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Notes for Seth G Moon

Madison County Town Clerk, Wampsville, NY. Civil War Veterans of Madison Co. NY

Seth Moon enlisted March 5, 1877, age of 47, in Company H of the 22nd New York Calvary

Source: letter from daughter Elsie to Dal, dated February 10, 1977, "He was 5'6" tall, fair complexion and light hair, blue eyes."
Census of 1850 shows a laborer named Seth Moon aged 20 Living with Amos Bridge in Stockbridge, Madison County, New York
And Seth age 20 living with Maria Moon in Smithfield, Madison County, New York

Census 1855 town of Smithville, NY

1860 Census, Petersboro, New York, Seth, 29, day laborer, b NY, 437 real estate, 157 personal property

Dec 31, 1863 Seth enrolled at Peterboro for 3 years as a Private, Co H, 22 Reg't N. Y. Cavalry his age was listed as 35 when he mustered in on February 2, 1864 at Rochester, NY
Appears of the Jan & Feb 1864 company muster roll, March & April and May & June muster not stated present or absent, July & August and September & October listed absent "sick in hospital", November & December dropped from roll.
December 21 to April 30, 1865, listed as present, May & June 1865 present, appears on Muster-out Roll dated Winchester, Virginia, August 1, 1865



One of the early villages of this section was Ellinwood Hollow - later known as Siloam. It is located in the township of Smithfield (named after Peter Smith), and it is pleasantly situated on the banks of the Cowaselon Creek about ten miles south of Oneida. This creek, which originates from a group of springs south of the town, meanders down the valley in a generally north-westerly direction, to flow into the Canaseraga Creek; which, in turn, empties into Oneida Lake. The rolling hills of glacial origin form the eastern and western extremities of the village. ... Another of the three generation families were the Rices who lived just off the Siloam-Peterboro Road. Jesse Rice, Sr., had two sons - John and Joseph Rice. John took over the home place. Brother Joseph settled nearby. Now Frank, John's son, lives there with his wife - the former Mary Moon. Her father - Freemont Moon - lived up the Stockbridge Hill Road with his family. Leslie Parkhurst, a hunchback, lived with them. Her grandparents were Seth and Sabrina Moon, early settlers in the village.
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