MORAN, FREDERICK TOLL
b. 3-4-1855 d. 5-19-1936.
Bur. sec. 59, Lots l027 & l028
Was a son of Judge Charles Moran III. His great-grandfather, Charles Claude,
came to Detroit in 1751. Frederick loved horses, and was a noted breeder and patron of racing. He was appointed a member of the Detroit Fire Commission, for which he purchased horses. He was fire commissioner for 23 years. He resigned, losing enthusiasm for the job when motorized fire engines began replacing the horse-drawn ones. He was president of Peninsular Stove Co., and was active in the promotion and erection of the new plant at Burt Road and the Pere Marquette Railroad. It was the most complete and modernly equipped stove works in the world. The Moran family owned a vast parcel of land, known as Windmill Pointe. He was a director of People's Wayne County Bank and People's State Bank of Highland Park. He also was a director of Central West Casualty Co.
of Detroit. His sons were Alfred B. and Francis C.
Source: Mt Elliott Cemetery A History p. 63
MORAN, FREDERICK TOLL
b. 3-4-1855 d. 5-19-1936.
Bur. sec. 59, Lots l027 & l028
Was a son of Judge Charles Moran III. His great-grandfather, Charles Claude,
came to Detroit in 1751. Frederick loved horses, and was a noted breeder and patron of racing. He was appointed a member of the Detroit Fire Commission, for which he purchased horses. He was fire commissioner for 23 years. He resigned, losing enthusiasm for the job when motorized fire engines began replacing the horse-drawn ones. He was president of Peninsular Stove Co., and was active in the promotion and erection of the new plant at Burt Road and the Pere Marquette Railroad. It was the most complete and modernly equipped stove works in the world. The Moran family owned a vast parcel of land, known as Windmill Pointe. He was a director of People's Wayne County Bank and People's State Bank of Highland Park. He also was a director of Central West Casualty Co.
of Detroit. His sons were Alfred B. and Francis C.
Source: Mt Elliott Cemetery A History p. 63
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