Frederick W. Moody Biography
Scope and Contents
Collection contains a typescript of Moody's memoirs; mentions Col. George Daniel Boone, Jim Bridger, Col. Bent, P.T. Barnum and Tom Thumb. Also includes letter of transmittal (1989) to DPL.
Dates
- 1932, 1989
Creator
- Moody, Frederick W.,fl. 1860. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Copyright
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Biographical / Historical
Frederick W. Moody was born in Hampshire County, England on January 10, 1842. He emigrated with his family to America in 1857 and then travelled to Kansas. Moody married Hattie W. Owens (1842-1923) on June 27, 1869 in Pulaski, Ken. The couple had 5 children before moving to Calif. Moody died in Phoenix, Ariz. on May 24, 1937 and is buried in the Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Calif.
Extent
1 envelope(s)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Virginia Moody, 1989.
- Diaries Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado -- Archives. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Description rules
- Anglo American Cataloguing Rules
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
