Charles Amadon Moody Explained

Charles Amadon Moody (January 18, 1863 - November 15, 1910) was an American author and book reviewer. He co-edited Out West with Charles Fletcher Lummis for several years in the 1900s.

Moody was the son of Lucius W. Moody and Mary Blair Moody.^[1] He grew up in Binghamton, New York and graduated from the University of Rochester in 1881, and worked as a newspaper editor. Due to poor health, he moved to Denver in 1888. He moved back to New York after suffering financial losses in the Panic of 1891, but later relocated to California. He was hired on by Out West in early 1900.^[2] Moody was also a participant in various good government movements in Los Angeles and San Francisco.^{[2] [3] [4]}

His ashes are buried in Spring Forest Cemetery in Binghamton.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Lucius W. Moody (Includes Wife Dr. Mary B. Moody) . Commemorative Biographical Record of New Haven County, Connecticut, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Early Settled Families . Chicago, IL . J.H. Beers & Co. . 1902 . https://archive.org/stream/cu31924032285490#page/n2413/mode/2up . September 5, 2018 . . 1542–1543 . 2923764.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=yN4rAAAAYAAJ&dq=Charles+Amadon+Moody&pg=PA68 Charles Amadon Moody's obituary
3. News: 16 November 1910 . Editor Lies at Death's Door . . 16 . subscription . September 5, 2018 . newspapers.com.
4. Thompason, Mark. American Character: The Curious History of Charles Fletcher Lummis and the Rediscovery of the Southwest, pp. 199, 256-57 (Arcade Publishing, 2001)
5. (19 November 1910). Body of Charles A. Moody, Mining Man, Cremated, Los Angeles Herald, p. 12, col. 7.
6. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=moody&GSfn=charles&GSmn=amadon&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=84103032&df=all& Charles Amadon Moody