Isaac I. Moody Jr.  Isaac I. Moody Jr. (October 27, 1874 – December 17, 1918) was born in Appling County, Georgia and moved to St. Johns County, Florida in the early 1890s and first worked in the turpentine business as a woods rider near present-day Bunnell, Florida. He ventured into various businesses including turpentine, shingle milling, real estate and banking. After getting into politics he quickly gained influence and local and statewide respect and was instrumental in the establishment of Flagler County, Florida in 1917. He was a 32nd degree Mason (both Scottish and York rites), and was elected as Worshipful Master of the Bunnell Lodge No. 200 in 1918, and was a member of the Morocco Temple of Shriners at Jacksonville, FL. Today, he is remembered as the "Father of Flagler County." Moody formed a partnership in 1903 with James Frank "Major" Lambert (1862–1938), who he met while working in the turpentine business, and together they purchased a shingle mill in Bunnell Stop (which later became Bunnell, Florida) from Fairhead and Strawn of Jacksonville, Florida. Two years later they purchased 30,000 acres of land Bunnell, Florida and built homes and a turpentine still. Moody became the postmaster in Bunnell after a new post office was built. In 1909, the Bunnell Development Company was chartered and Isaac I. Moody became its president; Claude E. Stewart of Jacksonville, vice president; J. R. Stone of Jacksonville, 2nd vice president; and James Frank Lambert, secretary and treasurer. All obtained equal ownership with each getting 25 shares of the venture. The Bunnell Development Company started an advertising campaign aimed at people in the northeastern United States and placed ads in northern newspapers. An office was established in Chicago. They sectioned off ten and twenty acre tracts of land and transported people to the area for personal visits via the Florida East Coast Railway that was started by Flagler County's namesake Henry Flagler (1830 - 1913). The town of Bunnell was chartered in 1913 and Issac I. Moody was appointed as a Councilman. Also, in 1913, Moody was re-elected as President of the Bunnell State Bank. Moody held several political offices: Councilman for the Town of Bunnell (took office in 1913); County Commissioner for St. Johns County (District No. 3 - took office in 1911); Chairman of the Board for St. Johns County (elected in 1912, and re-elected in 1916) and was Flagler County's first State Representative (appointed in 1918).