Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Moon, Erastus February 14, 1835 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Moon, Erastus, Russia, is a native of Russia, born February 14, 1835, a son of 
Jefferson and Martha Moon, mentioned elsewhere in this work. He was reared in 
Cold Brook, and educated in the public schools. In 1861 he married Catharine 
Hilton, a native of Ephratah, N. Y., and a daughter of Joseph and Betsey 
(Allen) Hilton, of Luzerne, N. Y., where Mr. Hilton was born. Mrs. Hilton was 
born in Rochester, N.Y.  Mr. Hilton was an early settler of Fulton county, 
where he lived for many years. They had two sons and eleven daughters, Mrs. 
Hilton died in Ephratah, and for the last thirty years Mr. Hilton has resided 
with his daughter at Cold Brook. Two sons have been born to Mr. Moon and wife, 
William J. and Samuel E., who during the last three years have been engaged in 
the grocery business at Cold Brook, the firm being known as Moon Bros.  Mr. 
Moon has always been a Republican.


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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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