Biography of Harvey Moody, page 691.  History of De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Harvey Moody, one of the most successful and prominent farmer, now retired, 
of De Kalb County, was born in Pennsylvania, Aug. 14, 1818, the fifth of 
thirteen children of Daniel and Mary Ann (Davis ) Moody, and grandson of 
Peter Moody who came to the United States from Germany in an early day.  
In 1824 Daniel Moody moved with his family to Richland (now Morrow) County, 
Ohio, and in 1836 to De Kalb County, Ind., and entered eighty acres and 
bought forty, which he improved and made his home till his death at the age 
of eighty-four years.  He and his wife were member of the  Presbyterian 
church in early life, but after their removal to De Kalb County united with 
the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically he affiliated with the Democratic 
party.  Harvey Moody remained with his parents till twenty-four years of age. 
He entered from the government the land on which the village of Corunna, 
Richland Township, is now located, which he exchanged for eighty acres in 
the same township, which he improved and subsequently sold and bought the  
farm which he now owns in Keyser Township. In 1877 he retired from active 
farm life and moved to the city of Garrett.  Mr. Moody was married Oct. 
10, 1843, to Elizabeth De Witt, who died in May, 1848.  They had three 
children, but one of whom is living---Marcus H.   Ann and Delilah are 
deceased.  Mr. Moody was married May 31, 1850, to Azuba Axtell, a native 
of Knox County, Ohio, an to them were born four children---William A., Ann 
(deceased), Maria, and Lenora E.  Mrs. Moody died in 1856.  Feb. 25, 1858, 
Mr. Moody married Mary Melvin, of Summit County, Ohio.  They have three 
children---Daniel H., Phoebe A., and Saloma T.    Politically, Mr. Moody 
is a Democrat.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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