Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Moon, Clinton Abner November 11, 1892 - May
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Moon, Clinton Abner, Newport, was born in the town of Russia, November 8, 1827.
the oldest son of Abner and Emily (Millington) Moon, the latter a native of 
Russia, and a daughter of Jonathan and Susannah Millington, who were members 
and active workers in the Methodist church. Our subject attended school and 
prepared for college at Fairfield. He graduated from Union College at 
Schenectady, class of 1853. He then taught several terms and studied law in 
Newport with John A. Wooster. He married Frances M., daughter of Christopher 
Hawkins. Their two children are Jessie, wife of Frederick Holton, and Annie. 
Mrs. Moon died May 28, 1890, and he married second Harriet F. Gray of Rome, N. 
Y., a daughter of Col. Timothy Harvey Ferris and Eliza (Salisbury) Ferris, who 
were residents of Prospect, Oneida county, N. Y.  Mr. Moon died May 11, 1892. 
He was a Universalist, and a Republican in politics. During the late war he 
enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment, Company C, and was 
captain of his company, but received an honorable discharge on account of 
poor health. He held numerous offices in his town, including that of district
attorney and supervisor.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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