Linda Ann Moone

Linda married Robert Dietzel Knotty Oak Baptist Church, Coventry, RI. Robert was born 8 Oct 1950, Methuen, MA. [Group Sheet]

1. Barbara Ann Dietzel was born 9 Jul 1969, Warwick, Kent County, RI.
2. Michael Dietzel was born 19 May 1972, Warwick, Kent County, RI.

Linda married Richard Eric Palazzo 27 Feb 1981, Sprague Mansion, Cranston, RI. Richard was born 18 Jun 1942, Providence, RI. [Group Sheet]

Lloyd married Evelyn May Potter 15 Mar 1947, Coventry, Kent Co., RI. Evelyn (daughter of Edward Potter and Mildred Young) was born 25 Jan 1923, Providence, Providence Co., RI; died 4 Jul 1984, Warwick, Kent County, RI; was buried , Oakland Cemetery, Maple St., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Benjamin married Lena May Whitford 18 Apr 1908, Coventry, Kent Co., RI. Lena (daughter of Charles Carmi WHITFORD and Harty Potter JOHNSON) was born 27 Nov 1875, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 22 Apr 1935, Coventry, Kent Co., RI; was buried 25 Apr 1935, Manchester Cemetery, Washington St., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

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I have a lovely portrait of her, taken when she was about 20, at Ye Rose Studio. This studio opened in 1886 at 385 Westminster St., Providence.

Edward — Mildred Young. [Group Sheet]

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In the Federal Census of 1860, the family is living at Coventry, Kent Co., RI: Benj Moon 34 RI manfr, Hannah M. 43 RI, Abby A. 8 RI, Harris 4 RI, and Martha Carr 67 RI.

In the Federal Census of 1870, the family is living at Coventry, Kent Co., RI: Benjamin Moon 42 RI cotton manufacturer, Hannah M. 52 RI, Abby A. 18 RI, and Harris 14 RI.

In the Federal Census of 1880, Benjamin Moon is age 55, a manufacturer, living at Coventry, Kent Co., RI; in the household with him are: Abbie Whitman 27 RI dtr, housekeeper; Mary Welch 16 MA servant; and Kate Golding 3 MA apprentice.

In the Federal Census of 1900, the family is living at Coventry, Kent Co., RI: Benjamin Moon 72 RI, Arena F. Moon 48 RI wife, Benjamin 16 RI son, Della F. 12 RI dtr, Abbie Whitman 49 RI dtr widow, Harris Moon 46 RI son, and Catherine Golden 23 MA adopted dtr. Benjamin's occupation is Capitalist & Landlord.

From great-grandson Ed Moone:
I want to add to the information on my great-grandfather, Rev. Benjamin Moon. In addition to him being a Baptist Minister, he was also a mill owner. Moon Mill was located in Washington Village on Main Street in a location now occupied by a convenience store. The mill produced cotton twine most notably used for carpet warp. The mill was destroyed by fire in the early 1900's. I'd like to quote from a book that I have regarding my great-grandfather. The book is "A History of Greene and Vicinity" by Squire G. Wood, privately printed in Providence in 1936. He writes with reference to Sharp Street Church "Rev. Benjamin Moon, who lived at Washington, a mill owner, and considered well off for those days, came to us on the third Sunday for many years. He was a good man and a good preacher, although pretty lengthy sometimes." (See, it comes to me honest, I get it from my great-grandfather, lol) Rev. Moon's house was across Main Street from the mill. The house still stands. It is the house on Main Street at the corner of Holden Street.

Benjamin married Arena Frances Arnold Abt 1882. Arena (daughter of Olney W. Arnold and Comfort A. Brown) was born Jul 1851, West Greenwich, RI; died 1938; was buried , Manchester Cemetery, Washington St., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

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I have a photocopy of his original birth entry at the Town of West Greenwich. Charles Carmi was named for his two grandfathers, Carmi Whitford and Charles Tibbetts. I also have a photocopy of his death entry in the Book of Deaths for 1910, p. 30, in the Town of Coventry.
We have one picture of my Great-great-grandfather Whitford. This is posted at our family website [www.thesorensens.net]. Also there is a photograph of his gravestone at Maple Root Cemetery.

All of the children and their birth dates are listed in the book "Records of the Bailey Family," p. 61.

In the 1860 Federal Census at West Greenwich, Charles is 25 and living with his parents, along with his married sister, Marcy W. Church, 29. In the 1870 Federal Census, Charles C. 34 and his wife Harty 21 are still living at West Greenwich, RI. They have a child Hattie L., age 1. The family is in the household of Jeremiah & Sally W. Whitford, ages 64 & 61, Charles's parents. The 1880 Census at West Greenwich shows him married, age 45, with his wife and five daughters, again living in the household with Jeremiah and Sally Whitford, Charles's parents. This is probably the family farm on Rt. 3 in West Greenwich, where there is now a motel and gas station, at the intersection of Interstate 95. He is age 65 in the 1900 Census at Coventry, and is listed as the head of the household which includes his children as well as two grandsons, Angeretta's sons. I have photocopies of the pages from these three censuses.

Example -- 1880 Census:
Charles C. Whitford age 45
Harty P. Whitford 30
Hattie L. 11
Angeretta W. 9
Julia E. 6
Lena M. 4
Olive 2

Charles was elected to the Exeter Town Council in 1888 (was this a different Charles Whitford?).

There is a paragraph about Charles C. Whitford and his family on p. 1343 of J. R. Cole's "History of Washington and Kent Counties," published in 1889. Although the writer has made two mistakes (names Charles's grandfather as Jeremiah instead of Carmi, and names his wife as Hattie instead of Harty), he does offer other information that is more reliable. We are told that Charles was born in 1834 in West Greenwich, and that he has been a farmer all of his life, having bought the farm where he now lives in 1884 (probably the farm on Knotty Oak Rd. in Coventry). It says he was married to [Harty] in 1866, and lists his children as: Hattie L., Angeretta W., Julia E., Lena M., Olive L., Charles W., and Nelson J. Lastly, he comments that "the family is said to be of Welsh descent."

Of the individuals in this family, the ones I have personal memories of are Angeretta, who was my great-grandmother Remington; Olive, who was my great "Aunt Ollie"; Charles W., who we called "Uncle Will"; and J. Nelson, who was my great "Uncle Jerry."

My dad, Norman Remington, says he remembers driving by the site of the old family homestead, which was on Rt. 3 between Harkney Hill Road and the present Interstate 95. About where the Best Western/Congress Inn is today, there was a spring. Further up the road, where the plat Wood Estates is now located, there must have been a family burial site, because when the plat was being planned (perhaps in the 1960s?), certain Whitford heirs had to sign, acknowledging there were interments on the property, and giving their permission for the project to proceed.

Charles married Harty Potter JOHNSON 25 Nov 1866, Richmond, RI. Harty (daughter of Philip JOHNSON, Jr. and Tryphena Hoxsie GREENE) was born 12 Apr 1850, Coventry, Kent Co., RI; died 27 Nov 1917, Coventry, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

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We have a picture of Great-great-grandma Harty Whitford, taken in 1912 in a five-generation group which includes her father. More recently I was given a picture of her as a young mother. These and other family pictures are posted at our family web site [www.thesorensens.net].

I have a photocopy of her original death entry in the Book of Deaths in 1917, p. 51, for the Town of Coventry. Also, her gravestone has been photographed.

I think she must have been named after Harty (Potter) Johnson, wife of her uncle Caleb Johnson.

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The original marriage entry is at the Richmond Town Hall in the "Book of Marriages and Deaths, 1850-1910, p. 14. It says, "In Richmond, Nov. 25th (1866), Charles C. Whitford born in West Greenwich, age 31 -- a farmer, and Hatty P. Johnson born in Coventry, age 17; parents of each: Jeremiah and Sally W. Whitford, Phillip and Tryphena H. Johnson; married by Gilbert Tillinghast, Minister of the Gospel." It was the first marriage for both of them.