Oregon Republican League "Bridging the Generations Project 400": ORL Moody Family

Oregon Republican League "Bridging the Generations Project 400": ORL Moody Family

Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, pages 248/250-251.

MOODY, RALPH E., an attorney of Portland, and son of ex-Governor Z. F. Moody, was born at The Dalles, Oregon, August 27, 1867, and graduated from the Willamette University in 1885, and from the Law School at Albany, New York, in 1887. For a time he was in the engineering department of the O. R. & N. Co., and then practiced law at Port Townsend, Washington, being elected District Attorney in 1890, and was also elected City Attorney, and by appointment, was Attorney for San Juan and Island counties. He was defeated for re-election by the democratic tidal wave of 1892. He began practice in Portland in 1893. In 1895 he was the Chief Clerk of the Oregon house of representatives, and in 1896 a delegate to the state convention.

MOODY, MALCOM A., of The Dalles, is a member of the executive committee of the Republican League of the United States, and of the Republican League of Oregon. HE is a son of ex-Governor Z. F. Moody, was born in Brownsville, Oregon, in 1854. In 1856 the family returned to New England, but came to Oregon again in 1862, locating at The Dalles. Mr. Moody was educated at the publican schools and the University of California. After leaving school he entered the general merchandise, grain and wool business at The Dalles, with his father. In 1887 the merchandise business at The Dalles National Bank, of which he has been continuously cashier. He is also manager of the extensive grain and wool business of his father, the largest in the state. From 1885 to 1889 he was a member of the city council of The Dalles, and in 1889 was elected Mayor, serving two terms. He has been continuously a delegate to county and state convention, and member of the county and state central committees, being one of the foremost leaders in Republican politics in Wasco County and in Eastern Oregon. He attended the National League Convention, at Cleveland, in 1894, as a delegate from Oregon. He was the candidate of the sound-money delegates for the congressional nomination in the Second District in 1896, receiving fifty-three votes, five short of majority, and but for the local contest in Multnomah County would have been nominated by a large majority.

MOODY, HON. Z. F. [Editor inserted: Zenas Ferry Moody], of The Dalles and Salem, ex-Governor of Oregon, was born in Granby, Massachusetts, May 27, 1832. In 1851 he came to Oregon. For ten years he was engaged in United States surveys. He engaged in business in Brownsville in 1853. In 1856 he was appointed Inspector of United States surveys in California , and then went to Illinois, where he lived four years and was one term Assessor of Morgan County. He was in Washington when Sumpter was fired upon, and joined an emergency company. In 1862 he returned to Oregon and engaged in merchandising at The Dalles, where he has now the largest wool warehouse on the Pacific Coast, and handles more wool direct from the producers than any other man in the world. From 1863 to 1875 he was engaged in various lines of business in Oregon and Idaho, in the latter year founding his business at The Dalles. In 1872 he was elected senator from Wasco County, but did not take his seat. In 1880 he was elected to the house, and becamse speaker of that body. In 1882 he was elected governor.

Descendants of Zenas Ferry Moody

1 Zenas Ferry Moody b: 27 May 1832 in Granby, Mass d: 14 Mar 1917 in Marion County, Oregon
.. +Mary b: 1836 in Indiana
........ 2 William Hovey Moody b: 05 Oct 1860 in Jacksonville, Illinois d: Aft. 1942 in Oregon
............ +Clara McFARLAND b: 19 May 1861 in Klickatat Co., WA m: 04 Jan 1883 in Oregon
................... 3 Adelbert Montague MOODY b: 06 Dec 1883 in The Dalles, OR d: Jan 1961 in San Francisco, California
....................... +Mabel N. Nichols b: 28 Mar 1886 in Denver, CO m: 20 Feb 1906
............................. 4 Blanche MOODY b: 1914 in Illinois
................... 3 Mary Eliza MOODY b: 11 Sep 1885 in The Dalles, OR d: 09 Sep 1893 in The Dalles, OR
................... 3 Drusilla Edna MOODY b: 25 Oct 1887 in The Dalles, OR
....................... +Howard Melville West b: 28 Aug 1880 in Vancouver, WA m: 20 Feb 1908
............................. 4 William Melville West
........ 2 Malcolm Moody b: Nov 1854 in Oregon d: 19 Mar 1925 in Portland, Oregon
........ 2 Zenas Moody b: Apr 1857 in Illinois d: 14 Aug 1923 in Portland, Oregon
............ +Katherine Doherty b: Sep 1857 in Washington
................... 3 Zenas F. Moody b: 26 Mar 1893 in Oregon d: 06 Dec 1970 in Portland, Oregon
....................... +Dora M. Barber b: 1901 in Canada
............................. 4 Eugene Francis Moody b: 09 Dec 1929 in San Francisco, California
................... 3 Eugene Moody b: 18 Apr 1896 in Oregon d: 30 Aug 1985 in Sacramento, CA
................... 3 Edith Moody b: Mar 1899 in Oregon
........ 2 Ralph Moody b: Aug 1868 in Oregon d: 29 Aug 1955 in Marion County, Oregon
............ +Beatrice b: Sep 1872 in England
................... 3 Frank Moody b: Sep 1891 in Washington
........ 2 Edna Moody b: 1870 in Oregon d: in Oregon