San Joaquin County Biographies


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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 only 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, Mass.
        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 Pan 
Handle country in 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, Colo., 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, Wyo., 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, Neb., 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-horse-power 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.
 
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 
1923
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Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.