John W. Moran enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861 as part of Company I 31st Tennessee Regiment. He started as a Private then was Regimental 1st Sergeant. He then became 1st Lieutenant. He surrendered in North Carolina with the Army of Tennessee at the end of the war in May 1865.
He was paroled and allowed to go home. After the war, he earned money loading steamboats at Hickman, Kentucky to start his own business in Dresden, Tennessee. He earned enough money to buy a store of his own and was a merchant selling dry goods. He then helped to found the Bank of Dresden in the 1880's. He was a prominent citizen of the town and participated in many of the reunions of Confederate Veterans in Weakley County.
For more information about John Williamson Moran be sure and read the Dresden Enterprise for the article entitled Recollections of Jno. W. Moran, published April 26, 1912.
James Henderson Moran, Jr. was his brother.
Cause of death: Pernicious Anemia
He was paroled and allowed to go home. After the war, he earned money loading steamboats at Hickman, Kentucky to start his own business in Dresden, Tennessee. He earned enough money to buy a store of his own and was a merchant selling dry goods. He then helped to found the Bank of Dresden in the 1880's. He was a prominent citizen of the town and participated in many of the reunions of Confederate Veterans in Weakley County.
For more information about John Williamson Moran be sure and read the Dresden Enterprise for the article entitled Recollections of Jno. W. Moran, published April 26, 1912.
James Henderson Moran, Jr. was his brother.
Cause of death: Pernicious Anemia
John W. Moran enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861 as part of Company I 31st Tennessee Regiment. He started as a Private then was Regimental 1st Sergeant. He then became 1st Lieutenant. He surrendered in North Carolina with the Army of Tennessee at the end of the war in May 1865.
He was paroled and allowed to go home. After the war, he earned money loading steamboats at Hickman, Kentucky to start his own business in Dresden, Tennessee. He earned enough money to buy a store of his own and was a merchant selling dry goods. He then helped to found the Bank of Dresden in the 1880's. He was a prominent citizen of the town and participated in many of the reunions of Confederate Veterans in Weakley County.
For more information about John Williamson Moran be sure and read the Dresden Enterprise for the article entitled Recollections of Jno. W. Moran, published April 26, 1912.
James Henderson Moran, Jr. was his brother.
Cause of death: Pernicious Anemia
He was paroled and allowed to go home. After the war, he earned money loading steamboats at Hickman, Kentucky to start his own business in Dresden, Tennessee. He earned enough money to buy a store of his own and was a merchant selling dry goods. He then helped to found the Bank of Dresden in the 1880's. He was a prominent citizen of the town and participated in many of the reunions of Confederate Veterans in Weakley County.
For more information about John Williamson Moran be sure and read the Dresden Enterprise for the article entitled Recollections of Jno. W. Moran, published April 26, 1912.
James Henderson Moran, Jr. was his brother.
Cause of death: Pernicious Anemia
Gravesite Details
Flat monument: 31st Tenn. Regiment Co. 1, C.S.A./ Tower monument: Soldier Citizen Friend
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