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


WILLIAM L. MOON farmer, P.O. Morrisville, was born in Falls 
township, August 25, 1810, on the farm which he now owns, 
and which he also occupies.  He is a son of Daniel and Mercy 
(Lovett) Moon.  His parents were of English and German 
origin.  His paternal and maternal ancestors were among the 
early Quaker settlers of Penn's Manor.  Most of the male 
members of the family have been farmers.  William L. Moon 
was the oldest of a family of eight children, five of whom 
were boys.  He attended school in Penn's Manor, and has made 
farming his business.  He was married in 1839 to Elizabeth 
Y., daughter of Mahlon Williamson.  Their children are:  
Mercy, wife of Frank Neuschert; Georgianna, wife of Andrew 
Watson; and Libbie, wife of William Parry.  Mr. Moon is a 
republican.  He has been supervisor and overseer of the 
poor.  Financially he has been successful, and is the owner 
of one hundred and eighteen acres of well-improved land.