Richard MOON
BIRTH: Roserae/Roscrae, Tipperary, Iowa SOURCES: 1. 1885 Census Cedar County, Iowa - Red Oak Township 2. Moon Family Genealogy - Bible Record 3. Records of Ona Miller, grandaughter of Richard 4. Obituaries - husband and wife, ch #8, #5 NOTES: Richard enlisted in the Civil War 15 Aug 1862, age 19, Company C, 24th Iowa.
SOURCES: 1. Obituaries 2. Family Records 3. Marriage Certificate of husband and wife 4. Death Certificate ch #1 BURIAL: Buried at Red Oak Cemetery, Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa
SOURCES: 1. Obituary of wife & ch #2 2. Moon Family Genealogy NOTES: Charles lived in California since 1924
DEATH: Died at Villa Nursing Home in McHenry Shores BURIAL: Buried at Rose Hill Cemetery
He married Roseanna Catherine Sisler 5 Sep 1867 at Fairfield, Cedar, Iowa . Roseanna Catherine Sisler was born at Blair, Pennsylvania 28 Aug 1849 daughter of Samuel Sisler and Catherine Litzel .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Emma Jane Moon
born 5 Sep 1868.
David Maurice Moon
born 16 Jun 1871.
Etta Mae Moon
born 29 Sep 1875.
Charles Hovey Moon
born 11 Sep 1877.
Agnes Adelaide Moon
born 23 Jul 1879.
Blanche Aletha Moon
born 28 Nov 1884.
Dove Winona Moon
born 20 Jul 1886.
Lola Roberta Moon
born 31 Mar 1889.
Richard Moon died 5 Sep 1905 at Near Wald, Cedar, Iowa .
Roseanna Catherine Sisler died 24 Sep 1933 at Stanwood, Cedar, Iowa .