Benjamin Moon

Name Variants
Ben Moore
Person ID
145040
About
Black Male born in 1845
Census Records
YearNameRelation to HeadAddressAgeRacePOBMarriageOccupation
1870Moore, Ben26BlackSouth CarolinaLaborer
1880Moon, BenjaminHead152 W Green St33BlackVirginiaMarriedLaborer
Relatives in 1870 US Census
NameRelation to HeadAddressAgeRacePOBMarriageOccupation
Moore, Pheba21BlackSouth CarolinaNone
Moore, Hattie4moBlackNew YorkNone
Relatives in 1880 US Census
NameRelation to HeadAddressAgeRacePOBMarriageOccupation
Moon, PhebaWife152 W Green St27MulattoNew YorkMarriedKeeping House
Moon, HattieDaughter152 W Green St9MulattoNew YorkSingleNone
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Benjamin Moon, laborer, h 34 Madison
-last entry for Benjamin Moon in the Ithaca Directory

Dwelling No. 90, Dwelling material Frame, Dwelling value $900, Family No. 110
Benjamin Moore, 29, male, Black, [Head], place of birth Virginia, married, occupation laborer, native voter, over age 21 and cannot read or write
Phoebe M Moore, 33, female, Mulatto, Wife, place of birth Oneida County, NY, married, occupation house-keeping
Hattie Moore, 5, female, Mulatto, Child, place of birth Tompkins County, NY
Mary Miller, 53, female, Mulatto, Mother-in-Law, place of birth Oneida County, NY, widowed, occupation cooking, over age 21 and cannot read

1875 NY State Census of the 1st Election District of Ithaca, Tompkins County, NY, June 1, 1875, page 11, lines 33-36

Benjamin Moon, (col'd) laborer, h. 110 W. Green

Ithaca Directory and Tompkins County Business Directory, 1872
Ithaca Democrat Steam Print, Ithaca, NY

 Benjamin Moon's brother was Henry W. Moon.

"A New Year Tragedy," Ithaca Daily Journal, January 2, 1896, 3, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18960102-01.1.3