Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 8 January 2005

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MOSES STEDDOM, farmer; P. O. Oregon; was born in Turtle Creek Township April 28, 1824. He is the son of John and Alice (Teague) Steddom, natives of South Carolina, of German descent. They emigrated to Ohio in 1804, and located on land, near where our subject now lives. During their first winter-here, they lived in a tent, and in the spring following, planted corn on the land they had cleared in the winter. Mr. Steddom afterward teamed between Lebanon and Cincinnati, hauling produce and stores for the pioneers. He raised a family of eleven children, all of whom are now living, except one—Martha Smith—the youngest being over 50 years of age. The family are all members of the Society of Friends. Our subject received his education in the early schools of Warren County, and was early installed in the work of the farm. He was married, August 26, 1852, to Miss Sarah Pyle, a native of Ohio and a daughter of William and Mary Pyle. She was born Nov. 9, 1827. They have had one child, Morris, who was born April 20, 1860. He has received a liberal education, having taken a course in the National Normal School of Lebanon, and in Earlham College, Richmond, Ind. He also attended and graduated at the Commercial College of Richmond. He was married, Oct. 5, 1881, to Miss Carrie Bone, daughter of William V. Bone, a prominent farmer of Warren County. Mr. Steddom, our subject, in addition to his large farm operations, devotes much of his time to the raising of fine stock. His Short-Horn Durham cattle, Southdown and Merino sheep, and Poland-China hogs are of the best breed and finest quality. He is successful as a stock-raiser and disposes of his surplus stock at high prices. He has a beautiful place of 335 acres, thoroughly equipped with the most improved of modern farm implements. He is one of the most energetic, farsighted farmers of the county, and meets everybody with the kindly smile and warm handshake that characterize the sect to which he belongs.