Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Moon, William H.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Lower Makefield Township


   WILLIAM H. MOON owner and proprietor of Glenwood 
nurseries, P.O. Morrisville, son of Mahlon and Jane (Craft) 
Moon, was born in Falls township in 1849.  His father and 
mother were of English descent, the former being a native of 
Falls township and the latter of New Jersey.  His father was 
a nurseryman and one of the most prominent men in that 
business in the state.  He commenced business in 1839 and 
died in 1887.  His nursery was in Falls township and is now 
conducted by his son, Samuel C. Moon.  The Glenwood 
nurseries are in Lower Makefield township, near Morrisville, 
about a mile from Trenton, N. J.  One of General 
Washington's headquarters were on this farm and Mr. Moon now 
occupies the old stone building as an office.  Mr. Moon's is 
one of the leading and most extensive nurseries in the 
state.  He has a large shipping trade, shipping goods to 
every state in the Union and to Canada.  He is the oldest of 
a family of four children.  He attended school in his native 
township, a boarding school and a commercial college at 
Trenton, N. J.  In 1875 he married Ellen M., daughter of 
Jesse W. Taylor, of Philadelphia.  They have three children: 
 Edith C., Henry T. and James E.   They are members of the 
Society of Friends.  Mr. Moon was a school director nine 
years.