Biography of Daniel D. Moody, pages 643/644.  Memorial Record of Northeastern 
Indiana, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1896.

	Hon. Daniel D. Moody. ---At  this point we are permitted to touch upon 
the life history of one who has honored and been honored by the people of 
his native county, ---Daniel D. Moody, present Clerk of De Kalb county, 
Indiana, his native county.
	He was born February 22, 1845, and is on of a family of eight 
children, three sons and five daughters. The first two born is this family 
were twins; one died in infancy and the other grew to womanhood and became 
the wife of James Hall, of De Kalb county. The next two, also twins are 
Adeline, wife of William H. Fair, and Daniel D., the subject of this 
article. Strange to relate, the next children also were twins; both grew 
to womanhood, and married brothers, Alexander and William Davie, and all 
live together in the same house, their home being in Iowa.  The two Mrs. 
Davies are so much alike in every respect that their most intimate friends 
are often mistaken in their identity.  The venerable father of this 
remarkable family, John R. Moody, was for many years one of the most 
prominent and active men in the county, carrying on extensive operations 
in farming and stock dealing.  He has reached the octogenarian rank and is 
now living practically retired.  Mr. Moody’s mother was before her marriage 
Miss Mary Ann Patterson, her father being Robert Patterson, of New York 
State.
	On his father’s farm Mr. Moody spent his boyhood days, and the 
district school, which he first entered as a pupil, had him a few years 
later for teacher, such rapid advancement did he make in his studies.  His 
higher education was obtained in the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor.  
After pursuing a select course there for one year, he took up the study of 
law, and graduated in the law department of the class of 1869. Immediately 
after his graduation he returned home and became associated in the practice 
of law with Mr. W. L. Penfield, like himself a graduate of the Michigan 
University. Equipped with a thorough training, natural ability, industry, 
and devotion to the profession, Mr. Moody entered the legal ranks with a 
determination to stop short of nothing but eminence, and the success he 
has achieved has equaled his most sanguine expectations.	
	Now, after more than twenty-five years of active professional life, 
we find him the proprietor of a beautiful home, surrounded with every 
evidence of culture and refinement, and with all that goes to make life 
worth living.  His home is presided over by his amiable and accomplished 
wife and made cheerful by the presence of a charming daughter and two sons.  
Mrs. Moody, nee Miss Clara F. Grube, is the only daughter of John Grube, 
and the date of their marriage was November 21, 1869; and in connection 
with the family history we may further state that Mr. and Mrs. Moody each 
had a grandfather who carried a flag in the war of 1812. When not occupied 
with his business cares, Mr. Moody finds his chief delight in his home and 
with his family. He has one of the finest law and literary libraries in 
northern Indiana, and the casual visitor to his home is apt to find him in 
the midst of his books, pursuing his favorite studies in poetry, history 
and Literary criticism.
	Personally, Mr. Moody is of medium size, had a piercing black eye, a 
dignified manner, and is always found to be genial and courteous.  His 
friendship is of that lasting kind that never knows what it is to desert a 
friend.  As a speaker, Mr. Moody has few equals. He is ready, forcible and 
fluent, has a clear, strong voice that is under perfect control, and his 
natural and easy delivery has a charm about it that is peculiar to himself.  
His tastes are cultivated and refined by an enthusiastic devotion to belles-
lettres, and this is indicated at once by the graceful and fluent diction 
of his extemporaneous speeches, a swell as in his more elaborate addresses 
on set occasions.  Firm and unflinching in his ideas of things, when he 
believes he is right on a proposition nothing can change his views.  In 
debate especially does he excel.
	All these qualities have not only contributed to Mr. Moody’s success 
as a lawyer, but also, when he was honored by a seat in the State 
Legislature, they placed him among the foremost rank of legislators and 
gained for him a popularity that is State-wide.  Mr. Moody was first 
elected to represent his county in the Legislature in 1880, at that time 
defeating Mr. Hopkins, a gentleman of great popularity, foreman of the 
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad shops located at Garrett. In 1882 he defeated 
Jerry Lewis, a prominent farmer of De Kalb county, and in 1884 was elected 
for a third term.  Few members have thus been honored by their fellow 
citizens, and nothing could more thoroughly testify to his worth and 
popularity.  His election to the office of County Clerk of De Kalb county 
was in 1894, and he has but recently entered upon the duties of this office. 
Mr. Moody is a Democrat.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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