Moran Place

Moran Place is located in Dresden,TN. Built by John Williamson Moran for his wife Sophia Riley Gunn. The house used a modified design of George Barber's Cottage no. 36 from his Cottage Souvenir Book No. 2. Construction began in 1895 but was put on hold when Sophia Moran became ill. She died Oct. 7 1895. A few months after her death construction resumed. This blog is about the history of the Moran family & their life at Moran Place. Money is fleeting, History is forever.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Orlean Scott - 4 months old, 1893

We came across another picture of Orlean Scott, one of the Scott cousins from Gainesville, Texas. The first image we found of Orlean she was 6 years old. This one is a baby picture taken December 1, 1893 and was sent to Fannie Moran, just like the first one was. Orlean was born in 1893 and died in 1979. The Moran children called her "Annie Orlean." My husband explained that "Annie" is really a corruption of "Auntie" and they called one of their Irvine aunts "Annie Ir." Pronounce the Ir the same as Irvine but without the "vine."

I don't know what Orlean looked like as an adult but she was cute as a bug when she was 6 months old!