1. The date is based on a picture of his gravestone provided to me by Richard Lanham. John Moon, 1850 U.S. Population Schedule, Upper Okaw, Coles County, Illinois, sheet 52, family 69, dwelling 69, Micropublication M432, roll 101, National Archives, Washington, DC (hereafter cited as John Moon, 1850 Coles Co., IL).
2. The date of death information comes from a picture of his gravestone supplied to me by Richard Lanham.
3. This date is based on the fact that a possible daughter of their's lists her age as 32 in the 1850 census.
4. John Moon, 1850 Coles Co., IL.
5. In addition to his son George Moon, John MOON listed his son Abram (Abraham?) as executor as well.
6. This date is based only on the fact that a Nancy WOOD appears next door to the family of John MOON in the 1850 Coles County, IL census (p. 52). And we have reason to believe that Nancy did indeed marry a WOOD based on the 1860 Piatt County entry which shows Catharine MOON (Nancy's mother) living with two small girls with the surname of WOOD.
7. John Moon, 1850 Coles Co., IL.
8. This date is an estimate, based on the marriage of Nancy's sister Sarah. Only thing that is known, based on the probate of father John MOON is that Nancy did marry a WOOD.
9. Eli Wood, 1850 U.S. Population Schedule, Upper Okaw, Coles County, Illinois, sheet 52, family 68, dwelling 68, Micropublication M432, roll 101, National Archives, Washington, DC (hereafter cited as Eli Wood, 1850 Coles Co., IL).
10. George Moon, 1850 U.S. Population Schedule, Upper Okaw, Coles County, Illinois, sheets 52 and 53, family 71, dwelling 71, Micropublication M432, roll 101, National Archives, Washington, DC (hereafter cited as George Moon, 1850 Coles Co., IL).
11. Rick Lanham Rhonda McClure. 10 Oct 1993 R.LANHAM on GEnie Network. In possession of Rhonda McClure, St. Cloud, FL (1995). (hereafter cited as Rick Lanham, GRT 931010 #109).
12. His birth year is based on the age he was in 1886 when he married in Douglas County, IL.
13. Abraham Moon & Sarah E. Hinds (nee Prather), Certificate of Marriage, 25 Feb 1886, Reg. 2: 95, County Clerk's Office, Douglas County, Illinois (hereafter cited as Abraham Moon, Marriage Cert.).
14. Rick Lanham Rhonda McClure. 10 Oct 1993 R.LANHAM on GEnie Network. In possession of Rhonda McClure, St. Cloud, FL (1995). (hereafter cited as Rick Lanham, GRT 931010 #110).
15. Rick Lanham Rhonda McClure. 1 Dec 1993 R.LANHAM on GEnie Network. In possession of Rhonda McClure, St. Cloud, FL (1995). (hereafter cited as Rick Lanham, GRT 931201 #128).
16. Ibid.
17. John Moon, 1850 Coles Co., IL; and Rick Lanham Rhonda McClure. 23 Feb 1995 Internet Address - [email protected]. In possession of Rhonda McClure (1995). (hereafter cited as Rick Lanham, GE Mail 950223 19:43).
18. John Moon, 1850 Coles Co., IL.
19. The date and place of the marriage of Jacob MOON to Temperance STANDERFER is based on the IGI, as given to me through message #43 in Topic 11, Category 35 of the Genealogy RoundTable on GEnie from Richard Lanham.
20. This birth is an approximation based on the fact that her brother Abraham was born in 1824 (known from his second marriage record) and that possible brother Jackson was born in 1833.
21. John Drew, 1850 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, Monroe County, Iowa, District 13, sheet number 326, dwelling number 358, family number 358, Micropublication M432, reel 187, National Archives, Washington, DC (hereafter cited as John Drew, 1850 Monroe Co., IA). There is a Benjamin F. STANDERFER found in the household of John DREW in Monroe County, Iowa. The family is as follows: 358 358 John DREW 59 M Farmer NC Temperance 58 F NC Frederick 20 M Farmer IL Madison 19 M IL Henry STANDERFER 15 M IL Mary 10 F IL Benjamin F. 16 M IL Who is Temperance? Was she married first to Archibald STANDERFER Jr.?
22. Birth Certificate, Moutrie County Courthouse, (hereafter cited as BC - Moutrie Co., IL).

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