Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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JOSEPH D. MOODY (Deceased), Los Angeles
 
Born at Ashland, Ohio, Nov. 14, 1841, and died in Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 24, 
1909. In 1861 enlisted in Company H, Forty-second Ohio Inf. and served 
thirty-eight months, for a portion of the time as General Garfield's private 
secretary. After the war studied dentistry in the office of Dr. Barclay, at 
Dalton, Ohio; pract. first, in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and later in Mendota, Ill., 
remaining in the latter place for twenty years. Moved to Los Angeles, 1893, and 
practiced there until his demise. Grad. 1885 Chicago College of Dental Surgery; 
at time of death, Professor of Hygiene and Ethics in College of Dentistry, Univ. 
Southern California; a leader in his profession. Married 1869, Miss Kate 
Cameron, at Jessup, Ia. Mrs. Moody practiced dentistry with her husband for many 
years, and is one of the prominent women of Los Angeles.
 
SOURCE: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal 
Memoranda, Lewis Publishing Company, 1910, P.229