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Joseph Moon was one of the first settlers on English Ridge, having come there in the fall of 1855. He had previously entered land on section 27. He has cleared a good farm and erected a neat frame house, in which he is now living. He is a native of England, born in Cambridgeshire, in May, 1812. He was reared to agricultural pursuits, and in 1835 was married to Sarah Richards, also a native of Cambridgeshire, born in June, 1815. In 1851 they left their native land for America, taking passage in a sailing vessel. They were six weeks in crossing the ocean, and landed in New York in December of that year. They spent the winter in Buffalo; and removed to Wisconsin in the spring. He rented a farm in Walworth county, where they remained until 1855, then came to Richland county. Nine children have been born to them, four of whom are now living --- Maria, (now the wife of William Minett), John R, William and Arthur. Mrs. Moon died June 18, 1880. Their son, William, was born in Cambridgeshire, England, Aug. 7, 1845, and came to Richland county with his parents and lived with them until the time of his marriage in 1874 to Sarah McKy, who was born in Tippecanoe Co., Ind. They have three children --- Nellie Z, Jay W and Louie C.
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