The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 675

JAMES WALKER MOREN.

James Walker Moren, who since 1914, has resided upon his ranch on the lower
Naches and is there extensively and successfully engaged in raising apples and
other fruit, was born in Laurel county, Kentucky, May 20, 1876, a son of Daniel
O. and Sarah (Patton) Moren, both of whom were natives of Kentucky and were well
known farming people of Carroll county, that state.

James W. Moren acquired a public school education and began teaching when but
fifteen years of age. He afterward attended the Williamsburg Institute and
throughout his entire life he has been a man of studious habits who has
continually broadened his knowledge by reading, study and research. He is a
graduate of law, having completed a course in Center College of Danville,
Kentucky, with the class of 1898. Following his graduation he took up the
practice of law at London, Kentucky, where he remained for eight years, and
during that period he served for four years as county attorney in a most
acceptable manner. The opportunities of the northwest attracted him and in 1906
he removed to Yakima, where he opened a law office, continuing in the practice
of his profession in the city for six years, during which period he was deputy
prosecuting attorney for two years. He exerted much influence over public
thought and action, and his fellow townsmen, recognizing his ability, called
upon hits to serve as their representative in the state legislature for two
years, he being a member of the general assembly of Washington in 1911 and again
in 1913.

In the meantime, however, Mr. Moren became interested in farming and orcharding
in this state. In 1907 he purchased forty acres of land on the lower Naches, of
which he has since sold twenty acres. In 1914 he removed to his ranch and now
has fifteen acres planted to apples, with peaches and pears as fillers. He has
built a nice home upon his place and added all modern accessories and
conveniences for the further development of his orchards and the care of his
fruit. Everything is thoroughly modern and his work is most systematically and
efficiently done.

On the 12th of November, 1912, Mr. Moren was married to Miss Alma Lesh, a
daughter of D. E. Lesh, a pioneer settler of Yakima county, and they now have
one child, Alma. Mr. Moren belongs to the Elks Lodge, No. 318, of Yakima, while
politically he is a republican. He does not seek or desire office, however,
notwithstanding his fitness for public position has been demonstrated in the
past. He prefers now to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his business
affairs and has made a creditable name and place for himself as a leading
orchardist on the Naches.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.