Jim Moran III ca 1893 Elkton Kentucky

This photograph of James Henderson Moran III was taken about 1893 when he and his brother Harrell Moran were attending Vanderbilt Training School at Elkton Kentucky.  The photographer, George W. Bellar, was born in Kentucky in 1867.  He married Madeline "Maddie" Wilkinson in 1891 in Muhlenberg Kentucky.  In 1900 he and Maddie were living in Jackson TN.  In 1910 he's moved to Fayetteville Arkansas and is listed as single.  He died in Denton Texas in 1933.  Maddie went on to marry John Thomas Westmoreland.  She died in 1959 in Tampa Florida.

Report cards and a letter from Principal R.E. Crockett were posted in an earlier entry and may be viewed here

 

Nashville Gun Club 1927 Trophy Cup

The Moran family have always enjoyed sports of all kinds. They were and are competitive people.  James H. Moran III was a participant in the 1927 Nashville Gun Club competition.  The lid actually is not part of the cup but it fits perfectly so that's where it's been probably since it went to Moran Place.  The picture is of older brother James, the trophy winner, with his younger brother Nathan H. Moran.

Nashville Banner

Cup

1927

Nashville Gun Club

Fifty Bird Handicap

Won By

James H Moran III

The cup was never engraved with his name.

Football, Money, Health and Studies: Letter to Papa Nov 1900

James H. Moran was 21 and had left Dresden, TN to study law at the University of Virginia in 1900.  In this letter to his father he mentions an election defeat, football, the furniture bill, his studies and money.  Whether it's 1900 or 2013, letters to parents all seem the same.

Charlottesville, VA
Nov. 9-'00

Dear Papa:

Excitement over the election has caused me to be a little negligent in writing home; but as it is all over now I hope to be able to settle down to work and forget the bitterness of defeat.  I received your letter with the enclosed check Monday for which I thank you very much.  My furniture bill has not been settled yet but as soon as I get it will send it to you.

   

I am in excellent health except for a slight pain in my back which one of the medical students' says is caused by a weak kidney.  It will be alright I hope in a short time. This is the first time in years that I have missed playing foot-ball and although I have managed to do more studying I must confess, I don't believe it is caused from quitting the game.

Law grows more interesting but harder everyday.  At last I am beginning to appreciate the finer points of which the study is made up of completely.  Take a page from any of the books, read it over once and its all Dutch, the second time you get a faint idea; after that it grows plain.

We play Georgetown in Washington tomorrow week and I had thought of going over but am rather afraid to risk it now since one of our examinations is posted for the 5th of December.

I am glad to hear that you are all well and hope you shall continue so throughout the winter.

With love to all devotedly
        Your Son
            James H. Moran

1901 Tennessee Club Banquet Gleason TN

James H. Moran III

James H. Moran, of Dresden TN, was a member of the Tennessee Club of the University of Virginia. On this evening he was one of the speakers at the  banquet held at the Hotel Gleason, Gleason Tennessee on Tuesday, March 26th, 1901.  We found a program for the banquet among the papers at Moran Place.  In addition, there was a photograph of a woman inside the program.  She doesn't appear to be one of the Moran women.  Perhaps she was Jim's date for the evening?  What we do know is that the photograph was taken inside of the Moran home in Dresden.

Taken inside Moran Place, Dresden TN.
Unknown woman.

Tennessee Club Banquet
University of Virginia

Hotel Gleason


Tuesday
March 26th
1901

Menu
Lynndhavens on Half-Shell
Cocktail
Consomme Printamir Royal
Broiled King Pompans, Maitre d' Hotel
Pommes Saratoga
Virginia Sherry
Olives Chow-Chow, Pickles, India Relish
Celery,  Dressed Lettuce
Salted Almonds, Deviled Crabs
Ribs of Prime Beef
Sweet Catawba
Cold Ham
Blue Ridge Turkey, Cranberry Sauce
Virginia Port
Chicken Salad, Saratoga Chips
Claret
Peach Ice Cream
Tennessee Punch
Champagne
Fruit Cake, Macaroons
Chocolate Cake, Lady Fingers
Assorted Fancy Cakes
Bon Bons
Figs, Dates, Chrystalized Ginger
Mixed Nuts, Raisins
Fruits
Banquet Cakes, Toasted Crackers
Pineapple, Royal Luncheon
and American Cheese
Champagne Waifers, Cafe Nor
Cigars, Cigarettes

TOASTS
The Volunteer....Mr. Bradley Walker
"It is a goodly sight to see
What Heaven hath done for this delicious land." C.H.

The Old Folks at Home....Mr. James H. Moran
"While I play the good husband at home,
my son and my servant spend all at the University."

Tennesseans Abroad....Mr. Wm. R. Harrison
"When I was at home, I was in a better place; but travelers must be content."

The Boys....Mr. Charles M. Bryan
"Young fellows will be young fellows."

To the Girl I love in Sunny Tennessee....Mr. Fletcher Jordan
"Heart on her lips and soul within her eyes,
Soft as her clime and sunny as her skies."
--Beppo

MEMBERS
Walker, Pres,
  Martin, Sec. and Treas.
    Bockman, Toastmaster,
        Moran, Committee

L. Ronalson,
   M. Ronalson,
      Morrow,
        Jordan,
           Emory,

Moore,
   Bryan,
     Lucas,
       Hayes,
          Harrison,
             Gentry.

My Dear Cousins & Uncle...Aug 26 1935

I really enjoyed this letter from Martha Belle FAMULINER a lot.  She was writing to her cousins and Uncle Quincy about their recent visit.  In a way it's a sad letter because the visit was a brief one and Martha Belle had obviously planned for them to stay overnight and had pre-made as much of the dinner as she could have. She is very outspoken as to how upset she was that the visit was cut short but she recovers and goes on to talk about the farm and how they had just finished threshing wheat and barley and how she looks forward to another more lengthy visit from her relatives.

Patti Shumate TUCKER forwarded the letter on to another cousin, Virginia Shumate MORAN, and her comments show who the real culprit was in regard to the short visit, her husband Selwyn Dennis TUCKER.

Letter from Mrs. J.B. FAMULINER (Martha Belle SHUMATE)
to her cousin
Mrs. Selwyn D. TUCKER  (Patti SHUMATE )

Harrisonville Mo
August 26 1935

My Dear Cousins & Uncle,

I was glad to hear that you reached home safely and felt your trip worth while, I have wondered and still am wondering, at what time you reached the Ozarks, and if you spent the night there and found it cool.

Seldom have I been so disappointed that you didn't stay and make us a visit as I had planned so much on your doing so, and had a thousand things I wanted to talk over with you and Uncle Quincy and really get acquainted.

I didn't tell you when you were here, (the time was too short), that I had my supper all prepared, with a dressed chicken ready to fry, in the refrigerator, & I had baked 2 cakes a lovely Angel food and a Devil's food, & we had frozen a freezer of ice cream and had it packed in the basement, waiting serving.  So I would be free to visit with you.  I wished afterwards I had served you ice-cream and cake, but you were in such a hurry to go there wasn't time.

I was so stunned that you couldn't even spend the night that I had a big cry after you left and when James Jr. came back from starting the engine to pump water for the hogs and found you had come and gone he was certainly surprised and disappointed too as well as his Daddy when he came home.  In fact it took me days to get

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over it, if I have yet, the disappointment was so great.

We have had it much cooler the past week, and is cool and raining this morning so the dust is all settled now.

We have been busy with our threshing, Friday and Saturday.  We threshed our wheat, oats, & barley.  If you never lived on a farm, perhaps you don't know what it is like.  We had 23 for dinner each day, I had the girl that you saw here and her sister to help me and we got along fine, but our grain didn't turn out very well.  We had too much rain in the spring and too dry since, besides the army worms ate the heads off the wheat and barley so badly.

I wish you were here today; I am sitting on the front porch writing this on my lap and watching the gentle rain come down.  It feels so delightfully cool and refreshing.

When you come out again, I hope you can come the last week in Aug. or in May.  It is most always cool then, and much more enjoyable to visit.

I hope you and Uncle Quincy will write to me often, I will enjoy hearing from you both and do take good care of yourselves and cousin Selwyn's health.  Hope he gets over the arthritis, it is so miserable.  I want so much for he & my husband to meet, think they would enjoy each other.

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Uncle Quincy looked so much like Papa I loved him the moment I saw him.  Here's hoping we all meet again before too long and have a real visit.  I must close with lots of love to all, I remain
Sincerely, Your Cousin
Martha B. FAMULINER

P.S. Charles Jr's. Grandparents came, shortly after you all left that Friday afternoon and took him back to K.C. with them.  We miss him.   M.B.F.

This part is written in pencil and was added by Patti Shumate Tucker (Mrs. Selwyn Dennis Tucker), the recipient of the letter.  Patti was forwarding the letter on to her cousin Virginia Shumate Moran.

Sat. P.M.
Dear Va, Been so busy cleaning out things preparatory to Fall cleaning past week, haven't written, but am sending this recent letter, which made me feel more than ever that husbands really do mess things up sometimes.  Dad & I were so anxious to spend at least a night in Cuz. MB's home, but my restless husband just wouldn't.  Guess he tho't he'd done his part in bringing us by for our little ghost of a visit, for which was really thankful.  The days past week have been so perfect & the nights good for sound sleep, which have enjoyed, since couldn't sleep in the Rockies.  Too high for my nerves. S. going to a stag picnic this P.M. so a lonesome Sat. & have to cook dinner since T. gone home. Lots love
Devotedly Sittie (Sittie was Patti's nickname)

The FAMULINER and MORAN Connection comes through the SHUMATE line:

The author of this letter is Martha Belle SHUMATE (wife of James Buford FAMULINER), the daughter of Jason Champ SHUMATE and Jennie LACKEY. Martha, or MB,  is writing to her cousin Patti (Sittie) SHUMATE (wife of Selwyn Dennis TUCKER) and Patti's father, John Quincy SHUMATE.  Quincy's wife Louise Elizabeth McLean passed away in 1930.  Patti forwarded the letter to another cousin, Virginia SHUMATE (wife of James Henderson MORAN III), the daughter of Nathan McClary SHUMATE and Margaret Jane ADAMS.

Champ SHUMATE and Martha Jane MCCLARY were the parents and grandparents of the Shumates listed above.

The Dresden Bank's New President

Clipping from the Dresden Enterprise found among the papers of Virginia Shumate Moran.

James H. Moran became the youngest bank president in the state of Tennessee when he was elected to the position after the death of his father, John Williamson Moran.

The Dresden Bank's New President.

Dresden enjoys a rare distinction, in that one of her citizens is the youngest bank president in the state, perhaps in the South.

A called meeting of the board of directors of the Dresden Bank was held at the offices of the bank on Monday afternoon for the election of a successor to Mr. J.W. Moran, deceased, when Mr. James H. Moran, youngest son of the late president of the bank, was unanimously chosen to head this well-known and popular financial institution.  His election to this exalted and responsible position is a recognition on the part of the board of directors of the sterling qualities and characteristics of James Moran possessed by his illustrated father, and the friends of the bank may be assured of that cordiality, that glad-hand from the new president that they received from the old.

While this is indeed a splendid compliment, it is not an undeserved one, for Jim Moran possesses the ability and is in every way capable of shouldering the grave responsibilities placed upon his shoulders.  The Enterprise extends congratulations.

Mr. Harrell Moran was elected a member of the board of directors to succeed his father in that capacity.  He has been the assistant cashier for a number of years.