Early Bronaugh Residents

The Morren Family

The story of Billy Morren is one of the most exciting but saddest in Bronaugh's history.

Mr. Morren was the Bronaugh town marshall. Also, he and his wife managed the Bronaugh Hotel that was across the street (now Highway 43) east of the bank. Their daughter and son lived there too.

In 1900, a band of robbers rode into town to rob the bank in the middle of the night. Marshall Morren opened the door of the hotel to try to do something and he was shot and killed right there on the front porch.

This scan of Billy Morren was shared by Deloris Sheridan Heitz. We are looking for the original of this scan.

His grave marker in Worsley Cemetery was donated by Bronaugh citizens after the shooting.
W. Morren grave marker

1855 - 1900

For those of you who use GPS, the coordinates for the Morren grave is N 37° 40.815 W 094° 29.553.

Note: Be aware that it is not unusual to see his last name spelled Moran or Moren but his grave marker says Morren, so surely thats correct.

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