Lang, H. O., ed. "The History of the Willamette Valley, Being A Description of the Valley and its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers." Portland, OR, Geo. H. Himes, Book and Job Printer, 1885. p. 740. Z. F. MOODY Born on May 27, 1832, in Granby, Massachusetts; in 1848 he removed to Chicopee, in the same State, where he remained the ensuing three years. In March, 1851, he started for Oregon via the Isthmus, with a company, among whom was Hon. Samuel R. Thurston, the first Delegate to Congress from Oregon Territory. He came direct to Oregon City, arriving on the twenty-first of April, 1851. From this time until 1853 he was engaged on the United States Surveys as one of the " Freeman Party," so called after James E. Freeman, who stuck the first pin in the United States Surveys in Oregon, established the central point of the Willamette Meridian, and extended this meridian to the Canyon Mountains. In 1853 Mr. Moody removed to Brownsville, Oregon, where he engaged in the mercantile business. In 1856 he was appointed Inspector of the United States Surveys in California. After completing his duties as such he went to Illinois where he remained four years, during a portion of which time he was the surveyor of Morgan County. He was in Washington, D. C., when Fort Sumter was fired upon in 1861, and enrolled as one of a company formed to protect the city until the arrival of the regular troops. In 1862 he returned to Oregon and settled at The Dalles where he entered the mercantile, business. In 1863 he removed his business to Umatilla, continuing there, until the fall of 1865. In 1866 he built the steamer Mary Moody, on Pend d'Oreille Lake, and organized the "Oregon and Montana Transportation Company." From 1867 to 1869 he was trading at Boise. In the latter year he removed to The Dalles and became agent for Wells, Fargo Co.'s Express. Resigned in 1873 and secured a contract, for carrying the mail between Portland and The Dalles, running a steamboat line between those places. Withdrew therefrom in 1875 and resumed business at The Dalles. Was elected State Senator from Wasco County in 1872 but did not take his seat. In 1880, was elected representative, and was chosen Speaker of the House. Was nominated for Governor in April, 1882, and elected over his Democratic competitor, Joseph S. Smith, by fourteen hundred majority. Transcriber's additional notes: Oregon Death Index Moody, Zenas Ferry March 14, 1917 Marion Co. Cert. # 119 ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in December 2008 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.