Here are some maps and captions of where Henry lived throughout his life:
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Henry Moon kept a journal for a few months in 1860 while he was the bishop of the Salt Lake 1st Ward. Here are a few excerpts from that journal:
"Jan. 1st: In the morning met with several of the Bishops. Bishop Hunter presiding. Some other Brethren there too. We met in Historians office upper room in a circle meeting then went to tabernacle. Heard Bro. Kimball E Bridge preach at night. Went to our school house in the 1st ward. I counseled the Bm. [brethren] against getting drunk and to begin and do better and to teach their families the way of life. Bro. Adams opened the meeting by prayer. I closed the meeting by prayer. Came home. Prayed. Went to bed. So ended the first day of this year."
"Monday [March] 12th: Went to Pres. B. Young's office on business. I inquired of him if he had any counsel for me. He said he had lots for me. To do as I had done. Only as I learned more to act upon and that would enable me to do better."
"Attended conference commencing on the 6th of April 1860, also Fast Meeting on the 5th. It surely was a good time for the Saints. Many true and faithful testimonies was bore on Sunday the 8th. At night attended a Bishops Meeting in the Social Hall. President Bp. Hunter gave some good advice and was followed by President B. Young. He told us some good things. I hope I shall not forget. Showed the duty of a Bishop, told us the North gave up and the South must not keep back. Said we should go and build the Centre Stake of Zion as soon as we were ready."
"Sunday [April] 22nd: Went to the Tabernacle. Bro. Woodruff preached in the morning. Wooley, O. Hyde & President B. Young in the afternoon. P. B. Young gave good instructions on the government of families and good advice to the Elders going on missions. At night - ward meeting."
I love that I have this view into his life at this time. According to his journal, he traveled up to Farmington and back to Salt Lake most every week. Also he attended meetings multiple times a week. He was a very busy man with work, families, and bishop. Henry was a very faithful man who loved his family and loved God.
Source: Moon, Richard Nephi , Maureen Moon LaPray, and Louise Moon Thiebaud. The Family of Henry Moon Mormon Pioneer 1819-1894. Provo: Brigham Young University Printing Press, 2006.
"Jan. 1st: In the morning met with several of the Bishops. Bishop Hunter presiding. Some other Brethren there too. We met in Historians office upper room in a circle meeting then went to tabernacle. Heard Bro. Kimball E Bridge preach at night. Went to our school house in the 1st ward. I counseled the Bm. [brethren] against getting drunk and to begin and do better and to teach their families the way of life. Bro. Adams opened the meeting by prayer. I closed the meeting by prayer. Came home. Prayed. Went to bed. So ended the first day of this year."
"Monday [March] 12th: Went to Pres. B. Young's office on business. I inquired of him if he had any counsel for me. He said he had lots for me. To do as I had done. Only as I learned more to act upon and that would enable me to do better."
"Attended conference commencing on the 6th of April 1860, also Fast Meeting on the 5th. It surely was a good time for the Saints. Many true and faithful testimonies was bore on Sunday the 8th. At night attended a Bishops Meeting in the Social Hall. President Bp. Hunter gave some good advice and was followed by President B. Young. He told us some good things. I hope I shall not forget. Showed the duty of a Bishop, told us the North gave up and the South must not keep back. Said we should go and build the Centre Stake of Zion as soon as we were ready."
"Sunday [April] 22nd: Went to the Tabernacle. Bro. Woodruff preached in the morning. Wooley, O. Hyde & President B. Young in the afternoon. P. B. Young gave good instructions on the government of families and good advice to the Elders going on missions. At night - ward meeting."
I love that I have this view into his life at this time. According to his journal, he traveled up to Farmington and back to Salt Lake most every week. Also he attended meetings multiple times a week. He was a very busy man with work, families, and bishop. Henry was a very faithful man who loved his family and loved God.
Source: Moon, Richard Nephi , Maureen Moon LaPray, and Louise Moon Thiebaud. The Family of Henry Moon Mormon Pioneer 1819-1894. Provo: Brigham Young University Printing Press, 2006.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
At the death of his one of his wives, Henry Moon said:
"I am thankful today that I am as I am. My interest is in the Kingdom of God. We
ought to be concerned about the future state. We are only sent here on a mission. We
ought to fulfil that mission aright. It is no small thing to this generation—the mission of
Joseph Smith—and I realize it to some extent. How do you think I feel when I hear of
my own relations being so careless about so weighty a matter. It is your choice to go the
way of life or the way of death. You shall not be ignorant of what is going on while you
tabernacle in the flesh. I am for peace, right-eousness, happiness and every other principle that is for the happifying of the human family and to increase and grow in the
knowledge of the truth and to rise until I attain to the perfect stature of a man in Christ,
that is to fill an earth. How can that be done? By being faithful and obedient to those,
holding the holy Priesthood and keeping the commandments of God in all things. I
know that to be a Latter-day Saint and not have the spirit of it is a hard case, but if we
live it we shall have it. Although my mother I never knew, yet I shall see to her interest.
She will have a chance and everyone else since the Priesthood was taken from the earth.
Saviours shall stand on mount Zion in the last days. The work of God will roll on. No
power can stay His Hand. God rules, He has spoken from the heavens. His purposes will
be fulfilled. The meek shall inherit the earth. Be faithful ye Latter-day Saints. Your
redemption will come. You have been taught the way of life, walk therein. God bless the
honest and virtuous, and those that wish to do good."
What a powerful testimony and great wisdom for us: to keep the eternal perspective, be faithful and obedient to those holding the Priesthood, and keep the commandments. Henry Moon was a very righteous man and I am honored to be one of his many descendants.
Source: Moon, Richard Nephi, Maureen Moon LaPray, and Louise Moon Theibaud. The Family of Henry Moon Mormon Pioneer 1819-1894. Provo: Brigham Young University Printing Press, 2006.
"I am thankful today that I am as I am. My interest is in the Kingdom of God. We
ought to be concerned about the future state. We are only sent here on a mission. We
ought to fulfil that mission aright. It is no small thing to this generation—the mission of
Joseph Smith—and I realize it to some extent. How do you think I feel when I hear of
my own relations being so careless about so weighty a matter. It is your choice to go the
way of life or the way of death. You shall not be ignorant of what is going on while you
tabernacle in the flesh. I am for peace, right-eousness, happiness and every other principle that is for the happifying of the human family and to increase and grow in the
knowledge of the truth and to rise until I attain to the perfect stature of a man in Christ,
that is to fill an earth. How can that be done? By being faithful and obedient to those,
holding the holy Priesthood and keeping the commandments of God in all things. I
know that to be a Latter-day Saint and not have the spirit of it is a hard case, but if we
live it we shall have it. Although my mother I never knew, yet I shall see to her interest.
She will have a chance and everyone else since the Priesthood was taken from the earth.
Saviours shall stand on mount Zion in the last days. The work of God will roll on. No
power can stay His Hand. God rules, He has spoken from the heavens. His purposes will
be fulfilled. The meek shall inherit the earth. Be faithful ye Latter-day Saints. Your
redemption will come. You have been taught the way of life, walk therein. God bless the
honest and virtuous, and those that wish to do good."
What a powerful testimony and great wisdom for us: to keep the eternal perspective, be faithful and obedient to those holding the Priesthood, and keep the commandments. Henry Moon was a very righteous man and I am honored to be one of his many descendants.
Source: Moon, Richard Nephi, Maureen Moon LaPray, and Louise Moon Theibaud. The Family of Henry Moon Mormon Pioneer 1819-1894. Provo: Brigham Young University Printing Press, 2006.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Henry Moon in the US Census
Here is Henry in the 1850 Census with his wife Lydia and their two boys:
Here he is again in the 1870 Census with his second and third wives, Temperance and Mary Ann. Lydia had passed away by this time:
To some, these two Henrys would not seem to be the same man, however, they in fact are. He life changed dramatically between these two censuses in a way he would never had dreamed in 1850. It is so interesting to see him in the snapshots of his life though the use of census records.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Mary Ann Thayne Moon
Mary Ann Thayne is my great- great grandmother. She was born 27 Aug 1849 in Townsend, Ontario Canada. When she was 12, her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mary Ann and her 10 year old brother drove a team of oxen all the way to Iowa where the saints of the church had gathered. They waited there for the rest of their family to come, and together, made the last part of the journey to the Great Salt Lake.
Six years later, on 4 Jan 1868, she married Henry Moon who was still serving as bishop of the 1st ward at the time. Only six months after their marriage, Henry's 1st wife Lydia died, and Henry moved Temperance, Mary Ann, and their families to Farmington.
Together Mary Ann and Henry had 9 children, the youngest being Nephi, my great-grandfather. Mary-Ann lived her life for her children, and her first duties were to her children. Her oldest daughter said that "her children always felt secure in her presence." Mary Ann way always willing to give to others, even when they did not have much to begin with. No one was turned away from her door. She gave many travelers a place to stay and boarded the school teachers and took great care of them.
Mary Ann had many church callings including Primary President and Relief Society counselor. According to her daughter, Mary Ann never indulged in gossip or shady stories. She would always strive for the Lord's will and not her own.
When a father, Ernest White, lost his wife, Mary Ann took the children into her home and cared for them as if they were her own. When Henry died, Mary Ann was just 45 years old and five years later she married Ernest White.
Mary Ann passed away on 18 Oct 1927 in the home of her daughter, Amanda Duncan in Neola, Utah. She was buried in the Woodland City Cemetery. When she died he had 45 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
Source: Moon, Richard Nephi, Maureen Moon LaPray, and Louise Moon Theibaud. The Family of Henry Moon Mormon Pioneer 1819-1894. Provo: Brigham Young University Printing Press, 2006.
Six years later, on 4 Jan 1868, she married Henry Moon who was still serving as bishop of the 1st ward at the time. Only six months after their marriage, Henry's 1st wife Lydia died, and Henry moved Temperance, Mary Ann, and their families to Farmington.
Together Mary Ann and Henry had 9 children, the youngest being Nephi, my great-grandfather. Mary-Ann lived her life for her children, and her first duties were to her children. Her oldest daughter said that "her children always felt secure in her presence." Mary Ann way always willing to give to others, even when they did not have much to begin with. No one was turned away from her door. She gave many travelers a place to stay and boarded the school teachers and took great care of them.
Mary Ann had many church callings including Primary President and Relief Society counselor. According to her daughter, Mary Ann never indulged in gossip or shady stories. She would always strive for the Lord's will and not her own.
When a father, Ernest White, lost his wife, Mary Ann took the children into her home and cared for them as if they were her own. When Henry died, Mary Ann was just 45 years old and five years later she married Ernest White.
Mary Ann passed away on 18 Oct 1927 in the home of her daughter, Amanda Duncan in Neola, Utah. She was buried in the Woodland City Cemetery. When she died he had 45 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
Source: Moon, Richard Nephi, Maureen Moon LaPray, and Louise Moon Theibaud. The Family of Henry Moon Mormon Pioneer 1819-1894. Provo: Brigham Young University Printing Press, 2006.
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