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Cortis Ferdinand Moody

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Cortis Ferdinand Moody

Birth
New York, USA
Death
1902 (aged 80–81)
Burial
Saranac Lake, Essex County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 8
Memorial ID
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aka: Ferdinand Cortez Moody, Corte Moody

Born: 1822, a son of Jacob Smith Moody and Sally B. Moody, the first settlers of Saranac Lake, and the first child of European descent born in the Saranac Lake area.
Died: 1902

Married: Martha J., died June 12, 1867 (see story below); Elizabeth S. Snay, born 1851, died 1923.

Children: Cortez, James E.R. Moody, Frank Moody, Abe, and Milo. Mary MacKenzie reports that he had three more children not named in Donaldson: Jacob S., Henry William and Jennie. Jacob S. died July 5, 1852, at the age of 5, and is buried beside his father and grandmother Sally in Pine Ridge Cemetery. Jennie married Edwin Stoner, a nephew of the famous Adirondack trapper Nicholas Stoner. Jennie's married name was Stoner and in 1860 was living in Germantown.

Cortis F. Moody (sometimes given as Cortez or Cortes, and known as Cort) was the first child of European descent born in the Saranac Lake area. His parents had settled along the Old Military Road (now Pine Street) near its intersection today with Brandy Brook Avenue, formerly River Street.
Between 1876 and 1880, Cort Moody built a house at 195 Lake Flower Avenue that was torn down in about 1996; today's [2011] Community Bank was built on the site.

aka: Ferdinand Cortez Moody, Corte Moody

Born: 1822, a son of Jacob Smith Moody and Sally B. Moody, the first settlers of Saranac Lake, and the first child of European descent born in the Saranac Lake area.
Died: 1902

Married: Martha J., died June 12, 1867 (see story below); Elizabeth S. Snay, born 1851, died 1923.

Children: Cortez, James E.R. Moody, Frank Moody, Abe, and Milo. Mary MacKenzie reports that he had three more children not named in Donaldson: Jacob S., Henry William and Jennie. Jacob S. died July 5, 1852, at the age of 5, and is buried beside his father and grandmother Sally in Pine Ridge Cemetery. Jennie married Edwin Stoner, a nephew of the famous Adirondack trapper Nicholas Stoner. Jennie's married name was Stoner and in 1860 was living in Germantown.

Cortis F. Moody (sometimes given as Cortez or Cortes, and known as Cort) was the first child of European descent born in the Saranac Lake area. His parents had settled along the Old Military Road (now Pine Street) near its intersection today with Brandy Brook Avenue, formerly River Street.
Between 1876 and 1880, Cort Moody built a house at 195 Lake Flower Avenue that was torn down in about 1996; today's [2011] Community Bank was built on the site.



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