Bio of MOON, Everett (b.1861), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol II, pg 195
EVERETT MOON
From 1887 until his demise Everett Moon practiced law in Minneapolis and was
accorded a place among the leading attorneys of the city. His birth occurred at
Fallsington, Pennsylvania, on the 2d ofFebruary, 1861, his parents being James
H. and Elizabeth B. (Balderston) Moon, who were also natives of the Keystone
state. During his active career James H. Moon was successfully engaged in
business as a farmer and a dealer in real estate.
Everett Moon, who was the fourth in order of birth in his father's family,
obtained his education in a denominational school of the Friends near
Philadelphia and subsequently enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania, from
which institution he was graduated with the LL. B. degree in 1887. Immediately
thereafter he came to Minneapolis and opened an office for the practice of his
chosen profession here, enjoying an extensive and representative clientage to
the time when death terminated his labors. In 1881-82 Everett Moon took passage
in a sailing vessel and visited Australia, China and Japan.
Mr. Moon was a member of the Friends church of Philadelphia and following the
custom of his people led a quiet life. He was a stanch supporter of the
republican party and along professional lines held membership in the Minneapolis
Bar Association. Mr. Moon was a man of high intellectual attainments, was a
great lover of literature and studied and read famous works in several
languages. During the years of residence in Minneapolis he made many friends and
his infuence was ever on the side of advancement and improvement.