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DENNIS MORAN
A native of Ireland, Dennis Moran
has nevertheless been an American to all intents and purposes during his entire
life, for he was about one year old when brought by his parents to the United
States. He was born on January 7, 1860,
a son of John and Mary (Sullivan) Moran, also natives of Ireland, who on
arriving in the United States settled at Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
Dennis Moran attended school in
Fitchburg until he was eighteen years old, when he left home to make his own
way in the world. First going to the
panhandle country of Texas, near Amarillo, he rode the range for two
years. Next he went on horseback to
Nebraska to a point south of Fort Robinson on Running Water Creek, and remained
there for one season; then continuing on horseback to Julesburg, Colorado, he
engaged in the cattle business there for three years. Returning to Nebraska, he was not satisfied
to remain there and soon hit the trail for the country around Cheyenne,
Wyoming, where he engaged in the cattle business for the next four years. Again he returned to Nebraska, and for ten
years followed the stock business on the White River.
The marriage of Mr. Moran occurred
at Crawford, Nebraska, on November 19, 1889, and united him with Miss Sadie Losee, a native of Indiana.
She was of old American stock dating back to the Revolutionary War, and
also had two uncles that were in the Civil War.
When she was a young girl her parents removed to Iowa and settled near
Des Moines, and there she was reared and educated. Her father was a farmer in Iowa and died in
Des Moines at the age of thirty-one; and when the family removed to Nebraska
they continued in agricultural pursuits.
After his marriage, Mr. Moran went to South Dakota and located near Bellefourche, where he became a well-known stockman, his
herd averaging about 500 head; and he continued in this business for ten
years. Then the family removed to
British Columbia, but remained there only a few weeks, and then to Lodi, during
the year of 1911. He first purchased ten
acres in vineyard east of Lodi on the East Pine Street extension, and this has
been his home place ever since; he has installed a pumping plant with a
four-inch pump driven by a ten-horsepower motor. From time to time he has added to his real estate holdings, until he now has fifty-seven acres, mostly
in vineyards. Mr. and Mrs. Moran are the
parents of one son, Walter, whose sketch will be found also in this volume.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1518. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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