Martin Moran

Regions: Cazenovia, Madison Co., NY; Walworth Co., WI

From History of Walworth County Wisconsin by Albert Clayton Beckwith, Vol. II, Publ. 1912 - Page 856-857 MARTIN MORAN. Another of the worthy sons of the county of which this history treats, who has been content to spend his life here, is Martin MORAN, farmer of Darien township. He is the scion of a thrifty old family of the Emerald Isle who came to the Badger state in early days and here, although the country was new and conditions not altogether promising, they had the sagacity to foresee a great future for the section in which they settled and finally became very comfortably established through hard work and economy. In fact, it is to such people that the county owes a debt of gratitude for having brought it up to such an advanced state of development. Martin MORAN was born on October 19, 1854, in Walworth county, Wisconsin. He is the son of Thomas and Marguerite (MAHAN) MORAN, both natives of Ireland, where they spent their earlier years. The father emigrated to America in 1848 and settled at Cazenovia, Madison County, New York, and there he engaged in farming for some time. He came to Wisconsin in 1852 and settled in Lafayette township, Walworth county, where he lived about two years, then moved to Delavan township, where he continued farming, later buying a farm and there he established a good home in which he lived until two years prior to his death, which occurred on March 16, 1908, at the town of Sharon, this county. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas MORAN, namely: Bridget; Martin, of this sketch; Michael, Mary, Maggie, Kate, Ella, and William, all living. Martin MORAN grew to manhood on the home farm, where he worked during his boyhood, and he received his education in the common schools of this county. He has farmed all his life and is now the owner of a fine farm of three hundred and twenty acres in sections 25 and 36, Darien township, which he has brought up to a high state of cultivation and improvement, and on which he is carrying on general farming and stock raising on a large scale. He makes a specialty of breeding Percheron horses, which, owning to their superior quality, are greatly admired. He has a large, pleasant home in the midst of attractive surroundings, and a convenient set of outbuildings. Politically, Mr. MORAN is a Democrat, but has never been especially active in public affairs. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen of Darien, and he is a worthy member of the Catholic church. Mr. MORAN was married on October 12, 1881, to Mary CUSACK, daughter of Patrick and Ellen CUSACK, a highly respected family of Walworth county, where Mrs. MORAN grew to womanhood and received her education in the common schools. To Mr. and Mrs. MORAN have been born six children, named in order of birth as follows: May, born August 6, 1886; Frank, born September 5, 1890, is now twenty-two years old; Marguerite, born February 13, 1892, is now twenty years old; Martin Jr., born December 18, 1894, is now seventeen years of age; Agnes, born February 12, 1897, is now fifteen years old; and Arthur, born December 17, 1901, is eleven years old. They are all at home with their parents. Submitted by Carol