McKendree M.E. Church, South

McKendree M.E. Church, South, in Nashville Tennessee has played a variety of roles in the Moran family.  There have been weddings and funerals and family memberships.  Manie Campbell Hatton, daughter of Confederate General Robert Hatton and Sophie K. Reilly, was a member of McKendree.  Sophia Ezzell, grand-daughter of Captain John W. Moran, had a grand wedding ceremony at McKendree in November 1919 when she married Matthew Dobson.  The McKendree Church held a special place in the family, so much so that Virginia Shumate Moran kept this postcard in a folder with her children's school reports, letters, and other family items she held dear.

Calling Card Sunday - Marvin L. Katterjohn

Marvin Lewis Katterjohn

Today's calling card is brought to you by Marvin L. Katterjohn.  His card was among the papers of Virginia SHUMATE MORAN who was born in Kentucky.  A quick search of google and ancestry.com tells me that his full name is Marvin Lewis KATTERJOHN.  He was born at Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky in 1882 to Henry Herman Katterjohn and Christina Elizabeth NEIMIER.  He married Jessica McCartney in 1909 at Hannibal Missouri.

Jessica McCartney Katterjohn

I wondered what could be the connection, if any, between my husband's great grandmother Virginia and the Katterjohn family.  More searching on Ancestry.com and I discovered that a Harold Miller SHUMATE appears in the Katterjohn family tree.  Harold Miller SHUMATE was born in Texas in 1893 and died in California in 1983.  He was a screenwriter for films and tv. Some of his credits include "Bonanza" and "Adventures of Jim Bowie".

The Shumate connection may be what connects this card to our family or it could just be that Marvin Katterjohn and his family were friends of the Morans

VSM monogrammed Sifter Spoon ca. 1911

James H. Moran III and
Virginia Shumate Moran in front
of Moran Place.
ca 1930's

Virginia Shumate Moran's sifter spoon

This sweet little sifter spoon belonged to Virginia Shumate Moran and is monogrammed on the handle VSM.

Nathan Blythe Gentry

A bit of trivia:
Virginia Shumate married James Henderson Moran in November 1911, in Dyer County Tennessee.  Her 1st cousin, Nathan Blythe Gentry, was the notary on the Marriage License.

Today in Moran History

Eula Virginia Shumate was born January 10, 1888 in Garrard County, Kentucky.

Happy 124th Birthday Grandmother Virginia!

Commemorative Bible from Quincy Shumate

Gift from Quincy Shumate to Nathan Harrell Moran.

This small bible was given to Nathan Harrell Moran (Quincy has the name reversed) from his great uncle Quincy Shumate to commemorate Nathan's grandfather, Nathan M. Shumate.  The only reason I can come up with for presenting the bible at this time is because Nathan Moran graduated from Dresden High School in 1936 and it was a graduation gift.  Nathan Shumate died in 1899.

Obituary of Champ Shumate 1905

Champ Shumate's first wife and youngest child:
Martha McClary Shumate and Nathan Shumate

Champ Shumate was the son of Mitchell and Catherine Champ Shumate. Champ Shumate's first wife was Martha Jane "Patsey" McClary.  She and Champ had the following children: Jason Champ Shumate, John Quincy Shumate, Belle Shumate, Harriet Shumate, and Nathan McClary Shumate (Kent's Great Grandfather). After the death of Martha, Champ married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Yeakey. They had one child who lived for ten days, Mary G. Shumate, most likely buried in the Old Paint Lick Cemetery with her parents.

Champ died September 2, 1825 from kidney disease. Champ and Martha McClary Shumate are Kent's second great grandparents on his fathers side of the family.  

Champ Shumate's obituary appeared in the Central Record on February 10 1905.  According to the obituary he was born on Benjamin Slavin's place.  At this time I don't know the relationship of the Slavin family to the Shumate clan.  Ben Slavin died in 1906 and was interred in the Lancaster Cemetery.

"Mr Champ Shumate, of Paint Lick, died Feb. 1st, 1905.  He was born on the Ben Slavin place in this, Garrard county, Sept. 2nd, 1825, and was therefore in his eightieth year.  He lived on the place where he was born until his marriage after which he moved to Rockcastle county.  After some years he moved back to his old home, the Slavin place, on Frog Branch Creek.  His first wife, who was Martha McClary having died, he married the second time, Lizzie Yeakey, who survives him.  He leaves three children, all of whom were by his first marriage.  Shortly after his second marriage, about 22 years ago, he sold his farm and moved to Paint Lick and engaged in merchandising. After seven years he gave up the business and retired to the comfortable home where he spent the remainder of his days.

For thirty years he was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church at Manse.  Of recent years he has been unable to attend church which he delighted to do when he was able.  He was modest, unassuming man of good christian character, quiet and unpretending in his manner.  He was a man of strong convictions and a firm and faithful friend.  Most of his life was spent in Paint Lick, where he had many friends and acquaintances.  He leaves three children, a widow and a host of friends to mourn his loss.  Everything was done for him that kind friends could do but, for many years he had been afflicted with kidney disease, which in the end caused his death.  Revs. D.E. Friarson and C.S. Young conducted funeral services at his home in the presence of a large and sympathizing crowd.  his remains were laid to rest in the Paint Lick Cemetery. " 

Martha Belle Shumate and Dr. Harry Lester Baum Wedding Invitation

Martha Belle Shumate was Virginia Shumate Moran's cousin.   After the death of  Virginia's father, Quincy Shumate became her foster father.  This announcement was found among her papers.  Martha was Harry's first wife.
A few years later Martha and Virginia were visiting each other with their firstborn children.

At home in Dresden, 1918

This is Virginia Shumate Moran holding her second born, Nathan Harrell Moran (b April 1918).  The fellow in the sailor suit is his  older brother James Henderson Moran IV.  This picture is from a scanned negative that was taken in 1918.

Virginia Shumate and Butch(?)

On the back, written in pencil and very faded, are the names "Virginia" and "Butch".  This is another image found among Virginia Shumate Moran's papers.