Biography of A H Morgan, Scott Co, AR

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Submitted by: Charlene Holland <Char@presys.com>
        Date: 9 Sep 1998
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	A.H. Morgan is a planter of Scott County, Ark., whose knowledge of
his calling is thorough and who is enterprising and progressive in his
views. He was born in Georgia August 25, 1836 to J. R. and Martha L.
(Powers) Morgan, the former of whom was born in Georgia in 1815, and the
latter in South Carolina in 1816, their marriage taking place in Alabama
and resulting in the birth of seven children, two of whom are now living:
C. J. and A. H. The mother died in Georgia in 1849, a worthy member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, after which her husband married Mrs.
Louisa Johnson, a widow with three children. By her he became the father
of seven children, and after her death, which occurred in 1869, he was
married to his third and present wife, and with her is making his home in
Georgia. In his native State A. H. Morgan was married, in 1888, to Miss
E. A. Grecian, and by her he has had six children: Martha L., R.R., M.E.,
Charles H. and two that passed from life while infants. Mr. Morgan served
in the Confederate Army during the Rebellion, enlisting at Dardanelle,
Ark, in 1861, in Company D, of Lon. McKay's regiment of infantry, with
which he served faithfully until the war terminated, making as brave and
faithful a soldier as ever trod a crimson battle-field. He was wounded in
the shoulder in the battle of Corinth in 1862, was wounded in the head in
an engagement in Mississippi, was wounded in the right leg at Port Gibson
in May, 1863, and in June, 1863, at Vicksburg, was wounded in the right
eye. Since the war he has devoted his time and attention to farming, and
by his own perseverance and good management he has become the owner of
290 acres of land, 160 of which he has put in a good state of cultivation.
Although he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, is a class leader
in the same, and has been an attendant for twenty years, his estimable
wife belongs to the Baptist Church. Owing to his many excellent
characteristics Mr. Morgan has won innumerable friends, and socially
he belongs to Cauthron Lodge No. 385, of the A.F. & A. M.