Frieda Amble1

F, #361, b. 21 January 1920

Family: Martin Joseph Prescott b. 21 Sep 1920, d. 21 Nov 1967

Biography

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BirthJan 21, 19202
MarriageSep 28, 1941Adams, Mower Co., MN, USA
Residence1953Adams, Mower Co., MN, USA
ParentsDIsabelle ???
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, #558, p. 492, 502; III, p. 16.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Karl Grahek, Apr. 11, 2001.

Charles Holden Prescott1,2

M, #362, b. 4 September 1942

Family 1:

Family 2: Linda (?)

  • Marriage*: Charles Holden Prescott married Linda (?) w/2; not mother of children.6

Biography

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BirthSep 4, 1942Austin, Mower Co., MN, USA3,4,5
Marriagew/2; not mother of children6
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, #565, p. 502; III, p. 17.
  2. [S22] E.V. Uran, Family Genealogy, p. 17.
  3. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, #565, p. 502: 1941.
  4. [S22] E.V. Uran, Family Genealogy, p. 17: 1942.
  5. [S415] E-mail from Karl Grahek, Apr. 11, 2001.
  6. [S415] E-mail from Karl Jerome Grahek, Apr. 11, 2001.

Diana Ruth Prescott1,2

F, #363, b. 14 March 1943

Family: Larry Gentle

Biography

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Corresponded with authorN
BirthMar 14, 1943Austin, Mower Co., MN, USA, Grahek: 19453,4,5
Marriageh/15
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, #566, p. 502.
  2. [S22] E.V. Uran, Family Genealogy, p. 17.
  3. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 502: 1945.
  4. [S22] E.V. Uran, Family Genealogy, p. 16: 1943.
  5. [S415] E-mail from Karl Grahek, Apr. 11, 2001.

David Martin Prescott1,2

M, #364, b. 11 September 1945

Family: Paula (?)

  • Marriage*: David Martin Prescott married Paula (?) on Jun 19, 1971.6

Biography

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BirthSep 11, 1945Austin, Mower Co., MN, USA, Grahek: 19463,4,5
MarriageJun 19, 19716
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, #567, p. 502; III, p. 17.
  2. [S22] E.V. Uran, Family Genealogy, p. 16.
  3. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, III, p. 17: 1946.
  4. [S22] E.V. Uran, Family Genealogy, p. 16: 1945.
  5. [S415] E-mail from Karl Grahek, Apr. 11, 2001.
  6. [S415] E-mail from Karl Jerome Grahek, Apr. 11, 2001.

Donald John Prescott1

M, #365, b. 25 November 1948

Family: Gerta (?)

  • Marriage*: Donald John Prescott married Gerta (?) on Aug 4, 1971.2

Biography

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BirthNov 25, 1948Austin, Mower Co., MN, USA1
MarriageAug 4, 19712
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, #568, p. 502; III, p. 17.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Karl Jerome Grahek, Apr. 11, 2001.

Sidney Glenn Braman1,2

M, #366, b. 16 March 1891, d. 21 June 1918

Biography

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BirthMar 16, 1891Marshall Co., IA, USA2
Milit-Begcirca 1918WWI
DeathJun 21, 1918Belleau Woods (Battle of Marne), France, July 16, 1917 also given3,1
BurialBlankenship Cemetery, Fountain City, Rosalie Twp, KS, USA
BiographyKilled in WWII in France at Belleau Wood, June 21, 1918 when struck by a shell.
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S22] E.V. Uran, Family Genealogy, p. 13: 21 Jun 1918.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, #463, p. 441.
  3. [S36] Letter, from Emma Braman: 15 Jul 1917.

Amber Gail Braman1

F, #367, b. 13 May 1893, d. after 1953

Biography

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BirthMay 13, 1893Marshall Co., IA, USA, 1895 also2
Deathafter 1953El Dorado, KS, USA
BiographyCared for her mother and an invalid aunt.
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 13, 442 #465.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, #465, p. 442.

Garnet Lyle Braman1

M, #368, b. 28 February 1895, d. after 1953

Biography

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BirthFeb 28, 1895Marshall Co., IA, USA, 1897 also1,2
Occupationa grocer and a farmer
Deathafter 1953El Dorado, KS, USA
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, #466, p. 442, 443.
  2. [S36] Letter, from Emma Braman.

Lawrence Myrel Braman1

M, #369, b. 9 June 1896, d. after 1953

Family: Kitty Belle Grant

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthJun 9, 1896Marshall Co., IA, USA1
MarriageOct 3, 1923El Dorado, KS, USA2
Deathafter 1953Buffalo, Wilson Co., KS, USA
BurialBlankenship Cemetery, Fountain City, Rosalie Twp, KS, USA
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, #467, p. 442, 443.
  2. [S1399] Unknown subject.

Blossom Fern Braman1

F, #370, b. 25 September 1897, d. after 1953

Family: Frederick William Marquardt

Biography

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Corresponded with authorN
BirthSep 25, 1897Tama Co., IA, USA1
Occupationgeneral merchandise store
MarriageNov 26, 19192
Deathafter 1953Udall, KS, USA
BiographyAll her daughters were blonde and blue eyed.
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, #469, p. 442, 444.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 444.

Clifford Carl Braman1

M, #371, b. 11 April 1901

Family: Laveda Bradley

Biography

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BirthApr 11, 1901IA, USA1,2
Occupationa cattleman and wheat grower
MarriageMar 14, 19323
Residence1953El Dorado, KS, USA
BiographyCattleman and wheat grower on farm north east of El Dorado, KS. Active in Farm Bureau work.
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, #473, p. 442, 444.
  2. [S36] Letter, from Emma Braman.
  3. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 445.

Russel Rollo Braman1

M, #372, b. 12 June 1903

Family: Vergil Greenwall

Biography

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Corresponded with authorN
BirthJun 12, 1903IA, USA1
OccupationBraman Manufacturing Co.
MarriageNov 1, 19252
Residence1953Shawnee, OK, USA
BiographyDuring WWII worked for a plane factory. Owns Braman Manufacturing Co. First at Ada, OK then at Shawnee, OK. Married twice.
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, #475, p. 442, 445.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 445.

Stanley Stern Braman1

M, #373, b. 16 May 1905

Family: Helma Hackler

  • Marriage*: Stanley Stern Braman married Helma Hackler on Nov 24, 1931.2

Biography

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BirthMay 16, 1905IA, USA1
Occupationa farmer
MarriageNov 24, 19312
Residence1953El Dorado, KS, USA
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, #477, p. 442, 446.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 446.

Maurice Mason Braman1

M, #374, b. 4 September 1907

Family: Dorothy McHone

Biography

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Corresponded with authorN
BirthSep 4, 1907IA, USA1
Occupationa farmer
MarriageJun 26, 19342
Residence1953El Dorado, Greenwood, KS, USA
BiographyTwice lost everything by fire. Farms in Greenwood Co, east of El Dorado.
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, #479, p. 442, 446.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 446.

Forest Ford Braman1

M, #375, b. 1 November 1910

Family: Mrs. Rowena Coster b. 12 Nov 1920

Biography

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BirthNov 1, 1910KS, USA1
Occupationmachinist for Beech Aircraft Co.
MarriageJan 17, 19512
Residence1953Wichita, Sedgewick Co., KS, USA
BiographyWorked for Boeing Aircraft before WWII. Invented tools for company. Then during WWII changed to Beech Aircraft Co. in Wichita Kansas.
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, #481, p. 442, 446.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 446.

Lenoah Morgan Sr1,2

M, #376, b. 29 October 1807, d. 3 June 1891

Family:

Biography

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BirthOct 29, 1807Beaver Island District, Stokes Co., NC, USA, age 63 in 1870 census; age 75 in 1880 census; Obituary gives Oct 9, 1807.4,2,5,6,7,8,9
Occupationa farmer and carpenter
NoteMay 17, 1832Will of John Wright Sr, witnessed by Benjamin (X), Lenoah, Solomon Morgan (Will Book 3, p. 314 (Stokes Co. NC Wills, Mrs. W. O. Absher, 1985)
DeedFeb 26, 1842Stokes Co., NC, USA, signed a trust deed to Charles McAwally
Immigrationbetween 1846 and 1847Hawkins, TN, USA, by birthplaces of children2
DeathJun 3, 1891Rogersville, Hawkins, TN, USA, at age of 84, at home10,11,6,7,12,9
BurialCedar Grove Church Cemetery, near Rogersville, Hawkins, TN, USA, at the mouth of Hickory Cove, 5 miles N of Rogersville, Duncard Church
GS:
Noah Morgan, Sr
born Oct. 29, 1907
died June 3, 1891

Martha F. Morgan
born nov. 5, 1816
died June 8, 189413,6,12
ObituaryJun 6, 1891Camilla, TN, USA, Noah Morgan, age 84, died at his home, Pleasant Springs, Tenn., June the 3rd, 1891, at 10:30 o'clock. He was born in North Carolina, October 9, 1807, and was married to Miss Martha F. Amos, December 10, 1840. He lived a moral, good life until March 1870, when he attended a revival near his home, conducted by Rev. John D. Brooks, and while Rev. Brooks was explaining the goodness of God's mercy, and the great danger of men depending on morality, for their hope of salvation, it was then that Brother Morgan determined to seek salvation, and pressed his claim faithfully until God, for Christ's sake, pardoned his sins. He then joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, where he was a faithful worker until his death.
He had enjoyed good health until the fall of 1890, when he began to fail and gradually grew weaker until April, 1891, when he took bronchitis and continued, until June 3rd, 1891, when death ended his sufferings.
He said a few days before he died, that he had lived a long time and God had been good to him, and he had done all he could for his Master and was ready to die; that his prospects for a future home in Heaven was clear to him.
The remains were taken to the Cedar Grove Cemetery, where they were laid quietly, in the grave, to await the summons of God.
Mr. Morgan left to mourn his loss, besides the aged widow, ten children, sixty-four grand-children, and three great grand children. As he had such a love on earth for them, he requested that they be trained early to seek the Lord that they may meet him in Heaven.
May the Lord put it in the hearts of the sorrowing children to look after the welfare of the aged widow, who will soon follow the beloved father and husband to the great charnel house of the dead. A Friend. Camilla, June 6, 1891
BiographyBorn in North Carolina per son Gideon. By age, not with family in 1840 census. 1850 Census of Dist. 6, Hawkins, TN gives him with first 6 children, name Senoah, age 42, carpenter. Came to Hawkins Co., TN about 1845 according to birthplaces of kids (Pleasant, age 4, born TN, 1845) in Hawkins Co Census of 1850 and 1870. 1860 Census of District 7, Hawkins Co, TN lists him as carpenter, age 53 (property, $400), with family. The Morgans were Irish and Swedish according to son Gideon on the first page of his book: "1st. Will say that my Grand parents were descendants from Ireland and Sweeden. My Father and Mother were born in North Carolina, married and came to this State (Tennessee). My Mother was an Amos. My Father and Mother had ten children, six boys and four girls."

Uran: Welsh from mother Dicca. Married in NC and came to Rogersville, TN. Pro-Union in Civil War; voted pro-Union in both secession votes in Tennessee. Described as poor and uneducated, a farmer who occassionally worked as a carpenter, who played the violin very well, according to son Gideon. Was a "quiet, inoffensive man, very sympathetic. He was a law abiding man, and was very much opposed to mob violence...Not religious until after they were forty years old; after which they were church-goers." Son Gideon had them buried at Cemetery at Cedar Grove Church of the Brethern (Duncard Church), Hawkins Co, TN, at the mouth of the Hickory Cove, 5 miles north of Rogersville, TN. They were members of Duncard Church.
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"Boone, Watauga Co, North Carolina is probably the place the Morgans came from. This county was formed in 1849 from Ashe, Caldwell, Wilkes and Yancey counties. In Hawkins county, TN, none of descendents of Noah Morgan were living in 1950, except some Isenbergs" via County Clerk of Hawkins Co, TN, 1950.

IVM's letter gives Beckingham Co, NC as bp via town clerk of Rogersville TN in 1950.

1850 Census (Box ; Hawkins; p. 649)
1860 Census (Box 1255; Dist. 7, Hawkins, TN; p.65)

Hawkins Co. Tennessee Cemeteries Vol 2, Civil Dist. 3 and 4, p. 63 gives gravestone information for both him and Martha.

Notes on Lenoah and Martha from The Descendents of John Morgan by ‘heleninmichigan’ (ancestry.com username):
3. LENOAH MORGAN (BENJAMIN (PERRY) , JOHN ) was born October 29, 1807 in North Carolina, and died June 03, 1891 in Hawkins County, TN. He married MARTHA F. AMOS December 10, 1840 in Rockingham County, North Carolina. She was born November 05, 1816 in North Carolina, and died July 08, 1894 in Hawkins County, TN.

Notes for LENOAH MORGAN: This is what I find on Morgans in the Census via microfilms at LDS Family history center. I believe that I have found Pleasant in the 1860 Census Index for TN by the Sistlers, the 1860 census on microfilm and in the 1870 Census for Hawkins County on Microfilm.



In 1860, there is a household in Hawkins County headed by Lenonah Morgan, age 53, and an adult woman named Martha F. They have 9 children including a 19-year-old son named Milton S. and a 13 year-old son named Pleas. B.

Lenonah, Martha F. and Milton S. are all born in NC while Pleas. B. is born in TN.

In 1870, the household of Noah Morgan is found on pg. 79 of the book in Hawkins Co. Noah is 63. His wife, Martha F., is 54. They have 6 children living with them, the oldest of who is Pleasant Morgan, age 23.

Noah and Martha are still alive and around in the 1880 census for Hawkins CO.

Search Results Database: Full Context of North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 Bride: Martha F Amos Groom: Lenoah Morgan Bond Date: 08 Dec 1840 County: Rockingham Record #: 01 185 Bondsman: James Woodall Witness: Peter Scales Bond #: 0001

Bible Hawkins County TN Author: Shar sherman Date: 14 Aug 2001 4:58 PM GMT Surnames: Morgan Classification: Bible In Reply to: Re: Morgan Bible Hawkins County TN by: Shar Sherman Post Reply | Mark Unread | Report Abuse Print Message This is Rufus Morgans parents and siblings. Noah Morgan born October 29 1807, died June 3 1891. Martha F Morgan his wife born November 5 1816. Milton S Morgan born September 24 1841. Minerva M Morgan born January 24 1843. William T Morgan born June 17 1845. Pleasant C Morgan October 25 1847. Rufus C Morgan born October 24 1848. Lenoah Morgan February 26 1850. Gideon H Morgan born January 6 1852. Martha A Morgan born April 24 1854. Eliafrancis Morgan born September 23 1855. Rosa W Morgan born April 6? 1857. Father and Mother married December 10, 1840.

More About LENOAH MORGAN: Burial: Cedar Grove Church, 6 mi. N of Rogersville, TN, Duncard Church Residence: Moved from NC to TN

More About MARTHA F. AMOS: Burial: Cedar Grove Church, 6 mi. N of Rogersville, TN, Duncard Church
More About LENOAH MORGAN and MARTHA AMOS: Marriage: December 10, 1840, Rockingham County, North Carolina

Martha Ann Morgan, born April 24, 1853 in Hawkins County, Tennessee; died Aft. 1913 in Eastern MN. Ella Francis Morgan, born September 23, 1855 in Hawkins County, Tennessee; died Aft. 1913 in Edison, Hawkins County, TN. Rosa W Morgan, born April 06, 1857; died Aft. 1913. She married ?12
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S18] E. Beulah Hauser, Morgan Genealogy, p. 1, 4-5, 7.
  2. [S235] U.S. Census, 1850 Dist. #6, Hawkins Co., TN, 629/325.
  3. [S990] E. Beulah Hauser & Vivian Imogene MORGAN (28), Morgan Genealogy - V. I. (Morgan) Uran, p. 8.
  4. [S18] E. Beulah Hauser, Morgan Genealogy, p. 4: NC per son Gideon.
  5. [S235] U.S. Census, 1860 Dist. #7, Hawkins Co., TN, Box 1255, p. 65.
  6. [S990] E. Beulah Hauser & Vivian Imogene MORGAN (28), Morgan Genealogy - V. I. (Morgan) Uran, p. 203.
  7. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Ancestry: Morgan Surname Board, Morgan Bible, Hawkins County TN, 14 Aug 2001.
  8. [S1249] Gideon Hill Morgan, Autobiography of Dr. Gideon Hill Morgan.
  9. [S93] Newspaper Obituary, of Noah Morgan; from Thelma Young, May 24, 2012.
  10. [S10] Gravestone.
  11. [S100] Hawkins County Tennessee Cemeteries, Civil Dist. 3 & 4, p. 63.
  12. [S1249] Gideon Hill Morgan, Autobiography of Dr. Gideon Hill Morgan, p. 1.
  13. [S100] Hawkins County Tennessee Cemeteries.

Milton Stamp Morgan1,2

M, #378, b. 26 September 1841, d. 22 December 1915

Family 1:

Family 2:

Biography

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BirthSep 26, 1841Beckingham Co., NC, USA, age 9 in 1850 census; age 19 in 1860 census; Morgan Bible: Sep 243,4,5,6,7
Milit-BegNov 29, 1863Camp Nelson, Jessamine Co., KY, USA, Civil War, Union Army; War Record: "Milton S. Morgan, Corporal, Battery E, 1st Regiment Kentucky Light Artillery, Civil War." The records show that Milton S. Morgan, aged 22 years, born in Rockingham Co., NC, and by occupation a farmer, was enrolled 29 Nov. 1863 at Camp Nelson, KY; was mustered into service on the same date as a private, Battery E., 1st Regiment, Kentucky Light Artillery, and was mustered out with the battery and honorably discharged as a corporal, 1 Aug. 1865 at Louisville, KY.

Independent Battery E, Kentucky Light Artillery
Organized at Camp Nelson, Ky., October to December, 1863. Attached to District of North Central Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to November, 1863. District of Somerset, Ky., 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps. to January, 1864.
District of Southwest Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to April, 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. Garrison, Lexington, Ky., District of Kentucky, to August, 1865. SERVICE.-Garrison duty at Camp Nelson and Camp Burnside, Ky., till June, 1864. Reenlisted February, 1864. Duty at Lexington, Ky., till November, 1864. Stoneman's Raid to Southwest Virginia December 10-29. Kingsport December 13. Near Marion 3 December 16-17. Saltville, Va., December 20-21. Duty at Lexington and Camp Nelson, Ky., till August, 1865. Mustered out August 1, 1865. Battery lost during service 10 by disease.

He stated he served 20 months8
Occupationa farmer
Milit-EndAug 1, 1865Louisville, KY, USA9
LetterDec 31, 1865Rogersville, TN, USA, in which he calls Nancy his cousin and identifies Nancy's father as his Uncle. See exhibit. States he and his brothers William and Pleasant served in Union army. States all his family were Union sympatizers, "true Union".
PensionInxSep 1, 1890Certif. 940529; 6 pages of civil war pension, family and war service; Invalid10
Residence1909Dayton, Montgomery, OH, USA3
DeathDec 22, 1915Dayton, Montgomery, OH, USA11
BiographyExtracted from The Descendents of John Morgan, by heleninmichigan (ancestry.com)
Milton Stamp Morgan (LENOAH , BENJAMIN (PERRY) , JOHN ) was born September 24, 1841 in Rocxingham County, North Carolina, and died Aft. July 12, 1916 in Dayton, Montgomery County, OH. He married (2) Catherine Akered (Ann) Conant October 07, 1866 in Hawkins County, TN, daughter of James Conant and Sarah ?. She was born 1843 in Hawkins County, TN. He married (3) Margaret Smith 1899 in Dayton, OH. She died 1901 in Dayton, Montgomery County, OH. He married (1) Emma ?
CENSUS INFORMATION: Nov 1850 in Hawkins County Age 9, 1860 Census, age 19, a farmhand with family in Hawkins Co, TN.



WAR RECORD: "It has been informally ascertained from the Veterans Admininstration, Washington D.C. that X C 2.692.809 pertains to case of Milton S. Morgan, corporal, Battery E, 1st Regiment, Kentucky Light Artillery, Civil War. He was in military service in 29 Nov 1863 in Camp Nelson, KY, Civil War, Union Army; War Record: "Milton S. Morgan, Corporal, Battery E, 1st Regiment Kentucky Light Artillery, Civil War." The records show that Milton S. Morgan, aged 22 years, born in Rockingham Co., NC, and by occupation a farmer, was enrolled 29 Nov. 1863 at Camp Nelson, KY; was mustered into service on the same date as a private, Battery E., 1st Regiment, Kentucky Light Artillery,
mustered out with the battery and honorably discharged as a corporal, 1 Aug. 1865 at Louisville, KY. Was detailed to wait on his ill brother Pleasant during the war He was a farmer. He ended military service in 1 Aug 1865 in Louisville, KY. Union soldier in Civil War for 20 months "lacking one day". He received a pension on 1 Sep 1890. Invalid. Milton was a 2nd Corporal.
The government web site has the following about the ‘Independent Battery E, Kentucky Light Artillery’:

Organized at Camp Nelson, Ky., October to December, 1863. Attached to District of North Central Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to November, 1863. District of Somerset, Ky., 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps. to January, 1864. District of Southwest Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to April, 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. Garrison, Lexington, Ky., District of Kentucky, to August, 1865. SERVICE.- Garrison duty at Camp Nelson and Camp Burnside, Ky., till June, 1864. Re-enlisted February, 1864. Duty at Lexington, Ky., till November, 1864. Stoneman's Raid to Southwest Virginia December 10- 29. Kingsport December 13. Near Marion December 16-17. Saltville, Va., December 20-21. Duty at Lexington and Camp Nelson, Ky., till August, 1865. Mustered out August 1, 1865. Battery lost during service 10 by disease.
He wrote a wonderful letter to cousin Nancy (Hardin's daughter) and Uncle Hardin Morgan, 12/31/1865 sent from Rogersville, TN. Described custom of "jumping the broom stick" and spoke of courting a pretty girl.
Notes for first wife Catherine Akered (Ann) Conant: October 07, 1866. In Rogersville, Hawkins Co, TN. Had first five children in Hawkins, Co., then last three at Knoxville. Divorced his first wife and moved to Dayton OH where he married Margaret Smith. 1909 Dayton City Directory lists him at 606 E. Haynes. She died circa 1901 when daughter Rose Margaret was 2. He then married a third wife, Emma ???. According to Rose, this wife sold all the property and disappeared. Had no children with Emma. Reportedly, Rose did not know of her half siblings until much later in life.
He received a pension on 12 Jul 1916 widow. Gen. Pension Index, Box 336: Catharine applied for widow's pension in Jul 12, 1916 (1.061.765). Emma applied as contest widow in Nov 13, 1916 (1086.414--826.491). Attorney, Maring Slusher. X C 2.692.809..



1860 Census, age 19, a farmhand with family in Hawkins Co, TN. Union soldier in Civil War for 20 months "lacking one day". War record: "It has been informally ascertained from the Veterans Admininstration, Washington D.C. that X C 2.692.809 pertains to case of Milton S. Morgan, corporal, Battery E, 1st Regiment, Kentucky Light Artillery, Civil War. The records show that Milton S. Morgan, aged 22 years, born in Beckingham County, North Carolina, and by occupation a farmer, was enrolled 29 Nov 1863 at Camp Nelson, Kentucky; was mustered into service on the same date as a private, Battery E, 1st Regiment Kentucky Light Artillery and was mustered out with the battery and honorably discharged, 1 August 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky." Was detailed to wait on his ill brother Pleasant during the war.

In Rogersville, Hawkins Co, TN in 1865. Had first five children in Hawkins, Co., then last three at Knoxville. Divorced his first wife and moved to Dayton OH where he married Margaret Smith. She died circa 1901 when daughter Rose Margaret was 2. 1909 Dayton City Directory lists him at 606 E. Haynes. He then married a third wife, Emma ???. According to Rose, this wife sold all the property and disappeared. Lived in OH in 1913.

In one battle, the 3 Tenn. Morgans fought against some of their cousins.

Married 3 times: Catharine A. Conant, Smith, Emma ???; died at age 75

Wonderful letter to cousin Nancy (Hardin's daughter) and Uncle Hardin of 12/31/1865 in Morgan, p.1; sent from Rogersville, TN. Described custom of "jumping the broom stick".

List of children in Morgan, p. 8 given by son Charles Clarence Morgan.

Gen. Pension Index, Box 336: widow, Morgan, Catharine A., TN; contest widow,
Morgan Emma, IA. Applied for pension in Sep 1, 1890 (951.966--696.911).
Catharine applied for widow's pension in Jul 12, 1916 (1.061.765). Emma applied as contest widow in Nov 13, 1916 (1086.414--826.491). Attorney, Maring Slusher. X C 2.692.809.
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S18] E. Beulah Hauser, Morgan Genealogy, p. 1-2, 4, 8, 13.
  2. [S990] E. Beulah Hauser & Vivian Imogene MORGAN (28), Morgan Genealogy - V. I. (Morgan) Uran, p. 203, 206.
  3. [S91] City Directory, 1909 Dayton OH.
  4. [S235] U.S. Census, 1850 Dist. #6, Hawkins Co., TN, 629/325.
  5. [S235] U.S. Census, 1860 Dist. #7, Hawkins Co., TN, Box 1255, p. 65.
  6. [S990] E. Beulah Hauser & Vivian Imogene MORGAN (28), Morgan Genealogy - V. I. (Morgan) Uran, p. 203.
  7. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Ancestry: Morgan Surname Board, Morgan Bible, Hawkins County TN, 14 Aug 2001.
  8. [S990] E. Beulah Hauser & Vivian Imogene MORGAN (28), Morgan Genealogy - V. I. (Morgan) Uran, p. 208.
  9. [S990] E. Beulah Hauser & Vivian Imogene MORGAN (28), Morgan Genealogy - V. I. (Morgan) Uran, p. 209.
  10. [S31] General Pension Index, Box 336.
  11. [S1403] Unknown subject, circa 1950 unknown repository.

Minerva M. Morgan1,2

F, #380, b. 24 January 1843, d. 1913

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Biography

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BirthJan 24, 1843NC, USA, age 7 in 1850 census; age 17 in 1860, M as mid. init.3,4,5,6,2,7
Death1913Fountain City, TN, USA, Uran: deceased in 1914; Gideon Morgan's 1913 Autobiography states she is deceased8,9
BurialLynnhurst Cemetery, TN, USA
BiographyThe Isenbergs:
Minerva M Morgan (LENOAH , BENJAMIN (PERRY) , JOHN ) was born January 24, 1843, and died June 30,
1925 in Fountain City, Knox County, Tn. She married Jacob A. Isenburg December 17, 1867 in Hawkins
County, TN. He was born 1848 in Hawkins County, TN.
Notes for Minerva M Morgan: CENSUS INFORMATION: She was listed in the census of Senoah Morgan Sr and
Martha E. Amos on 1 Nov 1850 in. She was listed in the census of Senoah Morgan Sr and Martha E. Amos in 1860
in at District 7, Hawkins, TN. She and Jacob A. Isenberg appeared in the census of in 1880 in at Dist. 7, Hawkins, TN.
U.S. Census, 1880 Dist. 7, Hawkins Co., TN, Box 1261, p. 246. She and Jacob A. Isenberg appeared in the census of
in 1900 in at 2nd District, Knox, TN. More About Minerva M Morgan: Burial: Lynnhurst Cemetery, Knoxville, TN
Marriage Notes for Minerva Morgan and Jacob Isenburg: Knox County, Tennessee Marriage: p. 527, 1970. More
About Jacob Isenburg and Minerva Morgan: Marriage: December 17, 1867, Hawkins County, TN
Children of Minerva Morgan and Jacob Isenburg are:
Notes for Martha E. Isenburg: She was listed in the census of Jacob A. Isenberg and Minerva M. Morgan in 1880 in
at Dist. 7, Hawkins County, TN. Age 11
William A. Isenburg, born 1871 in District 7, Hawkins County, TN. Julia F. Isenburg, born 1873 in District 7, Hawkins
County, TN.
Julia F. Isenburg: She was listed in the census of Jacob A. Isenberg and Minerva M. Morgan in 1880 in at Dist. 7,
Hawkins, TN. Age 7
John W. Isenburg, born 1876 in District 7, Hawkins County, TN.
Notes for John W. Isenburg: He was listed in the census of Jacob A. Isenberg and Minerva M. Morgan in 1880 in at
Dist. 7, Hawkins, TN. Age 4
Rachel M. Isenburg, born February 1877 in District 7, Hawkins County, TN.
Notes for Rachel M. Isenburg: 1880 Census of Hawkins Co, TN gives age as 6 thus born 1874 1900 census listed as
age 23 thus born in 1877 She was Millner. She was listed in the census of Jacob A. Isenberg and Minerva M.
Morgan in 1880 in at Dist. 7, Hawkins County, TN. She was listed in the census of Jacob A. Isenberg and Minerva M.
Morgan in 1900 in at 2nd District, Knox County, TN.
Olly K. Isenburg, born 1879 in Disttrict 7, Hawkins County, TN. He married Francis E. Lockwood December 17,
1899 in Knox County, TN.
Notes for Olly K. Isenburg: He was listed in the census of Jacob A. Isenberg and Minerva M. Morgan in 1880 in at
Dist. 7, Hawkins County, TN. Age 1
Marriage Notes for Olly Isenburg and Francis Lockwood: Marriage of Ollie C. Isenberg to Francis E. Lockwood in
Knox Co., TN on 17 Dec 1899 at Knox, TN.
More About Olly Isenburg and Francis Lockwood: Marriage: December 17, 1899, Knox County, TN
? Isenburg.
Notes for ? Isenburg: He/she was living in 1900 8th child mentioned in 1900 census; not with family.
Rosa Isenburg, born 1884.
Notes for Rosa Isenburg: She was listed in the census of Jacob A. Isenberg and Minerva M. Morgan in 1900 in at
2nd District, Knox County, TN. Age 16
Grace Isenburg, born Abt. 1895.
Notes for Grace Isenburg: Living with Isenbergs in 1900; niece of Minerva Morgan.
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S18] E. Beulah Hauser, Morgan Genealogy, p. 4, 5, 10.
  2. [S990] E. Beulah Hauser & Vivian Imogene MORGAN (28), Morgan Genealogy - V. I. (Morgan) Uran, p. 206.
  3. [S18] E. Beulah Hauser, Morgan Genealogy, p. 4, 5, 10: bd as 1843.
  4. [S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Dist. 7, Hawkins Co., TN, Box 1261, p. 246.
  5. [S235] U.S. Census, 1850 Dist. #6, Hawkins Co., TN, 629/325.
  6. [S235] U.S. Census, 1860 Dist. #7, Hawkins Co., TN, Box 1255, p. 65.
  7. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Ancestry: Morgan Surname Board, Morgan Bible, Hawkins County TN, 14 Aug 2001.
  8. [S18] E. Beulah Hauser, Morgan Genealogy, p. 4: deceased in 1913.
  9. [S1249] Gideon Hill Morgan, Autobiography of Dr. Gideon Hill Morgan, p. 1.
  10. [S235] U.S. Census, 1900 2nd Dist., Knox Co., TN, Box 1582, SD 2, ED 70, S 29, p. 66.

William Thomas Morgan1,2,3

M, #382, b. 17 June 1845, d. 30 June 1925

Family:

Biography

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Corresponded with authorN
BirthJun 17, 1845NC, USA, age 5 in 1850; age 15, farmer in 1860; 1900 census gives bd as 6/1845, age 54; age 65 in 1910; age 74 in 1920 census; Uran: bd as 1845, but Pleasant was 3/18451,4,5,6,7,2,3,8
Milit-Begbetween 1863 and 1865Civil War; Union Army, Independent Battery E, Kentucky Light Artillery
Organized at Camp Nelson, Ky., October to December 4, 1863. Attached to District of North Central
Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to November 29, 1863. District of Somerset,
Ky., 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps. to January, 1864. District of Southwest Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio,
to April, 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to
December, 1864. Garrison, Lexington, Ky., District of Kentucky, to August, 1865.

SERVICE.-Garrison duty at Camp Nelson and Camp Burnside, Ky., till June, 1864. Re-enlisted
February, 1864. Duty at Lexington, Ky., till November, 1864. Stoneman's Raid to Southwest Virginia
December 10-29. Kingsport December 13. Near Marion December 16-17. Saltville, Va., December 20-
21. Duty at Lexington and Camp Nelson, Ky., till August, 1865. Mustered out August 1, 1865. Battery
lost during service 10 by disease.9,3
Occupationa farmer and a tanner
PensionInxFeb 10, 1891Gen. Pension Index, Box 337: Widow Morgan Martha A, E 1 Ky LA; Invalid: Feb 10 1891 (987.143--763-444) TN; Widow Jul 16, 1925 (1235.085--965.166) TN Attorney: Maring Slusher.9
Note1897was raised until 4 years of age by
City Dirct1905Knoxville, Knox, TN, USA10
DeathJun 30, 1925Tazewell, Knox Co., TN, USA, GS: Date; Widow, Jul 16, 1925; Ellison: Knoxville, TN9,3
BiographyIn 1860, at age 15, he was living in Hawkins Co, TN with family. A Union soldier, a private, for 13 months and 27 days (E 1; Kentucky Light Artillary); 29 Nov 1863 to 25 Jan 1865. Both he and Pleasant enlisted at Camp Nelson KT on Nov. 29, 1863. He was in Knox Co, TN by 1869 (per Noah's birthplace). He worked as a tanner at Knoxville, Tn. He wrote affidavit for brother Pleasant in 1888. In 1900 living next to Noah, both renting farms. In 1905 Knoxville Directory listed as living at Tazeweell Pike, Beverley, next to Noah. In 1910 living at 2nd District, Knox Co., Tn with family, age 65, a farmer. In 1920 Census, same, age 74, with 3 children (Bertha, Joe, Fred).

1920 Census (V46;ED203;S4;L48)
Contributn
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S18] E. Beulah Hauser, Morgan Genealogy, p. 1, 4, 6.
  2. [S990] E. Beulah Hauser & Vivian Imogene MORGAN (28), Morgan Genealogy - V. I. (Morgan) Uran, p. 206.
  3. [S415] E-mail from Arthur Ellison, Jul 26, 2003.
  4. [S235] U.S. Census, 1920 US Census, 2nd Dist., Knox Co, TN, Vol. 46, ED 203, S 14, L 48.
  5. [S235] U.S. Census, 1850 Dist. #6, Hawkins Co., TN, 629/325.
  6. [S235] U.S. Census, 1910 US Census, 2nd Dist., Knox Co., TN, SD 38, ED 70, S 29, p. 66.
  7. [S235] U.S. Census, 1860 Dist. #7, Hawkins Co., TN, Box 1255, p. 65.
  8. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Ancestry: Morgan Surname Board, Morgan Bible, Hawkins County TN, 14 Aug 2001.
  9. [S31] General Pension Index, Box 337.
  10. [S91] City Directory, 1905 Knoxville.
  11. [S1403] Unknown subject, circa 1950 unknown repository.

Pleasant Benjamin Morgan1,2,3,4,5

M, #383, b. 25 March 1847, d. 26 June 1923

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Biography

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BirthMar 25, 1847Carters Valley, Dist. 6, Hawkins, TN, USA, age 4 in 1850; age 13 in 1860; age 23 in 1870 census; Mar 1845, age 55 in 1900; age 63 in 1910; age 72 in 1920; VIM: 1846; Morgan Bible: Oct. 25, 18476,7,8,3,9,10,5,11,12
Milit-BegNov 29, 1863Union soldier: Independent Battery E, Kentucky Light Artillery
Age 18, enrolled at Camp Nelson, Ky., October to December, 1863. Attached to District of North Central Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to November, 1863. District of Somerset, Ky., 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps. to January, 1864.
District of Southwest Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to April, 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. Garrison, Lexington, Ky., District of Kentucky, to August, 1865. SERVICE.-Garrison duty at Camp Nelson and Camp Burnside, Ky., till June, 1864. Reenlisted February, 1864. Duty at Lexington, Ky., till November, 1864. Stoneman's Raid to Southwest Virginia December 10-29. Kingsport December 13. Near Marion December 16-17. Saltville, Va., December 20-21. Duty at Lexington and Camp Nelson, 4 Ky., till August, 1865. Mustered out August 1, 1865. Battery lost during service 10 by disease.

"Pleasant Morgan, age 18 years, was enrolled 29 November 1863 at Camp Nelson; was mustered into service on the same date as a private, independent Battery E, Kentucky Light Artillery, and was honorably discharged as a private, 25 January 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky; records also showed Pleasant Morgan, aged 17 years, was enrolled 25 August 1863 at Franklin, Kentucky; was mustered into service on the same date as a private, Company F, 52nd Regiment Kentucky Infantry, and was musted out with the company and honorably discharged as a private, 18 January 1865 at Bowling Green, Kentucky." per Major Gen. Edward F. Witsell, Dept. of Army, 15 Sep 1950

Battles: Marion VA, Saltville, VA, etc. Capts J. G. Hawes and Bush; Lt. Miller, 1st Sergt. King13
Occupation1870District 7, Hawkins Co., TN, USA, a farmer14
PensionInxApr 3, 1885Invalid application:
"Dear Sir You ask me to rite what i no about Plesant B. Morgan i no e is my Brother an was in the War. He enlisted at Camp Neson Ky in the first Ky light Artilry Co. E. enlisted Nov 29, 1863 And was taken sick in Decemeber i think about the 20 Day on the Road and we had to hall Him in A goverment Waggon to Point Burnsides and when we got ther it was very cold and he was Exposed on the damp ground and i was on duty and M. S. Morgan was detailed to weight on Him i dont thin he got able to stand guard til Aprile or May 1864 an Has lost His Hearing and is not able to get out meny times throu the year. He was discharged at Louisville Ky 26 day of Jan. 1865. W. T. Morgan to Mr. Black (Conn pensions)6
Living1913Eidson, TN, USA15
DeathJun 26, 1923Eidson, Hawkins, TN, USA, age 72 in 192016,7,12
Burialafter Jun 26, 1923Morgan Cemetery, Eidson, Hawkins Co., TN, USA, Co E1 KY L.A. No dates, just his Civil War company
Biography1860 Census lists him at age 13 with family, born in TN. He was a Union soldier for 13 months and 27 days. He lived at Hancock Co, TX; and then Eidson TN per brother Gideon and pension records. War record (and father's bible record): "One Pleasant Morgan, aged 18 years, was enrolled 29 Nov 1863 at Camp Nelson; was mustered into service on the same date as a private, Independent Battery E, Kentucky Light Artillery, and was honorably discharged as a private 25 January 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky."
War Dept. Adjutant General's Office, record, July 22,1885: "Pleasant Morgan, a private of Bat. E. Ky. Lt. Arty Volunteers, was enrolled on the 29 day of Nov, 1863, at Camp Nelson for 1 yr; and is reported: On rolls to Feby 29/64 present - Same to April 30/64.- May & June/64 "Absent on D. Smith Lieut. Hyde since May 20/64".- July & Aug./64 present "on D.S. from May 20th to July 6th." Sept. & Oct./64 present; Nov. & Dec/64 absent. "Term of service expired Dec. 4/64. Sent round by Louisa Ky by order of Genl. Burbridge Dec 27/64. Mustered out with Detch't. Jan'y 26/65, at Louisville, Ky. a private to date Jany. 25/65. Name Pleasant B. Morgan not found. Name does not appear as to sickness cipon morning Report of Battery. Medical Records of organization are not on file. No evidence of alleged disabilities." (536,636).

Pension record: enrolled at Camp Nelson KY, under the name of Pleasant Moergan on 29th Nov 1863 as a private in Co. E. 1st Regiment Kentucky Light Artillery in the Civil War and was honorably discharged at Louisville KY on the 25th of Jan. 1865. Height, 5 feet , 8 1/2 inches, light complexion, grey eyes, light hair, occupation, farmer; born March 25, 1847 in Hawkins Co, TN." Affidavit of brother William T. states he was taken ill in Dec. 1863 and was taken to Point Burntids, he was exposed on the damp ground . Could not stand guard until Apr. 1864. Lost his hearing." Affidavit states he lived in Camilla, Hawkins Co, TN in 1888, age 42 and was disabled. Living in Hawkins TN (district 3) in 1900 with 5 children, and in 1910 with Martha and Gideon H. In 1910, married for 40 years, farmer. Pensioner # 676.353 in 1915, "is one half unable to earn a support by manual labor by reason of winter fever, dizziness, of head, and gravel disease and Rumatism in left side (sic)."
In 1922 applied for pension "for general nervous brake (sic) down". Pensioner # 696.353.

Postmaster returned pension check for $72 dated Jul. 4, 1923 because pensioner died June 26, 1923. Pensioner was paid at rate of $72 per month until Jun. 4, 1923. Applied for Civil War Pension on Apr 3, 1885 (536.636--696.353) Maggie J. applied for pension as widow on Jul 16, 1923 (1207.982--940.529) from TN. (Box 336 of Gen Pension Index): Cert.No. 940529, "Pensioner: Margaret J., Widow of Veteran:Pleasant B. Morgan of Eidson, Tenn, R.D.#3: born March 25,1847, Hawkins Co, TN. Light artilery. Married at Rogersville TN on Sep 29, 1870." Lists 9 children: Mary, J.B., Nancy, James, William, Elbert, Wesley, G.H., and Luther. In his declaration, Jan 27, 1922 he was 74 years old, a resident of Eidson, TN.



Morgan Cemetery listed in Hawkins Co TN Cemeteries Vol 2, p. 100: "Turn left
off Hwy 70. N on to Copper Ridge Rd. Turn right on Stringtown Rd and go .6
miles to house at foot of Hill. Cemetery is located on left up on top of high hill." Pleasant, Margaret, brother Noah, Viola, Sarah and Minnie Bray buried there as of 1986. Pleasant's gravestone only has his name and Civil War company. "

From The Descendents of John Morgan by heleninmichigan:
Pleasant Benjamin Morgan (LENOAH , BENJAMIN (PERRY) , JOHN ) was born March 25, 1847 in Hawkins County,
Tennessee, and died June 26, 1923 in Eidson, Hawkins County, TN. He married Margaret (Maggie) Jane Conant
September 29, 1870 in Rogersville, Hawkins County, TN, daughter of James Conant and Sarah ?. She was born June 24,
1851 in Sullivan County, Tennessee, and died February 05, 1935.
CENSUS: He was listed in the census of Senoah Morgan Sr. and Martha E. Amos on 1 Nov. 1850 in District 7, Hawkins,
TN. age 4 in 1850 1860 census lists him at age 13 with family, born in TN Not in 1880 Census of Hawkins TN (Box
1260/1261). He and Margaret Jane Conant appeared in the census of 2 Jun 1900 in District 3, Hawkins County, TN. (Box
1577; ED 78. S6, P86) Age 55 He and Margaret Jane Conant appeared in the census of 15 April 1910 in Dist. 3 Hawkins,
TN, 8 of 10 children living; next to Elbert Morgan. Age 63 He and Margaret Jane Conant appeared in the census of 1920
in Hawkins, TN. Age 72. Living in Hawkins TN (district 3) in 1900 with 5 children, and in 1910 with Martha and Gideon H.
in 1910; married 40 years, farmer. The LDS web page has an International Genealogical Index abstract showing that
Margaret J. Conant married Pleasant B. Morgant on Sept. 29, 1870. I have confirmed this marriage in Hawkins County
Vital records but the groom's surname is "Morgan" and the date is Sept. 26, 1870. I believe that I have found this family
in the 1880, 1900, 1910 and 1920 US Censuses for Hawkins County TN. I am a little unsure about the 1910 data where
his wife is listed as "Marcha J. and appears to be 10 years too young. Pleasant is born in TN but his parents were born in
NC. In 1880 Pleasant is a farm laborer. 1913 Pleasant is living in Eidson, Hawkins County, TN.
SERVICE.-Garrison duty at Camp Nelson and Camp Burnside, Ky., till June, 1864. Re-enlisted February, 1864. Duty at
Lexington, Ky., till November, 1864. Stoneman's Raid to Southwest Virginia December 10-29. Kingsport December 13.
Near Marion December 16-17. Saltville, Va., December 20- 21. Duty at Lexington and Camp Nelson, Ky., till August, 1865.
Mustered out August 1, 1865. Battery lost during service 10 by disease. I don't think our guys were in very long, although
Eric said Martha R Morgan was getting a $25 US pension. Regarding military service, (you may already know this)
William and Pleasant were privates; Milton was a 2nd Corporal (whatever that is). The government web site has the
following about their regiment: Independent Battery E, Kentucky Light Artillery. Organized at Camp Nelson, Ky., October
to December, 1863. Attached to District of North Central Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to
November, 1863. District of Somerset, Ky., 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps. to January, 1864. District of Southwest
Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to April, 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to
December, 1864. Garrison, Lexington, Ky., District of Kentucky, to August, 1865.
WAR RECORD and father's bible record: "One Pleasant Morgan, aged 18 years was enrolled 29 Nov 1863 at Campt
Nelson; was mustered into service on the same date as a private, independent Battery E1. Kentucky Light Artillery, and
was honorable discharged as a private 25 January 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.....War Dept. Adjutant General's Office
record, July 22, 1885: "Pleasant Morgan, a private of Bat. E. Ky. Lt. Arty Volunteers, was enrolled on the 29 day of Nov.
1863 at Camp Nelson for 1 yr. and is reported: On rolls to Feby 29/64 present - Ame to April 30/64 - May and June/64
"Absent on D. Smith Lieut. Hyde since May 20/64." - July and Aug/64 present "on D.S. from May 20th to July 6th..............
Sept. & Oct./64 present; Nov. & Dec./64 absent. "Term of service expired Dec. 4/64. Sent round by Louisa, Ky by order of
Genl. Buirbridge Dec. 27/64. Mustered out with Detch't. Jan'y 26/65 at Louisville, Ky. a private to date Jany 25/65. Name
Pleasant B. Morgan not found. Name does not appear as to sickness cipon morning report of Battery. Medical records
of organization are not on file. No evidence of alleged disabilities." He was a Union soldier for 13 months and 27 days
PENSION RECORD: enrolled at Camp Nelson Ky under the name of Pleasant Morgan on 29th Nov. 1863 as a private in
Co. E 1st Regiment Kentucky Light Artillery in the Civil War and was honorably discharged at Louisville Ky on the 25th of
Jan. 1865. Height, 5 feet, 8 ½ inches, light complexion, grey eyes, light hair, occupation farmer; born March 25, 1847 in
Hawkins Co. TN." Affidavit of brother William T. states he was taken ill in Dec. 1863 and was taken to Point Buirntids, he
was exposed on the damp ground. Could not stand guard until Apr. 1864. Lost his hearing" Affidavit states he lived in
Camilla, Hawkins Co., TN in 1888, age 42 and was disabled. Pensioner #676.353 in 1915, "is one held unable to earn a
support by manual labor by reason of winter fever, dizziness of head, and gravel disease and Rumatism in left side (sic)."
"In 1922 applied for pension "for general nervous brake (sic) down." Pensioner #696.353. "Postmaster returned pension
check for $72 dated Ju. 3, 1923 because pensioner died June 26, 1923. Pensioner was paid at rate of $72 per month
until June 4, 1923. Applied for Civil War Pension on Apr. 3, 1885 (536.636--696.353). Maggie J. applied for pension as
widow on Jul 16, 1923 (1207.982--940.529) from TN (Box 336 of Gen. Pension index Cert No. 940529, "Pensioner:
Margaret J. Widow of Veteran Pleasant B. Morgan of Eidson, TN, R.D.#3 born March 25, 1847, Hawkins Co. Tn. Light
artillery. Married at Rogersville TN on Sept. 29, 1870" Morgan Cemetery listed in Hawkins Co TN Cemeteries Vol 2, p.
100: "Turn left off Hwy 70. N on to Copper Ridge Rd. Turn right on Stringtown Rd and go .6 miles to house at foot of Hill.
Children of Pleasant Morgan and Margaret Conant are:
Cemetery is located on left up on top of high hill." Pleasant, Margaret, brother Noah, Viola, Sarah and Minnie Bray
buried there as of 1986. Pleasant's gravestone only has his name and Civil War company. "
More About Pleasant Benjamin Morgan: Burial: Morgan Cemetery, Hawkins County, TN
Notes for Margaret (Maggie) Jane Conant: Biography: 1910 census gives Martha J. aged 49, married 40 years, 10
children, 8 living. Parents from TN Pension papers of Pleasant states her maiden name was Conant (related to Milton's
wife?) Moved to Hawkins Co. when I was small. P>o> address was R.F.D. #3. She went by the name of Maggie.
Morgan Cemetery listed in Hawkins Co. TN Cemeteries Vo. 2, p. 100: Turn left off Hwy 70. N. on Copper Ridge Rd. Turn
right on Stringtown Rd and go .6 miles to house at foot of hill. Cemetery is located on left up on top of high hill.
Pleasant, Margaret, brother Noah, Viola, Sarah and Minnie Bray buried there as of 1986. Pleasant's gravestone only has
his name and Civil War Company. Burial: Morgan Cemetery, Hawkins Co.
John B Morgan, born October 07, 1871 in District 3, Hawkins County, TN; died November 20, 1930. Notes for John B
Morgan: He was living in 27 Jan 1922. He was listed in the pension of Pleasant Benjamin Morgan and Margaret Jane
Conant on 6 Jul 1923 at Eidson, Hawkins County, TN.
Mary Francis Morgan, born September 18, 1873 in Hawkins County, Tennessee; died February 10, 1874 in Hawkins
County, Tennessee. Notes for Mary Morgan: She was living in 27 Jan 1922. She was listed in the pension of Pleasant
Benjamin Morgan and Margaret Jane Conant on 6 Jul 1923 at Eidson, Hawkins, TN.
Nancy Mildred Morgan, born March 09, 1875 in District 3, Hawkins County, TN; died December 08, 1933.
James Conant Morgan, born April 05, 1877 in District 3, Hawkins County, TN; died April 18, 1918 in Hawkins County,
Tennessee. Notes for James Conant Morgan: He was also known as JAMES AMOS. He At the time of his death, James
Morgan was a candidate for the office of Circuit Court Clerk of Hawkins Co., TN. He died during the flu epidemic of 1918.
According to a letter from his father there were 3 or 4 hundred people at the "berrying". He died about 8 or 10 days
before the election, but at the election he received about 4000 votes in 1918 at Hawkins Co. TN. He was listed in the
pension of Pleasant Benjamin Morgan and Margaret Jane Conant on 6 Jul 1923 at Eidson, Hawkins, TN.
William Henry Morgan, born February 29, 1880 in District 3, Hawkins County, TN; died February 07, 1958 in Rogersville,
Hawkins County, TN.
Elbert Benjamin Morgan, born March 18, 1882 in District 3, Hawkins County, TN; died October 29, 1965 in Rogersville,
Hawkins County, TN.
Sarah Effa Morgan, born July 07, 1886 in District 3, Hawkins County, TN; died May 23, 1936. Notes for Sarah Effa
Morgan: She was listed in the census of Pleasant Benjamin Morgan and Margaret Jane Conant on 2 Jun 1900 in at Dist.
3, Hawkins, TN. She was listed in the pension of Pleasant Benjamin Morgan and Margaret Jane Conant on 6 Jul 1923 at
Eidson, Hawkins, TN.
Wesley Cadle Morgan, born March 08, 1889 in District 3, Hawkins County, TN; died May 01, 1952. Notes for Wesley
Cadle Morgan: age 11 in 1900 census; He was listed in the census of Pleasant Benjamin Morgan and Margaret Jane
Conant on 2 Jun 1900 in at Dist. 3, Hawkins, TN. He was living in 27 Jan 1922. He was listed in the pension of Pleasant
Benjamin Morgan and Margaret Jane Conant on 6 Jul 1923 at Eidson, Hawkins, TN.
Luther Morgan, born October 08, 1891.
Gideon Hill Morgan, born September 16, 1893 in District 3, Hawkins County, TN; died September 29, 1970 in Rogersville,
Hawkins County, TN. He married Lou Ellen ?. Notes for Gideon Hill Morgan: On Cemetery Stone: TN BM2 US Navy World
War II. He was listed in the census of Pleasant Benjamin Morgan and Margaret Jane Conant on 2 Jun 1900 in at Dist. 3,
Hawkins, TN, 15 Apr 1910 in at Dist. 3, Hawkins, TN. and on 6 Jul 1923.

Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S18] E. Beulah Hauser, Morgan Genealogy, p. 1, 4, 6, 13.
  2. [S235] U.S. Census, 1910 Dist. 3, Hawkins Co., TN, ED 111, S 1, p. 880.
  3. [S235] U.S. Census, 1900 Dist. 3, Hawkins Co., TN, Box 1577, p. 86, ED 78, S 6.
  4. [S415] E-mail from Norma Brewer Warren, Aug. 12, 2000.
  5. [S990] E. Beulah Hauser & Vivian Imogene MORGAN (28), Morgan Genealogy - V. I. (Morgan) Uran, p. 206.
  6. [S31] General Pension Index, Box 336.
  7. [S235] U.S. Census, 1920 US Census, Hawkins Co., TN, Box 1749, Vol. 36, ED 114, S 7, L 24.
  8. [S235] U.S. Census, 1860 Dist. #7, Hawkins Co., TN, Box 1255, p. 65.
  9. [S235] U.S. Census, 1850 Dist. #6, Hawkins Co., TN, 629/325.
  10. [S235] U.S. Census, 1910 US Census, Dist. 3, Hawkins Co., TN, ED 111, S 1, p. 880.
  11. [S36] Letter, from Mrs. Cornelia Morgan to Max Morgan, 1951.
  12. [S38] Family Bible, of Morgan family in possession of Thelma Morgan Young, May 30, 2012.
  13. [S990] E. Beulah Hauser & Vivian Imogene MORGAN (28), Morgan Genealogy - V. I. (Morgan) Uran, p. 209.
  14. [S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Dist. #7, New Canton P.O., Hawkins Co., TN, p. 79B, line 3, dwl 117-117.
  15. [S1249] Gideon Hill Morgan, Autobiography of Dr. Gideon Hill Morgan, p. 1.
  16. [S31] General Pension Index, Box 337.
  17. [S415] E-mail from Norma L. Warren, Sept. 26, 2000.

Rufus C. Morgan1,2,3,4

M, #384, b. 24 October 1848, d. 10 November 1897

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BirthOct 24, 1848Dist. 6, Hawkins, TN, USA, age 3 in 1850 census (but Pleasant as age 4 (born in 1847)); age 12 in 1860 census; age 21 in 1870 census; age 31 in 1880 census2,3,4,5
DeathNov 10, 18975
BurialEdison, Hawkins Co., TN, USA
BiographyJames McKinley Morgan .
Grace (Elley) Victoria Morgan, born June 18, 1895.
Trotter in 1900 in at Knoxville, Knox, TN.
n the census of William T. Morgan and Martha R.E.A.
niece, in 1900,
but not in 1910. She was listed i
Notes for Lou Fannie (Lewfaney) Morgan: age 7 in 1900 census. Living with William T. Morgan, his
Lou Fannie (Lewfaney) Morgan, born March 16, 1893.
, born July 16, 1891.
Minnie
(Mindondy) Morgan
William Harrison Morgan, born June 07, 1890 in Hawkins County, T
Children:
Marriage:
January 20, 1889, Grassy Springs, TN
More About Rufus Morgan and Lurilda Merrill:
December
12, 1896.
20, 1889 in Grassy Springs, TN. She was born March 06, 1867 in Hawkins County, TN, and died
married Lurilda (Surrilda) Merrill January
Hawkins County,
TN, and died November 10, 1897. He
Rufus C. Morgan (LENOAH , BENJAMIN (PERRY) , JOHN ) was born October 24, 1848 in

James McKinley Morgan .
Grace (Elley) Victoria Morgan, born June 18, 1895.
Trotter in 1900 in at Knoxville, Knox, TN.
n the census of William T. Morgan and Martha R.E.A.
niece, in 1900,
but not in 1910. She was listed i
Notes for Lou Fannie (Lewfaney) Morgan: age 7 in 1900 census. Living with William T. Morgan, his
Lou Fannie (Lewfaney) Morgan, born March 16, 1893.
, born July 16, 1891.
Minnie
(Mindondy) Morgan
William Harrison Morgan, born June 07, 1890 in Hawkins County, T
Children:
Marriage:
January 20, 1889, Grassy Springs, TN
More About Rufus Morgan and Lurilda Merrill:
December
12, 1896.
20, 1889 in Grassy Springs, TN. She was born March 06, 1867 in Hawkins County, TN, and died
married Lurilda (Surrilda) Merrill January
Hawkins County,
TN, and died November 10, 1897. He
Rufus C. Morgan (LENOAH , BENJAMIN (PERRY) , JOHN ) was born October 24, 1848 in
NoteMorgan Bible, Hawkins County TN:

R.C. Morgan and Surrilda Merrell his wife was married January the 20, 1889.
R.C. Morgan departed this life November 10 1897.
Surrilda Morgan departed the 12 1896, her twins born and departed April the 1 1889.
James McKinley Morgan died December 25 (christmas day) 1898 aged 2years,1month,2days.
R.C. Morgan born in Hawkins County TN, October the 24 1848.
Surrilda Morgan his wife was born in Hawkins County TN, March the 6 1867.

I Believe these are the children of RC and Surrilda:
Willie Harrison Morgan was born in Hawkins County TN. June 7 1890.
Mindondy? Morgan was born July 16 1891.
Lewfaney Morgan born March 18 1893.
Elley Victory Morgan born June 18 1895.
James McKinley Morgan born November 23 1896.

This is Rufus Morgans parents and siblings:
Noah Morgan born October 29 1807, died June 3 1891.
Martha F Morgan his wife born November 5 1816.

Milton S Morgan born September 24 1841.
Minerva M Morgan born January 24 1843.
William T Morgan born June 17 1845.
Pleasant C Morgan October 25 1847.
Rufus C Morgan born October 24 1848.
Lenoah Morgan February 26 1850.
Gideon H Morgan born January 6 1852.
Martha A Morgan born April 24 1854.
Eliafrancis Morgan born September 23 1855.
Rosa W Morgan born April 6? 1857.

Father and Mother married December 10, 1840.5
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S18] E. Beulah Hauser, Morgan Genealogy, p. 4, 6.
  2. [S235] U.S. Census, 1850 Dist. #6, Hawkins Co., TN, 629/325.
  3. [S235] U.S. Census, 1860 Dist. #7, Hawkins Co., TN, Box 1255, p. 65.
  4. [S990] E. Beulah Hauser & Vivian Imogene MORGAN (28), Morgan Genealogy - V. I. (Morgan) Uran, p. 206.
  5. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Ancestry: Morgan Surname Board, Morgan Bible, Hawkins County TN, 14 Aug 2001.

Noah Morgan Jr1,2,3,4

M, #385, b. 26 February 1850, d. 5 January 1897

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthFeb 26, 1850Dist. 6, Hawkins, TN, USA, age 8/12, TN, in 1850 census; age 19 in 1870 census5,1,2,6
Note1860At age 10, not listed in 1860 census with family.
DeathJan 5, 1897Hawkins, TN, USA5
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S235] U.S. Census, 1850 Dist. #6, Hawkins Co., TN, 629/325.
  2. [S990] E. Beulah Hauser & Vivian Imogene MORGAN (28), Morgan Genealogy - V. I. (Morgan) Uran, p. 206.
  3. [S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Dist. #7, New Canton P.O., Hawkins Co., TN, p. 79B, line 3, dwl 117-117.
  4. [S18] E. Beulah Hauser, Morgan Genealogy, p. 4, 6.
  5. [S100] Hawkins County Tennessee Cemeteries, P. 63.
  6. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Ancestry: Morgan Surname Board, Morgan Bible, Hawkins County TN, 14 Aug 2001.

Dr. Gideon Hill Morgan M.D.1,2,3,4

M, #386, b. 6 January 1852, d. 29 September 1915

Family:

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthJan 6, 1852near the, Harlis Springs, Hawkins, TN, USA, age 8 in 1860 census; age 18 in 1870 census; age 57 in 1910 census; son Cornelius's 1930 census gives NC2,3,4,5,6
Occupation1910a physician in general practice
Author1913Autobiography of My Life Up to the Present Date 1913 Written Especially for My Family and Friends (92 pp)6
Retirement19137
DeathSep 29, 1915Knoxville, Knox Co., TN, USA8
BurialGreenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, TN, USA8
ObituaryHe was born in Church Hill, Hawkins County, graduated with a medical degree from the University of Tennessee, studied elsewhere (such as in Philadelphia), practiced in Rogersville before coming to Knox County circa 1900. Oh, he died at three in the afternoon of Tetanus after stepping on a rusty nail. It also mentions that he started the American Philosophical Institute. It lists his children but not his sibs only stating he has many brothers and sisters. Was a member of Fountain City Methodsit Church South8
BiographyAutobiography: He was born in the eastern part of Hawkins Co, TN near the Harlis Springs, in a log house of "the inferior kind". 1860 Census of Dist. 7, Hawkins Co, TN lists him, age 8 with family. He went to live with his brother, W. T. Morgan, in Knoxville at 15. He began attending the University of Tennessee at age 20 for 3 years (1871-1873). He taught school from 1873 to 1881 and married in 1875. He went to Medical school at the Univ. of Tennessee , graduating in 1881. He practiced for 22 years. He rode dapple grey horses on his medical rounds. He delivered 1880 babies. He lived at Rogersville, TN, from 1881 to 1893 and then in Fountain City, TN. He had 10 children (1910 census states 10 born, only 5 living at time). He lived at Knoxville. In 1905 he was working as a physician in Knoxville at 311 Gay (2nd Floor) and living in Fountain City. In 1910 he lived at 921 1st Ave. with his wife and 2 daughters and grandson. His son, Dr. Clint H. Morgan, was associated with him at Knoxville. In 1912 he helped found the American Philosophical Society and became editor of the American Philospical Journal in 1914. His home was a funeral home in 1950.
Stated his grandparents were descendants from Ireland and Sweden.

Wrote Autobiography mentioned in Uran, Morgan, p.3-4:"Autobiography of My Life Up to the Present Date 1913 Written Especially for My Family and Friends" by Dr. G. H. Morgan, Knoxville, Tenn. Mrs. Karl Peterson of Des Moines, IA has the autobiography (and Dr. Charles Vella in 2003 received from Arthur Ellison).



Gideon Hill Morgan, M.D.

Copyright (2002) * All rights reserved
J.C. (Jim) Tumblin, OD, DOS
3604 Kesterwood Drive, East
Knoxville, Tennessee 37918-2557
(865) 687-1948
Fountain Citians Who Made A Difference

Gideon Hill Morgan, M.D.

(1852-1915)

Fountain City has produced a number of authors. These include Claudius M. Capps, John W. Green, Lucy Curtis Templeton, Robert Cunningham, Joseph Gorman, Josephine Breeding and others. Fortunately for the modern-day historian, another Fountain Citian, Dr. Gideon Hill Morgan, wrote his book, Autobiography of My Life Up To The Present Date (1913) and made a significant contribution to the history of Fountain City.

Gideon was born in eastern Hawkins County near Church Hill on January 6, 1852, one of the ten children of Sinoah (Noah) (1807-1891) and Martha F. Morgan (1816-1894). Noah Morgan was a farmer and carpenter, quiet, sympathetic and honest. He was also a rather accomplished violinist. Gideon was the youngest of the six boys in the family. He enjoyed life on the farm but, since he was not as robust as his older brothers during his pre-teen years, "Gid" was assigned to assist his sister Martha in spinning cotton. He recalled that, when they caught up with the carder their mother had hired for that task, he could dart out and work on the shed he was building for the calf his father had given him. His industrious nature stood him in good stead then and persisted into his adult life (1).

In the winter of 1864, during his early school years at the old Wallace School House, news came of a great army of "Yankees" marching up the nearby Stage Road. The teacher dismissed school and a number of the boys ran the two miles to the road. Gid observed a scene he would remember to the end of his days--great cannons being pulled by ten or more horses, vast numbers of men in blue uniforms with guns, bayonets and sabers and numerous wagons lumbering over the frozen road. He was informed that, not long before he arrived, three of his brothers (Milton, William and Pleasant) had been seen among the soldiers marching north under the command of General Stephen G. Burbridge toward Saltville, Virginia (near Abingdon) to destroy the salt works. These vital saltworks supplied the bulk of the salt used throughout the southern states. Although they had been away fighting the war for so long and were within two or three miles of home, his brothers had not been able to see any of the family.

In a chapter in his book entitled, "A Radical Change in My Life," Gideon described how he professed his faith when he was fourteen years old and how he attended church and Sunday School regularly thereafter. His faith and his practice of his religion played a significant role in his life.

When he was only fifteen, Gideon left the family home to live with his brother William T. Morgan in north Knox County. When he promised to pay his father $7.50 per month until he became twenty-one, he was permitted to stay. He worked for his brother and faithfully sent money home each month. He had never been studious before, but began to find great pleasure in reading, especially in reading the New Testament. He would work hard all day, then would often read until eleven or twelve o’clock at night.

When he was nineteen he accepted a temporary job in town mowing for Colonel J.J. Reese. The colonel recognized his potential and advised his brother that, if he could pass the examination and become a "state student" at the University of Tennessee, Gideon could board with him in exchange for tasks he could perform nights and mornings. Mr. Reese helped him prepare the papers and Gideon set out for Hawkins County to call on Representative John Blevins who could secure the state appointment.

Gideon received the appointment and was counseled by University president Thomas Humes in the books he would need. Then Mr. Humes advised him that he would meet with things that would be discouraging, but then said, "Never mind anything of the kind, I will help you if I can. You can make your mark in the world, no one will make it for you." After his first year his studies required more time and Gideon moved onto campus. He worked for a Mr. Cummings landscaping "The Hill" nights and mornings at ten cents an hour and $1.00 for all day Saturday. Years later he remembered helping to plant many of the beautiful trees on the Hill.

It was during his second year at the university (1872) that Horace Maynard gave him additional advice he would always remember, "You only need to be industrious, honest and faithful to duty, and if so, there is no power under Heaven sufficient to defeat you in your undertakings for good." Evidently, Gideon took this advice to heart. For instance, he recounts that he ranked second in mathematics among his 37 classmates and would have been first but for J.B. Witherington’s expertise (2).

During his school vacations Gideon would always teach and make good money; but, due to the financial strain, he decided he would not go back to college for his third year. When he wrote president Humes to that effect, he received a letter saying, "You must come back; and if you will, I will pay your board for the next year, and will also help you in any other way I can." He returned to the university (3).

When he graduated in June of 1873, he began teaching at Grassy Springs, a Knox County school. At the end of that school year he moved to Cowan’s Branch school near Gate City (Scott County), Virginia. It was in Gate City that he met, courted and married Sarah (Sallie) A. Jones, daughter of prosperous farmer John and Nancy (Harrell) Jones, on February 21, 1875. The happy union would result in ten children (4).

Gideon Morgan’s career as a teacher would last for eight years. After teaching at Gate City he taught at Mt. Pleasant for one year, at Charlton Grange for three years and at Bradshaw for another three years. He was particularly proud of his record at Bradshaw where he was able to convey his superior knowledge of science and mathematics to the students and where he had an excellent debating society. After his three years there, he accepted the offer to teach a Normal School at New Hope, Tennessee.

The "Normal School" was at that time responsible for refresher courses for teachers. He taught 35 or 40 teachers for ten days, reviewing the most difficult aspects of the free school curriculum. Then he was appointed to administer the examinations for teachers. Years later he recalled his own experience in having taken and passed 28 rigid examinations during his lifetime and took pleasure in the memory of his ability to conduct strict and thorough examinations but with kindness and consideration for those he was examining.

By 1878 Gideon and Sallie had two children and increased responsibilities, but he thought he had enough capital to venture into a new field. He made contact with Dr. D.D. Britton to ride on his rounds with him and "read" medicine until he could take his first formal course of lectures in the practice of medicine. As he was preparing to attend the medical lectures, his father-in-law sold his farm near Gate City and moved to a farm eight miles east of Rogersville. Mrs. Morgan and the two children stayed with her parents while Gideon attended college.

His first course was at the medical department of the University of Tennessee, then located in Nashville. He was soon examined on the part of the course he had partially completed and was appointed demonstrator for his class in anatomy and served in the position until the close of the term. After a visit to the state penitentiary, the warden invited him to teach a Sunday School class there each Sunday afternoon. In addition to that he usually attended morning services at his church and often attended evening services also. In 1881 he was graduated at the head of his class and made a perfect score on the crucial physiology and surgery exam, even though he was very ill at the time with both measles and mumps.

Although he was still sick, he departed for Rogersville with his medical diploma in hand, arriving at 8:00 p.m. He then drove eight miles to his home on a very cold, snowy night. The next day his personal inventory revealed he had but $2.00 cash and three children and a wife to support. Giving thanks for his many blessings, he recovered from his illness and rested a few days. Soon a man arrived at the house and asked him to come to attend his wife who was suffering pneumonia. Dr. Morgan borrowed a horse from his father-in-law, made several visits to the patient and terminated the fever successfully. As word of the new doctor spread; he became very busy, sometimes consulting on patients as far as 20 miles to the east and 20 miles to the west of Rogersville.

In less than three years he had a small home suitable for his growing family and all the outbuildings he needed. His father-in-law bought 115 acres of land adjoining the home and deeded it to his wife. Now his family had a very nice farm and Dr. Morgan had plenty to do, including the practice of medicine and his other business ventures. His reputation as an expert with fever cases grew. A typhoid epidemic occurred one year and the doctor rode day and night and treated 383 cases in that one year, losing only two cases. When he reported this success to a medical journal, they advised that the results were not surpassed in the entire state that year.

Gideon Morgan, M.D. in 1897 at Age 45

(Dapple gray "day horse" weighs 1350 pounds)

The Morgans lived on the farm for eight years. Meanwhile Dr. Morgan was conducting a large medical practice, building houses, running sawmills and threshing machines and engaging in other successful enterprises. The doctor felt he needed to concentrate on his practice of medicine so he rented the farm and moved his practice to Rogersville. He built a home for his family on Reno Street and practiced medicine exclusively. The practice increased very fast, especially when he was appointed examiner for the U.S. Pension Board. The doctor felt he had become "the busiest man between two oceans."

He had served the people of Rogersville faithfully for twenty-two years when, during the early hours of March 16, 1901, Dr. Morgan was awakened by a sound that he first thought was a developing storm. Soon he smelled smoke and quickly leaped out of bed and opened the door to the hall. He discovered that the house was on fire. The fire would have blocked access to the stairway within minutes and trapped his children upstairs, but he was able to rescue all of them. In less than an hour his house and belongings were destroyed, including his downstairs medical office, his library and his instruments.

Friends in Knoxville, aware that he needed to make a new start in life, encouraged him to relocate there. He immediately enrolled in a post-graduate course in the diseases of women and children in Philadelphia, then attended lectures in surgery in New York City. Upon his return he visited Knoxville and also Harriman, where he had been invited to practice as a specialist. He decided the best opportunity was in Knoxville and investigated the purchase of a home there. He chose a home called Lake View in Fountain City consisting of a house and five acres of land just one minute from the car line and overlooking Fountain City Lake. He returned to Rogersville and spent several months liquidating his properties and settling $8000 to $10,000 in accounts receivable from his practice (5).

Dr. Morgan's Home on Five Acres Overlooking the Lake (Circa 1913)

(Present site of Gentry-Griffey Chapel)

They arrived at their new home in Fountain City on November 13, 1902. It was at the height of a depression and the house had been allowed to deteriorate. One of the Knoxville physicians advised, "You have come here to starve with the rest of us." Dr. Morgan replied that he had no notion of starving as he could live on what he had earned in Rogersville. He hired several men to assist him and they made many improvements to the house and land and put them in first class condition.

Soon after he located in Fountain City the doctor noticed difficulty with his eyesight and experienced a ringing in his left ear. Thereafter he noticed an elevation of the great bone of the skull and quickly consulted with a specialist, an eminent surgeon. After a careful examination, the surgeon advised that only a great deal of pressure from a sizable space-taking process could cause such an upheaval of the skull. He advised immediate removal of two and one-half inches of bone and replacing it with a silver plate. Dr. Morgan realized this would not by itself eliminate the cause of the swelling and made a decision. He relates that, "(I) ...resolved freely and firmly to place my case into the hands of God who does all things well." He prayed not less than three times a day in a more earnest and direct way than he ever had about anything in his life. Miraculously in less than five or six days the upheaval reduced more rapidly than it had developed and the vision and hearing problems vanished. He was entirely well.

At first he practiced only in Fountain City, but began thinking about an office in downtown Knoxville. Fortunately he soon met a railroad ticket agent, Mr. W.T. Rogers, a fellow passenger on a train carrying them home. Mr. Rogers was suffering severe asthma and was receiving no relief, although he had consulted the best doctors. Dr. Morgan advised him that he had just received special training at the Polyclinic Hospital of Philadelphia in 1903 and felt he could treat him. Within sixty days Mr. Rogers was breathing well and was still doing so ten years later. Through word of mouth he referred many patients and even invited Dr. Morgan to occupy a room in the ticket office near the Southern Railway depot as his medical office. He practiced there two years and there was never a "hard thought" between them.

The practice having increased rapidly, Dr. Morgan sought a larger office and found one at 311 North Gay Street, renting from George (Busy Bee George) Apostolis. He remained there five years with never a disagreement with his landlord. He experienced even more growth in his practice (6).

In 1904 Dr. and Mrs. Morgan and their son, Dr. Clint Morgan, attended the St. Louis World’s Fair (the Louisiana Purchase Exposition). The fair celebrated the Centennial of the Louisiana Purchase in which the territory acquired from France included all the land between the Mississippi River and the crest of the Rocky Mountains. He observed that it was the ownership of these lands that made possible the extension of the United States boundary to the Pacific Ocean.

After practicing on Gay Street for five years, Dr. Morgan was tired and, as happened so often in his life, felt a need for another special course of lectures. Having studied in the East in years past, he chose to study first in Hot Springs, Arkansas and later in the University of California. On the way he visited El Paso, Texas and took a train to Mexico, just across the border, expecting to see a bull fight. When he found there would be none for three days, he returned to El Paso and boarded the train for Los Angeles.

He began his course in East Los Angeles, but used his spare time to see various sections of the city and to visit the Island of Catalina, where he was awed by his submarine voyage on a boat used by President and Mrs. William McKinley. The strange animals and beautiful vegetation at the bottom of the sea reminded him of some lines in a poem by Gray:

Full many a gem of purest rays serene,

The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear,

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,

And cast its sweetness upon the desert air.

After his course, he visited San Francisco just five months after the earthquake and observed that the eastern two-thirds of the city resembled "a large brick kiln burned and they had gone through and picked out the best bricks and left the pieces." He saw the great Golden Gate and crossed the Bay to Oakland. Proceeding north, he had a pleasant visit near Portland, Oregon with his niece, Mrs. Charles (Maggie) Haynes, the daughter of William T. Morgan, and saw her three little girls, Ruth, Hazel and Jeannette. They visited the Willamette Valley, observing the beauty of the place and the bountiful fruit orchards.

He again boarded the train and departed for Seattle, Washington; but, arriving in a hard rain, he decided on the spur of the moment to return back to Knoxville. On a beautiful day he crossed the Rocky Mountains and observed a snowstorm as they crossed the pinnacle at Marshall Pass. During his stay in Salt Lake City, Utah, the State Secretary of the Morman Church showed him around and he saw the grave of Brigham Young. Dr. Morgan observed that the city was well planned with very wide streets, perfectly aligned.

In Colorado Springs he saw the large sodium spring that gave the city its name, viewed the very large diamond said to be worth $20,000 and saw many deer and bear at the depot brought there by big game hunters who were on their way home. Kansas City was the next destination. The doctor observed the rich farm lands as he crossed Kansas during the day light hours. His son, Edmond, living nearby, met him there and they visited the medical college that another son expected to attend. The dissection room and his first experience with microscopes and specimen fascinated Ed. Then they visited the faculty lounge and met several of the professors who asked Dr. Morgan a number of questions about his practice back home. It was a very enjoyable visit.

Boarding the train with his final destination in mind--Knoxville and his Fountain City home--Dr. Morgan reflected on his trip through the West. In his book he recalled, "I will never forget running through those great canyons. The train roared as if we were in a mighty hall and there was just room enough for the railroad bed. We could look straight up for hundreds of feet and this condition was for miles. Seeing so many snow-capped mountains off at a distance of 100 miles, looking as white as pearls, was a delightful sight to behold." When he arrived in Knoxville and reached his home in Fountain City, he found nothing had gone wrong since he left.

For the next two and one-half years, he was very busy in his practice. But it also was a period of introspection. He remembered that, at that time, there were 2,151 known diseases and 10,652 remedies to control or eliminate them. He concluded that the medical profession surely required more thought than any other profession did for no two patients were afflicted the same.

The doctor was again fatigued and in need of relaxation. He and Mrs. Morgan boarded the train to Atlanta where they spent a few days and then proceeded to St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida. They arrived in Tampa only a few days after the great fire and observed the destruction of property over an area of several blocks. They crossed the state to Jacksonville but Mrs. Morgan became ill and they returned home by way of Atlanta.

Two years later he again visited a son in Kansas City and returned to the medical college there. Elsewhere in the state he observed the expansive fields of wheat and corn and visited another medical college in Manhattan, Kansas. Then Dr. Morgan toured a large ranch with the owner and saw the rancher’s 1,200 to 1,400 head of cattle and perhaps 1,000 to 1,200 hogs. He marveled that the rancher could be worth several hundred thousand dollars yet choose to live in a three room, white-washed house ten to twelve feet high and that his wife wore brogan shoes and was still using a rusty cook stove.

After several years as a medical specialist, Dr. Morgan shared some conclusions he had reached. He commented that people visit the general practitioner until he fails, then they go to the specialist. Therefore he concluded, "...the head of the specialist is always on the block, in other words, a specialist must know his business or very soon he has no business."

One of his physician friends said to him one day, "Well I opened an office as a specialist and there is something very strange about the so-called specialist. I know I am as well informed as you are, and I am a great deal better looking man, and I opened an office as a specialist, and in less than three months I had drifted until I had no callers except collectors and a lot of (d-----) beggars." Dr. Morgan commented, "... I had no explanation to make, that this is a very queer world which we are passing through, and that if my success had depended on good looks and shrewdness, I would have long since been where hope is a stranger and mercy could never come (emphasis added). ... I give every one special attention, make my charges reasonable and give everybody to know that I know my business."

In the Fall of 1912 the doctor was again fatigued and asked his wife and youngest daughter if they wanted to accompany him on another Western trip. Mrs. Morgan and seventeen-year-old Elsie Mae said yes. They boarded the train in Knoxville not knowing exactly where they were going to stop or when they would return. They stopped first in St. Louis and visited a nephew, his wife and daughter. The time there in their nephew’s beautiful home "created a green patch in our lives," Doctor Morgan observed. Then they enjoyed a four-day visit with their son, Neal, his wife and their little daughter near Philippsburgh, Missouri. Then they went through Springfield to Eureka Springs where Elsie Mae was impressed with the way "men dig back into the steep mountain and concrete a nice suit(e) of rooms and then another man (will) go above him and dig back in the hill and make himself a nice suit(e) of rooms and at the same time use the top of the first man’s house for his front yard." Elsie Mae had not seen this type of home back in Tennessee. The doctor remarked, "Eureka Springs is a great place. Those who have never been there should be sure to visit that place."

As they returned through St. Louis, they visited the site of the World’s Fair and observed the places where the doctor and his wife had seen the many exhibit buildings when they attended the fair. They noticed the high water mark on the trees and houses created by the previous Spring floods with some of the houses still upside down and many two story houses with high water marks half way to the roof. It was obvious it had been a sea of water and farmers, having planted late, would produce very poor crops that year.

On their return trip to Knoxville they stopped for a day in Chattanooga and Elsie Mae felt the trip up Lookout Mountain was the "treat of her life." They arrived in Fountain City to find the hay had been cut and shocked and placed in the barn. His neighbors, Joseph Cox and Jesse Suffridge, had put enough hay in the barn to feed the Jersey cow bountifully through the winter. This comment on the kindness of his neighbors parallels other comments made as he wrote the closing passages of his book in 1913. He said,

I have lived in Fountain City twelve years and with very few exceptions I can truthfully say that I never lived by better people in every respect. I feel that they have dealt out more kindness and respect to me and my family than we deserved. When my family was sick and resulting in death at times, I never saw kinder people, and I will never forget them. Fountain City is a beautiful suburban town of Knoxville and has many beautiful homes. The churches and schools make it an attractive place to live. The pulpits have been filled by able ministers and the schools have been run by able teachers. When I sum up all the facilities which are found in Fountain City, I am free to say that I never lived in a better place.

Dr. Morgan returned to his busy practice, but he also was planning other trips he hoped to make in the future. He particularly desired to make three more trips: to Niagara Falls, to the Panama Exposition and finally to visit the Holy Land to see Jerusalem and other scenes from the life of Christ. It was not to be. In the early Fall the doctor incurred a small wound on his foot from a rusty nail that seemed innocent enough. However, he developed tetanus and died on September 29, 1915. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery. His wife, Mrs. Sarah Morgan, survived until February 3, 1928, and is also buried in the family burial plot at Greenwood along with several of their children (7).

Toward the end of his life, Dr. Morgan reflected on his accomplishments. He remembered that Congressman Nathan Hale appointed him to attend the Anti-Tuberculosis Congress in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where he read a 5,800 word paper, which was later published, to the delegation of the most renowned physicians in the United States. At the same convention he was offered the position of superintendent of the largest Tuberculosis Sanitarium in St. Louis, but declined. He mentioned a large number of articles he had written in the medical journals that resulted in letters from doctors all over the U.S. Lastly, he recalled his speech to the Christian Association in Limestone, Tennessee and his founding of the American Philosophical Society of Knoxville in 1912.

Dr. Gideon H. Morgan had made a difference as an educator in several communities and then, in his second career, made a difference in the lives of the patients he had served during his thirty-four years in the practice of medicine.

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1. Gideon Hill Morgan, Autobiography of My Life Up To The Present Date, 1913 (Knoxville, 1913); Hawkins County Genealogical Society, Cemeteries of Hawkins County, Tennessee (Volume 2) (Rogersville, 1986); Ancestry World Tree lists the following as children of Noah and Martha Morgan: Milton Morgan (1841-____), Minerva M. Isenberg (1843-____), William T. Morgan (1845-____), Pleasant B. Morgan (1847-____), Rufus C. Morgan (1848-____), Gideon H. Morgan (1852-1915), Martha A. Morgan (1853-____), Ella F. Morgan (1854-____) and Rosannah Morgan (1857-____).

2. ibid. (Morgan, 1913); Mary U. Rothrock (Editor), The French-Broad Holston Country (Knoxville, 1972): Horace Maynard (1814-1882) was born in Massachusetts, educated at Amherst University and came to East Tennessee University (now the University of Tennessee) in 1842 as a professor of mathematics. He then studied for the law, became a successful lawyer and then was elected to Congress in 1857. In 1863 Andrew Johnson, military governor, made him attorney general for the state of Tennessee. After the Civil War in 1865 he was elected to Congress again. In 1875 President Grant appointed him minister to Turkey. After five years in the Foreign Service, he returned to the United States and was appointed postmaster general by President Hayes. William Rule called him the most cultured man who was ever in public life from Knoxville.

3. ibid. (Morgan, 1913); ibid. (Rothrock, 1972): Thomas W. Humes (1815-1892) was born in Knoxville, graduated from East Tennessee University in 1831 and attained a master’s degree in 1833. He studied for the ministry but later became a member of the mercantile firm of Cowan, Dickinson and Company. He then turned to journalism and edited the Knoxville Times, Knoxville Register and the Watch Tower in succession. He was elected president of East Tennessee University in 1865 and served in that capacity until 1883. He served as librarian of the Lawson McGhee Library for the last six years of his life.

4. The Morgan children were: Clint H. Morgan (1875-1939), who followed his father into the field of medicine; Ludema V. (1877-1935) who married Major W.A. Davis; Cornelius J. (18__-19__), who moved to St. Clair, Kansas; Neal (18__-19__), a local farmer; Cora A. (18__-19__), who married J.C. Moore; Hessie E. (1884-1907), who married Thomas Smith; Chassie N. (1886-1909), who died when she was only 22; Edward Lee (1886-1910), who became a policeman and detective in Seattle, Washington; Nettie B. (1892-1898), who was killed when only six years old in a carriage accident caused by a runaway horse; Gale D. (1891-1891), who died early and Elsie Mae (18__-1979), who married James S. Bondurant, later vice-president of Fowler Brothers Store.

5. Renee Kent, "Stately home reflects Fountain City history," Halls/Fountain City Shopper, July 27, 1977. This is the site of the Gentry-Griffey Funeral Chapel. Many of the rooms were originally part of Lake View, although the porch has been altered. Col. J.C. Woodward, originally of Lexington, Kentucky and head of the Knoxville and Fountain Head Land Company, built the home for his son in the 1890s. The next owner was Mr. H.A. Rogers, followed by Dr. Gideon Morgan and Dover Williams. The Williams’ daughter, Mrs. Harold Davis, lived there until World War II in 1943. Then a Mr. Nichols bought it and converted it into apartments for use during the war. The late Glenard Gentry bought the house and three acres of land in November, 1948, and remodeled it extensively for the Gentry, Bartling and Griffey (now Gentry-Griffey) Funeral Chapel.

6. The Knoxville City Directories show Dr. Morgan’s office address as 311 North Gay Street (2nd Floor) in 1908 with Spence Trunk and Leather Company, a well known Knoxville firm, occupying the ground floor (309-311). By 1910 his office address was 22-24 Minnis Building, located at 217 Wall Avenue.

7. Obituary, Dr. G.H. Morgan, Knoxville Sentinel, October 1, 1915 and Knoxville Journal and Tribune, September 30, 1915.1,6
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S18] E. Beulah Hauser, Morgan Genealogy, p. 3-6.
  2. [S235] U.S. Census, 1860 Dist. #7, Hawkins Co., TN, Box 1255, p. 65.
  3. [S235] U.S. Census, 1910 US Census, Dist. 2, Knox Co., TN, Box 1508, ED 103, S 21.
  4. [S990] E. Beulah Hauser & Vivian Imogene MORGAN (28), Morgan Genealogy - V. I. (Morgan) Uran, p. 206.
  5. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Ancestry: Morgan Surname Board, Morgan Bible, Hawkins County TN, 14 Aug 2001.
  6. [S1249] Gideon Hill Morgan, Autobiography of Dr. Gideon Hill Morgan, p. 1.
  7. [S1249] Gideon Hill Morgan, Autobiography of Dr. Gideon Hill Morgan, p. 73.
  8. [S415] E-mail from Arthur Ellison, Jul 26, 2003.

Martha Ann Morgan1,2,3

F, #387, b. 24 April 1854

Family:

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthApr 24, 1854Hawkins, TN, USA, age 7 in 1860 census2,3
Residence1913MN, USA, of Eastern4
ResearchUran gives husband as Reynolds of Cedar Rapids, IA5
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S18] E. Beulah Hauser, Morgan Genealogy, p. 3-6.
  2. [S235] U.S. Census, 1860 Dist. #7, Hawkins Co., TN, Box 1255, p. 65.
  3. [S990] E. Beulah Hauser & Vivian Imogene MORGAN (28), Morgan Genealogy - V. I. (Morgan) Uran, p. 206.
  4. [S1249] Gideon Hill Morgan, Autobiography of Dr. Gideon Hill Morgan, p. 1.
  5. [S18] E. Beulah Hauser, Morgan Genealogy, p. 10.

Ella Frances Morgan1,2,3,4

F, #389, b. 23 September 1855, d. 29 December 1928

Family:

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthSep 23, 1855Hawkins, TN, USA, age 6 in 1860 census; age 14 in 1870 census; age 23 in 1880 census2,3
Residence1913Eidson, Hawkins Co., TN, USA4
DeathDec 29, 1928Eidson, Hawkins Co., TN, USA
ResearchUran: Marriage name as Leith of Rogersville, TN5
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S18] E. Beulah Hauser, Morgan Genealogy, p. 4.
  2. [S235] U.S. Census, 1860 Dist. #7, Hawkins Co., TN, Box 1255, p. 65.
  3. [S990] E. Beulah Hauser & Vivian Imogene MORGAN (28), Morgan Genealogy - V. I. (Morgan) Uran, p. 206.
  4. [S1249] Gideon Hill Morgan, Autobiography of Dr. Gideon Hill Morgan, p. 1.
  5. [S18] E. Beulah Hauser, Morgan Genealogy, p. 10.