BIO: Addison S. MOON, Beaver County, PA
    
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    BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES.  This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches 
    of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  Buffalo, N.Y., 
    Chicago, Ill.: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899, pp. 124-127.
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    DR. ADDISON S. MOON. Preeminent among the young physicians and surgeons of
  note, so numerous in Beaver county, Pa., stands the subject of this sketch.
  There is no cause more noble than that of relieving suffering humanity, no
  life more nobly spent than in faithfully fulfilling the duties incident to
  the life of a physician and surgeon. Dr. Moon was born at Hookstown, Beaver
  county, Pa., on October 25, 1859. He is a son of Robert Allison and Sarah
  (Sterling) Moon, and grandson of William Sterling, of Ireland.
    
    William Sterling came to America from his native land, locating in Green
  township, Beaver county, where he finally settled permanently and followed
  the peaceful occupation of a farmer. He thought little of the dangers which
  were to be met and overcome in a new and undeveloped country, and it is
  largely due to the bravery of such men as he, that the Keystone Slate owes
  her prosperity today. He lived to a good old age, passing away in the same
  community where he had spent so many happy years.
    
    Robert Moon, father of Addison S., was born in Rensselaer county, N. Y.,
  where he was also reared and educated. After reaching manhood, he desired to
  fit himself for something better than an ordinary life, and decided in favor
  of the profession of medicine as his future sphere of effort. Accordingly he
  went west and studied medicine with his brother, Arnold C. Moon, of
  Knoxville, Ohio. After completing his studies and taking the required course
  of medical lectures, he went to Hookstown, Pa., in 1845, and opened an
  office. His genial and pleasant manners won many favorable comments among the
  residents of that place. Soon fortune smiled on his endeavors, and his
  practice, small at first, increased to great proportions, during the thirty
  years of his stay there. But there came a time when he desired a change of
  location, and April 6, 1875, he removed to Beaver Falls, where he spent his
  closing years, actively engaged in the duties of his profession, and being
  looked upon as a very skillful physician. He crossed the river of death to
  the light beyond, on October 26, 1892. More than half a century was passed by
  him in doing good to others. Who shall say that he has not received his just
  reward? In early life he led pretty Sarah Sterling to the hymeneal altar, and
  she proved to be a most tender and solicitous companion; when returning from
  some long, tiresome journey, weary and exhausted, he was greatly cheered and
  refreshed by her sweet companionship. Mrs. Moon was born February 2, 1829.
  Two children blessed their happy union, Helen M. and Addison S., the subject
  of this sketch. Helen M. was twice married ; her first husband was Rev. James
  S. Brandon, a minister of the United Presbyterian church. She is
    
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  now the wife of William A. McCormick, an attorney-at-law, of Mercer,
  Pennsylvania.
    
    Addison S. Moon received his primary education in the schools of Hookstown
  and Beaver Falls. Later, he attended Beaver Seminary, and spent two years at
  Westminster College. In addition to this, he took private instruction for
  some time, being ambitious to obtain the best possible education. He then
  studied medicine in the office of his father, who was desirous of leaving his
  large practice to his only son. After studying diligently for some time, young
  Moon took a three years' course in the medical department of the Western
  Reserve College at Cleveland, Ohio, from which he graduated with high honors
  in 1884. On February 27th of that year, he returned to Beaver Falls, and
  practiced his chosen profession, but after two years, being ambitious to
  become more thorough in his calling, he went to New York City, where he took
  a special course in the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He also took a
  course in Polyclinics in New York: Returning again to Beaver Falls, he has
  practiced there ever since, with even greater success than he anticipated.
    
    Dr. Moon is a member of the American Medical Association and is secretary
  of the Beaver County Medical Society. of which he has been a member since
  locating in Beaver Falls. Politically, he is a Republican, but never sought
  nor desired office. The Doctor is also a member of numerous beneficiary
  societies; being examiner for the Prudential Life Insurance Company and also
  for the Western Mutual Life Association of Chicago. On May 17, 1888, Lulo A.
  Perrott became his bride and this union has augmented his pleasures and
  soothed his sorrows. Their home was brightened by two children, but the grim
  messenger, Death, recalled one precious treasure. The names of their children
  are: Merl P., born March 4, 1891, and Alta Sterling, born June 1, 1894, and
  died July 12, 1894, being deprived of life by a sad accident.
    
    Dr. Moon is a self-made man according to the common significance of the
  term. As a physician, he is well and favorably known throughout a large
  circle of patrons, a reputation he has won by a degree of energy,
  determination, and skill, that have secured for him an extensive field of
  practice and have fairly given him a place among the leading men of his
  profession.