Moran, Richard L.

Born: 1815-XX-XX Maryland

Died: 1903-XX-XX Fulton County, Illinois

Flourished: Fulton County, Illinois

Moran moved from Maryland to Fulton County, Illinois, with his father and siblings. In 1843, Moran married Sybil Cummings, and they settled on a farm in Fulton County and raised nine children. In 1850, Moran was living with his family in Buckheart, Illinois, where he was farming and owned $400 in real property. By 1860, he had accumulated $2,500 in real property, with a personal estate of $1,200. Politically, Moran was a Republican.

History of Fulton County Illinois (Peoria, IL: Chas. C. Chapman, 1879), 496; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Buckheart, Fulton County, IL, 315; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Buckheart, Fulton County, IL, 99; Gravestone, Shields Chapel Cemetery, Canton, IL.