Person Record

Metadata

Name

Moody, Benjamin Dr.

Genealogy ID

85777

Born

08 SEP 1841

Birthplace

Asylum, Bradford PA

Deceased

JUN 1914

Deceased where

Mansfield, Tioga PA

Cemetery

Prospect Cemetery

Education

Geneva Medical College 1868
Jefferson Medical College 1869

Occupation

Physician

Titles & honors

Civil War
G.A.R. Mansfield Post # 48
MSNS Trustree

Military

Civil War

Father

John A. Moody

Mother

Harriet Dickerson

Spouse

Adelia Lyon (1871)

Children

Hattie Blanche Moody
Eva Grace Moody
Maggie L. Moody
Dora H. Moody

Reference

Obit GAR

Notes

BENJAMIN MOODY was born the 28th day of Sept. 1841 in Asylum, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in Co. F, 13th PA Militia, Sept. 12th 1862 and went to Hagerstown, MD, getting there early in the morning of Sept. 18th; the day after the battle at Antietam, a few miles from Hagerstown, He was discharged on Sept. 25th 1862. July 1st 1863 he enlisted in Co. C, 37th PA Militia and was in Camp Curtin at Harrisburg during the battle of Gettysburg. He was discharged on Aug. 2nd 1863. He enlisted in Co. F, 8th NY Heavy Artillery, on Sept. 15th 1864 at Avon, NY and served in the 2nd Corps under Gen’l Hancock. He was in the Hatcher’s Run engagement on Oct. 27th 1864. During the battle he changed his position a step or two, another soldier of his Company took his place and in a few moments was town to pieces by a cannon ball. Feb. 5th & 6th 1865 he was in the second Hatcher’s Run battle. He was taken sick about Mar. 1st 1865, and was taken to City Point Hospital. When he got better he was held there as a nurse and was there on Apr. 8th when Pres. & Mrs. Lincoln, Secty. & Mrs. S.P. Chase and the Hon. & Mrs. Charles Sumner, returning from Richmond, stopped to see the soldiers. He met them, shook hands and talked with the President. He was in grand review of the Army of the Potomac on May 23rd 1865. He was discharged from the service on June 10th 1865 on account of close of the war. Being mustered out at Munson Hill, VA. – GAR48 p.83

[SRGP 85777] Benjamin Moody, M.D., eldest son of John A. and Harriet Moody, was born in Frenchtown, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1841, and there received his primary education. During the Rebellion he served in Company C, Thirty-seventh Pennsylvania Emergency Men, and also Company F, Eighth New York Heavy Artillery. In 1865 he began the study of medicine under Dr. T.F. Madill, of Wysox, Bradford county. He graduated from Geneva Medical College at Geneva, New York, in 1868, and from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia in 1869, in which year he commenced practice with his preceptor, at Wysox. From 1870 to 1875 he practiced in Wyalusing, Bradford county, removing in the latter year to Roseville, Tioga county, and in 1877 to Mansfield, where he has since built up a lucrative practice. Dr. Moody was married September 28,1871, to Adelia Lyon, a daughter of Stephen and Margaret Lyon, of Spring Hill, Bradford county. Four children have been born to this marriage, viz: Eva Grace, Hattie Blanche and Maggie Leone, all deceased, and Dora H. In politics, Dr. Moody is a Republican, and has filled the office of school director several years. In religion, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has been steward for a number of years. He is also connected with Mansfield Post, No. 48, G.A.R., of which he was commander in 1883 and 1896. Dr. Moody not only bears the reputation of being a skillful and successful physician, but is regarded as one of the leading citizens of Mansfield. [1897 History]

MOODY, Dr. Benjamin M. [SRGP 85777] - Dr. Benjamin Moody, for 37 years a practicing physician in Mansfield, died last Wednesday evening at his home in that place. Although he had been in poor health for several years, his death was unexpected. He was in his 73d year, and is survived by his widow and one daughter, Mrs. George S. Atwood of Albany, NY. Dr. Moody was a veteran of the Civil War, a member of General Mansfield Post GAR, a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church, and had served as president of the Mansfield Normal School board of trustees. At the time of his death he was vice-president of the Grange National Bank of Mansfield. - Wellsboro Gazette, July 2, 1914