Collection is open for research.
Some material in this collection was the gift of Zenas F. Moody II, June and July 1967 (Lib. Acc. 10316).
Zenas Ferry Moody was an Oregon merchant and governor, 1882-1887. He operated a business in The Dalles and surveyed the Umatilla Indian reservation. He married Mary Stephenson in 1853 and they had five children: Zenas A., Ralph E., Drusilla, and Malcolm A. Moody, who later served on The Dalles city council, 1885-1889, The Dalles mayor, 1884-1893, and as Oregon representative to U. S. Congress, 1899-1903.
Moody family papers, Mss 699, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Papers of the Moody family include correspondence, court trial records, financial records and speeches of Malcolm A. Moody, 1881-1925; correspondence, deeds, and financial records of Zenas F. Moody, 1871-1914; miscellaneous family correspondence and records, 1862-1921; correspondence, financial records, and genealogical material (including the Nesmith family) of Anne and Elizabeth Lang, employees of Malcolm A. Moody, 1820-1950; and correspondence, diaries, etc., of Thomas and Mary Lang.
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