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THOMAS J. MORAN, street commissioner of Oil City, son of Thomas Moran, was born in Paterson, New Jersey, March 12, 1839, the year his father moved to Oil creek eddy. He attended the common schools and worked on his father’s farm, during his minority, and afterward made farming a business for many years. Since 1860 he has been engaged in oil production. Away back when the postoffice was Cornplanter he was assistant postmaster for, a time; subsequently he held the offices of director of the poor, school comptroller, city councilman and, in 1888, was elected street commissioner.
History of Venango County, Pennsylvania
: its past and present, including its aboriginal history, the French and
British occupation of the country, its early settlement and subsequent
growth, a description of its historic and interesting localities, its rich
oil deposits and their development, sketches of its cities, boroughs,
townships, and villages, neighborhood and family history, portraits and
biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc.,
etc.
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