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that period. One of these, "Iodine," had
a record of 2 :2 ; and later showed a speed
of 2:16. The other, "Zilthena," marked
at 2:21 after Mr. Sherwood disposed of
her.
Mr. Sherwood married (first) Harriet
J. Kemper, daughter of Charles H.
Kemper, and they were the parents of
five children: I. Lillian, married J. C.
Newkirk, a dentist, of Norwalk. 2. Alice
May, married Louis H. Irwin, of Hemp-
stead, Long Island ; they have two chil-
dren, Sherwood and Marion. 3. Arthur
Preston, married Elizabeth Runyon, and
has one son, Preston Runyon. 4. Harriet
Edna, married V. H. Yarnell, of Newark,
New Jersey. 5. Flora Belle, married W.
H. Blackwell, treasurer of the United
States Rubber Company, of New York
City. Mr. Sherwood married (second)
Mary Kemper, sister of his first wife, and
they were the parents of a daughter,
Mable, who married Louis E. Hatzfield,
of New Rochelle ; Mrs. Hatzfield is the
mother of two children, Louis Sherwood
and Winifred.
MORAN, Frederick J.,
Merchant.
It is to his own unaided efforts that
Frederick J. Moran, one of Norwalk's
leading merchants, owes his success. In
the best sense of the title, he is a selfmade
man. He possesses keen business
ability and the determination to carry out
his ideas. Although among the more re-
cent Norwalk residents, he has, in the
time he has resided there, won a place in
the esteem of his fellow-citizens and busi-
ness associates.
Mr. Moran descends from a family long
prominent in the annals of Irish history.
The eminent historian, O'Hart, tells us
that the original form of the name was
O'Morain, and this has been anglicized
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into Moran, and is also spelled found
Morrin. It is of the Milesian families,
being traced through the son of Milesius,
Ir.
Matthias Raphael Moran, father of
Frederick J. Moran, was born in Ontario,
Canada, son of one of the immigrants to
that place. He died in 1895, m New Lon-
don, Connecticut. Mr. Moran lived in
Canada until his early twenties, and was
brought up on a farm. He removed with
his parents to Vineland, New Jersey,
where they were engaged for a short time
in the business of growing fruit, and then
went to New London, Connecticut, where
he entered the employ of the New London
& Northern Railroad Company, remaining
with them for some years. He was assistant
superintendent there under George
W. Bentley. When Mr. Bentley became
interested in a railroad in Florida, he induced
Mr. Moran to accompany him as
his assistant. Subsequently, Mr. Moran
returned to New London, and was appointed
deputy collector of customs by
President Grover Cleveland during his
second term, and it was this office Mr.
Moran was holding when his death oc-
curred.
Mr. Moran married Ann Murray, a na-
tive of New London, and they were the
parents of four children, three of whom
grew to maturity, as follows : Frederick
J., of further mention ; Julian D. ; and
Matthias R., of New London.
Frederick J. Moran, son of Matthias R.
and Ann (Murray) Moran, was born De-
cember 6, 1879,
i n New London, Connecticut.
He was educated in the New London
public schools, and soon after com-
pleting his schooling, entered the office
of the Central Vermont Railway Com-
pany, where he remained for about four
years. He then went to Boston, Massachusetts,
and for six years was in the em-