James Moody
Born: October 24, 1860
Died: April 12, 1954
Married: Anna Blood
Children:
James W. Moody was the son of Smith Moody and the grandson of Jacob Smith Moody.1 He is buried in Pine Ridge Cemetery.
He worked as a he worked as a carpenter, guide, and caretaker. He served as ballot clerk in North Elba from 1901 to 1912.
His wife, Anna Blood Moody, was killed by grocer William Straight, in a double homicide/suicide in 1934.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, April 15, 1954
FUNERAL RITES FOR J. MOODY
Funeral services were held in Mt. Vernon, N.Y., this morning for James Watson Moody, one of Saranac Lake's pioneer settlers. Mr. Moody, who was 93 years, died at the Mt. Vernon home of his daughter, Mrs. George S. Wyman, with whom he had made his home for the last five years.
He was born in Saranac Lake, the son of Smith and Jane Avery Moody. In 1890 he married Miss Anna Blood, also of this village. Mr. Moody, a life-long member of the First Methodist Church, was always very active in church affairs and was recently reappointed honorary trustee.
As a young man he worked as a carpenter and guide. For years he was caretaker of the Seth Low estate at Horseshoe. Until recently he owned several pieces of real estate here including his home at 103 River st.
In addition to his daughter Mr. Moody is survived by four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Burial, will be in the family plot in the Pine Ridge cemetery.
Footnotes:
- Mary MacKenzie, The Plains of Abraham: A History of North Elba & Lake Placid, Lee Manchester, ed., Utica, NY: Nicholas K. Burn Publishing, 2007, pp. 84 - 94. Full text here