Moriarty.  Frank  C  ,  son  of  John  and  Catherine  Moriarty,  was  born  in  Cayuga
county,  N.  Y.,  June  13,  1860.  His  early  education  was  acquired  in  the  district
schools  and  in  the  High  School  at  Hudson,  Mich.  Following  his  graduation  from
the  latter  institution  he  taught  school  for  several  terms  and  later  removed  to  Vaca-
ville,  Cal.,  where  for  two  years  he  was  employed  by  G.  W.  Gibbs,  a  prominent  fruit
grower.  He  then  returned  to  Michigan  and  entered  the  law  department  of  the  uni-
versity at  Ann  Arbor,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in
1887,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  same  year.  In  January,  1888,  he  located  in
Ypsilanti  for  the  practice  of  his  profession,  and  after  a  short  residence  in  that  city  he
was  elected  as  city  attorney,  which  office  he  held  until  the  following  year,  when  he
was  elected  city  clerk  and  clerk  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners,  ably  dis-
charging the  duties  of  his  dual  offices  until  the  spring  of  1890.  From  1888  to  1891  he
was  president  of  the  Washington  County  Republican  Club  and  chairman  of  the
Washington  County  Republican  Committee.  In  November,  1891,  he  removed  to
Detroit,  where  he  has  since  continuously  practiced  his  profession  with  marked  suc-
cess and  has  won  for  hi.nself  an  honorable  position  at  the  bar.  While  a  resident  of
Ypsilanti  Mr.  Moriarity  was  president  of  the  local  branch  of  the  Ancient  Order  of
Hibernians  and  also  a  member  of  the  Fraternal  Mystic  Circle  and  of  the  Catholic
church.  In  September,  1889,  he  married  Lucy  Byron  of  Ann  Arbor,  and  they  have
four  children:     Francis  L.,  Joseph,  Sarah  A.  and  Arthur  W.
