon January 17, 1852 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Samuel Lee February 3, 1853 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Moon 1854 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Elizabeth A Moon March 9, 1859 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 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 18 years) |
| Census | June 15, 1860 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 19 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 | Minerva “Minnie” Walters — View this family August 17, 1867 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 25 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 25 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 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 27 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 36 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 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 56 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 57 years) |
| Death of a brother | George W Moon March 18, 1916 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 74 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Ellen Moon January 3, 1917 (Age 75 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 75 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 76 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Obituary | Sydney R Moon Obituary September 18, 1923 (Age 81 years) |
 Death | September 20, 1923 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rochester IOOF Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Philips Moon Birth: March 5, 1811 — Blenheim, Schoharie, New York, United States Death: August 11, 1891 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Malinda Lee Birth: October 12, 1816 33 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 14, 1899 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: November 14, 1833 — Butler, Ohio, United States |
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14 months elder sister |
Sarah Ellen Moon Birth: December 30, 1834 23 18 — Ohio, United States Death: January 3, 1917 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
George W Moon Birth: August 5, 1838 27 21 — Marion, Ohio, United States Death: March 18, 1916 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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4 years himself |
Sydney R Moon Birth: 1842 30 25 — Ohio, United States Death: September 20, 1923 — Indiana, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Dewitt C Moon Birth: about 1845 33 28 — Ohio, United States Death: about 1929 — Indiana, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Mary Jane Moon Birth: January 9, 1849 37 32 — Indiana, United States Death: March 13, 1930 — Aubbeenaubbee, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Henry H Moon Birth: January 17, 1852 40 35 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: July 7, 1936 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
William Moon Birth: 1854 42 37 — Indiana, United States Death: March 3, 1928 — Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Elizabeth A Moon Birth: March 9, 1859 48 42 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: April 30, 1860 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| Family with Minerva “Minnie” Walters |
| himself |
Sydney R Moon Birth: 1842 30 25 — Ohio, United States Death: September 20, 1923 — Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Minerva “Minnie” Walters Birth: 1846 — Ohio, United States Death: February 5, 1940 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: August 17, 1867 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
Sydney R Moon has 18 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (18)
Parents Jonas Clark Sr + Sarah Price Lee
Parents Samuel T Lee + Louisa Addington
Parents Joseph Norris Hendrickson + Marcy Jane Lee
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - William Philips Moon - Household
Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - William Philips Moon - Household
Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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