Moran Cemetery, Dresden Tennessee

02/25/2014

Not everyone at Moran Cemetery is a Moran. Nora Insco Grubb was the daughter of William C. Insco and Edith Leuwellan. She was first married to J.W. Craig Sept 19 1897 in Weakley. Her second husband was C.I Grubb, married on January 26 1900 also in Weakley. She is interred with Baby Grubb.

04/12/2013

Harriet Harris was the daughter of Williamson Harris and Elizabeth Battle Perry Harris. She married James Henderson Moran the 1st on July 12, 1832.

03/03/2013

Eliza Moran was born Feb. 21 1810 in Kentucky and died in Dresden on Jan 9, 1871. In 1870, she was living in the home of her niece Agnes Moran who was married to B.D. Irvine. You may remember B.D. gave the cemetery land to the Moran family. Agnes' brother J.W. Moran was also living in the Irvine household. When he set up his own home and family he would eventually build the Victorian home that would become known as Moran Place.

02/06/2013

Mary Ann wife of Martin Insco, Born Dec 20, 1886 Died Jan 30 1910

11/17/2012

The oldest known burial in Moran Cemetery is James Henderson Moran who was born Oct. 23, 1796 in Madison County Kentucky. He died Oct. 18, 1843 in Dresden, Tennessee

11/12/2012

Did you know that the land for Moran Cemetery was originally owned by B.D. Irvine? http://moranfamilytn.blogspot.com/2012/05/history-of-moran-cemetery-dresden-tn.html

Moran roots run deep & we have thousands of pictures, documents, letters, books, pamphlets, newspapers and other ephemera. This is our attempt to bring the past to life, one piece at a time. Sometimes we know a lot, sometimes a little & sometimes we know nothing but the documentation we have may he...