Edwin Moody, a stonemason with a small farm in the northern part of the town was a genial, shiftless, lazy fellow, adored by his wife Betsey and their numerous offspring, popular with the neighbors, but addicted to more whiskey than was good for his heart. He died suddenly May 28, 1841, when Dwight was four; and died bankrupt. The creditor, Richard Colton, swept in and distrained everything he could, including most of the furniture, the horse and buggy, the cows except for one calf he did not discover. The older boys hid their father's tools, and the dower law of Massachusetts prevented Colton turning the widow out of the house. Next month Betsey bore posthumous twins, Sam and Lizzie, making nine children of which Dwight was the fifth son; he now had six brothers and two sisters. He was the son of Isaiah and Phila (Alexander) Moody. Isaiah was a first cousin of Simeon Pomeroy Moody, both being grandsons of Joseph and Sarah (Kellogg) Moody. Edwin like his father was a brick mason and brick maker, and undoubtedly the old brick houses and chimneys of Northfield are attributable to the hands of Isaiah Moody and his sons. Of at least one, the record of building is extant, that of Mrs. Nims, and we know the bricks were purchased by Isaiah and laid by Edwin and Noah, his sons.
Edwin Moody, a stonemason with a small farm in the northern part of the town was a genial, shiftless, lazy fellow, adored by his wife Betsey and their numerous offspring, popular with the neighbors, but addicted to more whiskey than was good for his heart. He died suddenly May 28, 1841, when Dwight was four; and died bankrupt. The creditor, Richard Colton, swept in and distrained everything he could, including most of the furniture, the horse and buggy, the cows except for one calf he did not discover. The older boys hid their father's tools, and the dower law of Massachusetts prevented Colton turning the widow out of the house. Next month Betsey bore posthumous twins, Sam and Lizzie, making nine children of which Dwight was the fifth son; he now had six brothers and two sisters. He was the son of Isaiah and Phila (Alexander) Moody. Isaiah was a first cousin of Simeon Pomeroy Moody, both being grandsons of Joseph and Sarah (Kellogg) Moody. Edwin like his father was a brick mason and brick maker, and undoubtedly the old brick houses and chimneys of Northfield are attributable to the hands of Isaiah Moody and his sons. Of at least one, the record of building is extant, that of Mrs. Nims, and we know the bricks were purchased by Isaiah and laid by Edwin and Noah, his sons.
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