John Monroe Moody was a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature beginning in 1859 and later along with his immediate family one of the original settlers of Thatcher, Arizona

Thatcher, Arizona

Thatcher is a town in Graham County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the town is 4,865. It is part of the Safford Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Thatcher is located at ....

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Moody represented Salt Lake City in the territorial legislature from 1859 to 1861. In 1861 he moved to Washington County, Utah

Washington County, Utah

As of the census of 2000, there were 90,354 people, 29,939 households, and 23,442 families residing in the county. The population density was 37 people per square mile . There were 36,478 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile...

 and settled in Pine Valley, Utah

Pine Valley, Utah

Pine Valley, Utah is an unincorporated town in Washington County, Utah, United States that lies approximately 45 minutes north of the county seat, St. George. It is located at the head of the Santa Clara River in the Pine Valley Mountains, and was settled in 1859...

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Moody was the bishop of the Thatcher ward from its organization in May of 1883 until his death the following January.

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• Andrew Jenson
  Andrew Jenson
  Andrew Jenson, born Anders Jensen, was a Danish immigrant to the United States who acted as an Assistant Church Historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for much of the early-twentieth century...
  
  . Encyclopedic History of the Church. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1941) p. 870.
• Utah State archive listings of Territorial legislature through 1860