B.H. Stief Jewelry Co. Nashville TN, founded 1858

The Moran's enjoyed good quality items including silverware.  In 1926, Brud Moran wrote to the B.H. Stief Jewelry Co. of Nashville for  some sterling silver tea spoons, to be sent on approval. The price, if purchased, being $12.00  I wonder if anyone these days but the very wealthy are given the opportunity to receive items on approval before deciding if they want to purchase them?  No clue if Brud kept them or returned them but here's a bit of background on the company as well as the letter, dated May 5, 1926, from G.J. Fox, the secretary and treasurer of the company.

The B.H. Stief Jewelry Company of Nashville Tennessee was founded in 1858. They are not affiliated with the Steiff Company of the Steiff bear fame.  Bruno Hugo Stief was born on March 21, 1845, in Prussia.  He was 7 years old when he boarded the passenger ship  "Irma" at Hamburg Germany with his father Franz Stief, his mother Susan Helena and his brother Oskar and sister Attelia.  They arrived in the United States on August 6, 1852.  By 1860 they are living in Nashville.  Franz is a "ban-box maker" while Oscar and Bruno are apprentice watchmakers.  Bruno married Francies G. Fields on March 3, 1869.  It doesn't appear that the couple had any children which would most likely account for the company passing out of the hands of the family after the death of Bruno in 1890.

The following excerpt comes from The Jewelers' Circular v. 78, issue 1, 1919:

A Pioneer in Dear Old Tennessee:  Taking a westward direction we reach what was once termed "The Athens of the South," Nashville, Tenn., and pay a visit to the store of the B.H. Stief Jewelry Co.  About 50 years ago the then proprietor had the honor of serving Gov. Andrew Jackson and many wealthy southern people whose families resided in Nashville because it was such a great educational city.  They bouth the best, and the firm sold only solid gold jewelry and solid silverware.  The stock was dispensed from a diminutive establishment 15 x 18 feet, with no employees but Mr. Stief himself.  The population of the town was then 25,000, with two daily newspapers.  Goods were bought directly from all the large manufacturers of jewelry and silverware.

J.A. Cayce, President
G.J. Fox, Secty & Treas.
The B.H. Stief Jewelry Co.
Jewelers and Silversmiths
Stief's Corner
Church St. & Capitol Boulevard
Nashville, Tenn.
May 5, 1926

Mr. C.H. Moran,
Dresden, Tenn.
Dear Sir:
As per your request of the 3d, we have sent you on approval six Sterling Silver Tea Spoons in our ADAM Pattern, which is one of the finest patterns which we have, and the price of same is $12.00.

Trusting you received them in due time, and that they will prove satisfactory, also, thanking you for past valued favors, we are,
Very truly yours,
B.H. Stief Jewelry Co.

GJF-H  It was signed by Gilbert J. Fox.

Updated January 8 2018
I came across a listing by Muddy Mo. Antiques on the website rubylane.com for a spoon by the B.H. Stief Jewelry Co.  Much of the information they have listed was taken directly from this webpage word for word and without bothering to cite the source of the information.  It makes it seem as if the spoon they are listing has some connection to the Moran family but there is no connection at all. Do not be fooled into thinking that if you purchase the item they are selling that it came from the Moran Estate.  I have asked them to add a citation indicating that the information they have provided came from the Moran Family blog.

Updated January 9 2018
I'm pleased to report that the owners of Muddy Mo. Antiques have added the citation.  If anyone buys the spoon they are definitely getting a piece of Tennessee history!  Just not Moran history.  :)

Nashville 1880 Centennial & Wheeler & Wilson

Howe Sewing machine, mid to late 1800's.
Moran Place

I came across a wonderful piece of 1880 business ephemera/Nashville Centennial among the papers of John Williamson Moran.  It's a receipt and confirmation of an order that had been placed with the Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co. in Nashville Tennessee.  Wheeler & Wilson  produced sewing machines much like the Howe sewing machine we found in the attic of Moran Place.  I don't know if Wheeler & Wilson sold Howe machines in addition to their own brand but it's possible that the receipt is for the Howe machine pictured here.

Office of Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co.
No. 120 Church Street,
Nashville, Tenn. March 11th 1880

Mr. J.W. Moran,
      Dresden Tenn
Dear Sir:
      Yours of 6th inst. with dft. $30.00 in full of mch sold to hand for which you have our thanks.  We ship mch ordered today.
                                      Yours Truly
                                       Wheeler & Wilson Mfg Co
                                            Omolund (sp.)

And then on the back is a fascinating piece of Tennessee History  about the "Grand Centennial Exposition" of Nashville.

  1780.      The City of Nashville 100 Years Old.      1880
                           Grand Centennial Exposition

W. Stockell, Chairman Exposition Board
M.R. Howell, Ass't Chairman.
Wm. C. Smith, Architect, Nashville.
R.A. Campbell, Recording Secretary
G.S. Blackie, Corresponding Secretary
Jos. L. Weakley, Treasurer

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM APRIL 23d TO MAY 29th

Location of Prominent Nashville Merchants and Manufacturers
Furniture and Mattresses
Weakley & Warren: Manufacturers of and Dealers in Furniture, Mattresses, etc.  Send them your orders, No.s 12 and 13 N. College St. Factory, 317, 319, 321 and 323 S. College Street. Nashville, Tenn.
Cotton, Tobacco and Grain Factors.
Ordway, Dudley *& McGuire, Cotton. Tobacco and Grain Factors.  Wholesale Grocers, Produce and General Commission Merchants, Nos. 80 and 82 S. Market St., Nashville, Tenn. Manufacturers' Agents for Flour, Bagging, Ties, Cotton Rope, Yarns and Cotton Gins.
Hardware
Hillman, Buford & Corbett. Dealers in Hardware, Iron, Steel, Woodwork and Farming Implements, 18 and 20 S. Market St., Nashville, Tenn.
Seeds and Implements
Geo. W. Stockell, Wholesale Seeds and Implements: Office 14 and 16 South Market St. Nashville, Tenn. Agents for Oliver Chilled Plows, Mickle-Louisville, Steel and Cast Plows, Tennessee Wagons, Osborne Binders, Wheeler Reapers and Mowers, Aultman & Taylor Engines and Separators, and Jacoby Harrows.
Sewing Machines
Wheeler & Wilson's Silent Sewing Machine, No. 8, the Cheapest Machine to Buy.  Because it is the Easiest to Learn, the Lightest Running, the Easiest to Manage, the Most Durable, and Does the Most Perfect Work.  Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company, 120 Church St., Nashville, Tenn.

Lillian Haynes Dobson and Walter Kenneth Hyde

This image comes from the Ward Seminary
1913 Yearbook.  It was supposed to represent
Lillian when she was born (1896),
When she was a school girl (1913), and her
life as a leader of society in 1930.  Sadly
that did not come true.

Lillian Haynes DOBSON was the daughter of Matthew Hughes DOBSON and Roberta A. ALLEN of Nashville Tennessee. She was also the sister of Matthew Hughes DOBSON who married Sophia Eleanor EZZELL, the daughter of Fannie MORAN and James EZZELL.  Lillian was born August 14, 1895.  She attended Ward Seminary which became the Harpeth Hall School.  She was the President of the Senior Class in 1912, just one of the many honors she received at school.

William Kenneth HYDE was born in Illinois on June 18, 1893.  His parents were Walter H. HYDE and Ellen Hyde.  He attended Vanderbilt University and is listed as being in the graduating class of 1918.  Nashville City Directories indicate he was a Mechanical Engineer.

William Hyde and Lillian Dobson were married in March, 1916.  The young couple had such promise but it wasn't meant to be.  William and Lillian contracted pneumonia in the fall of 1918.   Lillian was pregnant at the time.  William passed away on October 7, 1918.  The following day their infant son was was delivered, stillborn.  Soon after his delivery, Lillian too slipped the bonds of her mortal coil.










The family were interred together on October 10, 1918.  The headstone inscription is very poignant:

Lillian Dobson Hyde Died Oct. 8, 1918, Age 23.

Walter Kenneth Hyde Died Oct. 7, 1918, Age 26.

And Infant Son.

Laid to rest together October 10, 1918.

How many hopes lie buried here.

ca. 1914 Wayne Oil Tank and Pump Co.Advertising Ephemera

Closeup showing the Agents name and address.

This piece of undated ephemera was saved by Charles Harrell MORAN.  The first thing I noticed was the name L.C. GUNN.

The Moran's are related to the Gunn's through their mother, Sophia Riley Gunn Moran and she had a brother named Lyman Cephas Gunn.

Nashville City Directory 1914
I've highlighted Lyman C. Gunn's name in red.

Using the clues I found on the stationery I was able to confirm that this is the same Lyman Cephas Gunn that is related to the Moran's.  The 1914 Nashville City Directory lists Lyman Cephas Gunn and his wife Sallie as living at 1040 Seymour, the same address listed on the Wayne Oil Tank and Pump Co. stationery.  Which means this signed letter has to have a date prior to August 18, 1914 because that's when Lyman C. Gunn passed away.





Here is side one with transcription:

Wayne Oil Tank and Pump Co.

Manufacturers of

Self Measuring Oil Pumps and Storage Tanks

L.C. Gunn                           Fort Wayne, Ind.
Office
918 Broadway Phone Main 613
Residence
1040 Seymour Ave. Phone Wal 105
Nashville, Tenn.

Conserve Your Interest--Read this Carefully

The Wayne Standard System of Pumps and Tanks for safe and economical handling of Oils, Paints, Varnishes and Gasoline, is equal to any in the market.

We install at actual cost and guarantee perfect installation.  Customer need have no concern.  Turned over in perfect working order--simply give your orders.

Under an arrangement with the factory, can make better prices and terms than any other concern.

On the reverse side of this letter you will find a parital list of users of our outfits, to whom I confidently refer.

More of our outfits in use in Nashville than any other make.

Our outfits are accepted by National Board of Fire Underwriters without penalty on insurance.

Phone or write and our representative will call, demonstrate and make prices and terms.

Outfits displayed at 918 Broadway.  Call and see them.

Respectfully,

L.C. Gunn

Side two with transcription:

Partial List of Parties Using Wayne Outfits in Nashville
T.L. Boswell................................................1313 Calvin Ave.
City of Nashville...........................................(Six outfits)
Standard Iron Company...............................Stahlman Building
Howell E. Jackson........................................2107 Hayes Street
R. Houston Dudley.......................................2314 West End Ave.
Gray & Dudley Hardware Co.......................(Four OUtfits)
Dr. D.W. Blakemore....................................116 Seventeenth Ave., S.
Claude Waller...............................................Care N., C. & St. L. Ry.
Campbell Bros..............................................426 Seventh AVe., S.
A.C. Harsh...................................................1922 Hayes Street
Hope Dry Cleaning Co..................................Church Street
J.B. Richardson.......................................Lockeland and Seventeenth Street
Vanderbilt University................................West End Ave. (Two Outfits)
Cassetty Oil and Grease Co............................City
A.E. Spotswood.............................................Gallatin Road
Linton & Knight..............................................Bellvue
Harris Solinsky...............................................1916 West End Avenue
Volunteer Motor Car Co.................................Broad Street
A.H. Mayer.....................................................2212 Patterson Street
A. Henning.......................................................West Broadway
Kennedy & Stevens.........................................1927 West Broad Street
R.E. Lee...........................................................Flat Rock
Lebeck Bros.....................................................Church Street
E.K. Woodward...............................................Mr. Olivet, Lebanon Pike
H. Sudekum......................................................Seventeenth and Eastland
Nashville Laundry Co.......................................Bridge Avenue
J.E. Cartwright.................................................Gallatin Pike
J.C. Cartwright................................................1501 Acklen Avenue
Max Bloomstein...............................................Church Street
A.J. Joseph......................................................210 Twenty-third Avenue,S
McQuiddy Printing Co.....................................Fifth Avenue
C.C. Waggoner................................................2105 Church Street
C.A. Craig.......................................................2214 State Street
C.H. Brandon...................................................512 Woodland Street
Stilz & Graessle................................................111 Third Avenue, N.
Dorris-Hutchison Auto Co................................Third Avenue N.
The Blackwood Fire and Vulcanizing Co...........918 Broadway
J.J. Martin.........................................................2318 West End Avenue
J.P. Connor......................................................2101 Hayes Street
Nashville Railway and Light Co.........................Church Street, City
W.H. Hartford................first Ave, and First St., West Nashville, City
John A. Haley.................................Twenty-first Ave. and Church St.
Lee J. Loventhal.................................................120 Lyle Ave.
Joe Erskind.........................................................1912 West End Avenue
AND MANY OTHERS

Barr None

We don't know if the Barr's were just very good friends of the Moran's or if they have a family connection to us.  What we do know is that the Barr's were important to the Moran's because we have several pictures of them starting with a photo of the Barr children, Bessie and Hugh Jr., along with Marion Moran taken about 1886.  

We also can discern from the census records that the Barr's had a deep and abiding affection for each other because with very few exceptions, this family of four lived together throughout their lives and were interred beside each other.  One other interesting note, I can't verify whether the name is Henry Hugh or Hugh Henry. Both father and son were called Hugh.  On Hugh Sr.'s death certificate his name is listed as Henry Hugh Barr.  On Hugh Jr.'s death certificate his first name is listed as Hugh, there is a -- where the middle name would be and of course his last name is Barr.

Here is a picture of Henry Hugh Barr Sr.  His father Finley M. Barr, came from North Carolina and his mother, Arrilla Nix, was born in South Carolina. Henry was born in Tennessee.  He had an older sister named Louise Barr.  I don't know the exact order of his life but I do know he attended law school because there are entries in the Dresden Enterprise indicating that he was a local attorney. In addition, he is listed on the Board of Directors for the newly formed Dresden Bank.  Sometime in the mid-late 1870's Hugh was living in New York and that's where I suspect he met Leonora Shannon.  They married in 1878 per the census records. They came back to Dresden and in the 1880 census are listed with a four month old baby girl named Mary.  I believe that daughter did not live very long.

Henry Hugh Barr Sr.
Dec. 16, 1849-
May 4, 1936

Leonora Shannon was born in New York in 1850.  Her father, Robert Shannon, was born in Ireland and her mother, Esther Brown, was born in New York.

Leonora (Nora) Shannon Barr
Sept 20, 1850 -
April 27, 1914

Their next child was another girl and they named her Bessie I. Barr.  She was born abt 1881/82 in New York according to the census records.  So either the Barr's were living in New York again or they were perhaps on an extended visit.  By 1900, the Barr's were living in Nashville.  Bessie attended Ward Seminary, which merged with Belmont College in 1913, in Nashville Tennessee.   In 1900, she was a senior and her class picture is in The Iris, the annual yearbook for Ward Seminary.  A sample of her writing, A Story of the Pink Silk, is in the yearbook too.  She was also the Associate Business Manager on the Iris Editorial Staff and is pictured with the other staff members.  While we don't personally have any school pictures of Bessie we do have one of her when she was 14 years old and she played Lady Genvra in "The Mistletoe Bough" at the Vendome Theatre, Nashville, February 1896.  Bessie never married.

Bessie Barr
1896, The Mistletoe Bough
Feb. 1896
front side

Backside of the Bessie Barr Image
Notice the image of the little boy that bled onto the back.

I haven't identified a picture of Hugh Barr Jr. yet.  Hugh was born in 1883.  He became a professional just like his father did except Hugh Jr. chose medicine.  He earned his medical degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, class of 1907.  According to volume 11, 1911 of the Vanderbilt Quarterly, Hugh had been practicing in Dresden but in 1911 he moved his practice to Nashville, TN.   Hugh never married.

Throughout the census records the family of four lived together either in Dresden or Nashville TN.  Leonora was the first to pass away.  She died in 1914 from atherosclerosis. Hugh Sr. died in 1936 from bronchiectasis. Hugh Jr died in 1952 from a myocardial infarction   Bessie died in 1967.  All of the Barr's are interred in Sunset Cemetery in Dresden, Tennessee.

The Gunn Family, Nashville City Cemetery

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Only three individual headstones remain in the Gunn Family section
at Nashville's City Cemetery.  However, this Gunn monument marks the
area where the Gunn family is laid to rest.

If you are hoping to find the headstones for members of the Lyman T. Gunn family you will be sadly disappointed.  The stones have been gone for more than a hundred years but you will see the monument marking it as the Gunn Section.  As for individual markers, there are only three Gunn's that have memorials: Lyman C. Gunn, Sallie Boyd Gunn and Ellis M. Gunn. 

In addition, Lyman and Caroline Gunn's son James T. Gunn and his daughter Hattie are buried in the Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville TN.

Their daughter Sophia Riley Gunn Moran is buried in Moran Cemetery in Weakley County, TN.

Be sure to check out the Nashville City Cemetery website for more information!  Also, the Index of Individuals Buried at the Nashville City Cemetery Recorded in the Interment Books 1846-1979 by last name is available online.

Modern Methods
Nashville, Tennessee
September 7, 1917. Article XI
“The City Cemetery” by Charles A. Marlin

THE CITY CEMETERY

Interesting Account of Some of the Prominent Men
and Women Who Figured in the Early
History of City and State
By Charles A. Marlin.

The Gunn Family.

On the Gunn Lot are buried the following:
Mrs. Mary Hewit Hooe, second wife of Capt. Turner Morehead, of Kentucky, who died in Nashville, Tenn., May 20, 1838. She was a woman of culture and ability and noted for her hospitality and noted for her hospitality. Her husband Capt. Morehead was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, being with Gen. Wayne at Stony Point and was presented with a sword by Gen. Washington for his acts of bravery. She was the mother of Mrs. Lyman Taft Gunn. (I haven't been able to locate a burial location for Turner Morehead yet.  I have some suspicions but till I confirm I'm keeping it to myself.  If by chance anyone else finds his grave I'd love to know about it!)

Dr. Lyman Taft Gunn - Born at Montague, Mass., April 1, 1810, died in Dresden, Tenn., December 1, 1890, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Sophia Gunn Moran. He was a descendent o the Montague’s of England, his mother being a Montague, and was also connected with the Taft family. He spent the early years of his life with Mrs. Taft (grandmother of ex-President Taft) after the death of his mother. Dr. Gunn was educated in Boston, Mass., and attended the Dental Department of the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated in dentistry. He came to Nashville a few years before the Was, and was one of the first dentists of Nashville, being associated with Dr. Morgan and practiced his profession over forty years, in this city. His office was on what was the known as Spring street, and was one of the leading citizens of Nashville, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church.

Caroline Morehead - first wife of Dr. Lyman Taft Gunn was born in Glasgow, Ky., November 21, 1817, and died in Nashville, November 10, 1855. Was the daughter of Capt. Turner Morehead and Mary Hewitt Hooe Morehead.

Mary Francis Gunn - daughter of Dr. Lyman T. and Caroline Gunn, was born December 9, 1844 and died January 1, 1845; also the following children of Dr. L.T. Gunn and Caroline Gunn:

Wm. E. Gunn, born October 15, 1849, died 1876.

Caroline Louise Gunn, born August 30, 1853, died, July 28, 1857.

Chas. Morehead Gunn, born September 30, 1855, died June 2, 1878.

Lyman C. Gunn, born in Nashville, Tenn., November 16, 1846, died in Nashville, Tenn., August 18, 1914. He was the last surviving member of a family of six children. When a boy 14 years of age he enlisted in the Confederate Army serving with Com- A, First Tennessee Regiment, with Gen. Forrest and the last two years of the War with General Simon Bolivar Buckner as Courier. He was a first cousin of General Buckner, their mothers being sisters. He surrendered with Gen. Buckner at Shreveport, La., in 1865. In recent years he was affiliated with Forrest Calvary [sic], being first Lieutenant of Troop C, and also a member of Frank Cheatham Bivouc [sic].. He was in service of the Express Company out of Chattanooga shortly after the War, being associated with the late Major John. W. Thomas. Was also with the T. & P. Ry. in its early history in Dallas, Texas, also the M.K. & T. Ry. at St. Louis, and he severed his connection with that road in 1900 to become Gen. Freight and Passenger Agent of the Tennessee Central Ry. He was a member of the Moore Memorial Church of Nashville at the time of his death. (He was married to Sallie Boyd Gunn)

Ellis Morehead Gunn - son of Lyman C. Gunn and Sallie Boyd Gunn, who died in Nashville, Tenn., November 6, 1902. He was a soldier of the Spanish American War, being Corporal of Company G, Sixth Missouri Regiment. He served in Cuba, and while there contracted rheumatism which effected his heart and was the ultimate cause of his death.

The Gunn lot is the third lot from the Memorial Gate on City avenue. Nearly every old inhabitant remembers Dr. Lyman Gunn and his book, “Gunn’s Family Medical Adviser,” which had such a sale a few years after the War.

Record of the Morehead Family, 1870, by Charles Robert Morehead

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This gem was found among the papers belonging to Virginia Shumate Moran.  The cover isn't much to look at but the information this book contains is priceless for those of us who are into family history.  The Moran's are connected to the Morehead family via Lyman T. Gunn (one of the first dentist's in Nashville and a very interesting person in his own right) and his first wife, Caroline M. Morehead.  Lyman and Caroline had four sons and one daughter.  It was their daughter, Sophia Riley Gunn, who married John Williamson Moran.  

This history of the Morehead Family was published 1884 in Nashville, TN, and written by Charles  Robert Morehead.  At the time of the writing many of the people I am researching were still alive as was the case with Dr. Lyman T. Gunn.  C.R. Morehead even indicates that  Dr. Gunn's first wife Caroline Morehead had passed away and that he believed Dr. Gunn was living in Nashville with his second wife and they had no children.  There is no mention as to Caroline's cause of death but I believe it was related to the birth of her son Charles M. Gunn.  He was born in 1855 and she died in 1855 and dying in childbirth or because of puerpural (childbed) fever was a common occurrence.

In my research I have found that Caroline Morehead's mother was Mary (sometimes called Polly) Ann Hewitt Hooe.  At least that's the name I've seen on several sites and in other family trees.  However, Mr. Morehead says her name was Polly Ann Hewitt Hove and since the author was her son, I tend to believe that the name is Hove, not Hooe..  Now I just have to prove it. 

I've only skimmed the book and hope to have it scanned into pdf files so that the original document does not deteriorate any more than it already has.  Till that time we don't handle it very often.

Record of the Morehead Family by Charles Robert Morehead,
Leavenworth City, Kansas, 1870.

Preface page from the Morehead Family History.

Theatre Vendome, Tennessee Centennial 1897

I blogged previously about the Moran family and their involvement in the Tennessee Centennial.   Obviously they were very interested in the Centennial and had a good time because we found this four page flyer among the papers they kept.

The advertising flyer was printed by Gray Printing Co located at 317 N. Cherry St, Nashville, TN to promote Nashville businesses during the Tennessee Centennial which opened May 1st, 1897 and ran through November 1st, 1897.  Although the other pages are intact I couldn't get good scans of them so for now I give you the front page leading off with Nashville's Theatre Vendome which was built in 1887/1888 and had a seating capacity of 2000 with ticket prices ranging from 25 cents to $1.00.

The Tennessee Centennial and Belmont College, 1897

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Education has always been important to the Moran family.  From the time they were little they were attending Mrs. Evans School in Dresden TN and then as they became teenagers the boys (Jimmie and Harrell Moran) were off to a school in Elkton KY and then The Webb Bell Buckle School in of course, Bell Buckle, TN.  The girls (Fannie, Ida, and Marion) attended Mrs. M.E. Clark's Select School for Young Ladies and Miss Price's School in Nashville, TN. They went on to attend Belmont College also located in Nashville.  At the time they were attending, the ladies were housed in the Belmont Mansion which had been divided up into dormitory rooms.

The Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition took place in 1897 and there was a special pavilion just for showcasing the contributions and achievements of Tennessee women.  Among those who attended and took part in the Centennial were Fannie and Ida Moran. Fannie contributed works of poetry and writing while Ida participated in Belmont Day at the Centennial by participating in a musical recital.  She performed two solo piano pieces.

This letter from Ann Snyder (Chairman Library Cmte, Women's Board Tennessee Centennial)
was sent to Sue Mooney in Dresden, TN.  Mrs. Mooney was the principal at the Dresden Academy
where Fanny Moran was teaching. The Committee is requesting Mrs. Mooney to submit
books and other works of writing for inclusion at the Exposition. 

This is the programme from Tennessee Centennial for the musical
concert performed by students of Belmont College, May 21, 1897.

Pg. 2 of the programme.  I've underlined Ida Moran's name in red.

Page 3 of the programme.

On the back is a song called Belmont Days.  I'm assuming
it was the Alma Mater for Belmont College.

This is the cover from the Centennial Souvenir book Tennessee Centennial Poems,
written by Annie Somers Gilchrist, 1897.

This is another item from the Tennessee Centennial.  A recital
program for Miss Neva Sharon Stuart, another student from
Belmont College, School of Music.

Mrs. M.E. Clark's Select School for Young Ladies, Nashville Tenn

Young ladies from well-to-do families were often sent away to boarding schools.  Miss Fannie L. Moran was no exception.  She attended Mrs. M.E. Clark's Select School for Young ladies in Nashville, TN and also Price's School in Nashville.  Today's find from the collection of Moran papers includes the front cover of Fannie's school tablet which she signed and dated Dec 17- 1888.  On the inside of the cover she listed the date as Dec 18-1888.  The inscription shows that she was attending Mrs. M.E. Clarke's School and she also listed the names of perhaps some of her classmates and where they were from as well.

Here is a letter dated Aug. 28, 1889 from Mrs. B.A. Johnson, Principal to Fannie Moran (b. Oct 23, 1872 - d. May 3, 1955) exhorting Fannie to become a "thoroughly cultured woman" and that Fannie might be "a sincere Christian, no woman's life is complete without full communion with the church, and of course I mean the Methodist Church".  Fannie was 16 when this letter was written.  

(full transcription is at the end of this post.

Here is the backside of the letter with an explanation 

as to why Mrs. Clark located her school one mile east of the Nashville city limits.  

Transcription of the letter dated Aug 28, 1889, Nashville, TN
From Miss B.A. Johnson, Principal, Select School for Young Ladies
To Miss Fannie Moran

My dear Fannie,
I have only time to acknowledge the receipt of your sweet letter, am fully repaid if my letter re-established pleasant and friendly relations between us.  I wish you abundant success in your pursuit of knowledge.  I know your mind and what you are capable of accomplishing and shall be disappointed if you do not make a thoroughly cultured woman.  Above all I trust you may be a sincere Christian, no woman's life is complete without full communion with the Church, and of course I mean the Methodist Church.  Write me some time Fannie of your efforts in this direction (corner torn off so a word or two are missing) to your mama.  I shall certainly expect to see (missing corner) when in Nashville, telephone me 993. (then on the left side written vertically she says) Ever read Emerson's Traits of Character?  Much love from your (corner missing)
Bessie Johnson

Fannie Moran went on to become the State's first Democratic national committeewoman after serving as Tennessee legislative chairman for the American Women's Suffrage Association.  She was also active in her church and various clubs.  I'm fairly certain that Fannie Moran exceeded the expectations that Bessie Johnson expressed in her letter to Fannie.