Fulton-Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Morgan, Eugenia Hamilton Goode November 13, 1924
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The Atlanta Constitution, November 14, 1924
The Atlanta Constitution
Friday, November 14, 1924
Page Three

Pioneer Woman Succumbs here

Funeral services for Mrs. Joseph H. Morgan, beloved Atlanta woman, wife of 
Major Joseph Harris Morgan, and one of the most widely-known women in the 
south, who died early Thursday at the residence, 180 Spring street, will be 
held at 3 o’clock this afternoon from St. Luke’s Episcopal church.  Dean 
Thomas H. Johnston will officiate and interment will be in Oakland cemetery.

The following will serve as pallbearer: Judge W.D. Ellis, Lucian Knight, 
Professor William Cox, Rowe Price, Dr. Arch Avary, John Simmons, Dr. Willie F. 
Williams and Dr. Lokey.  Members of the Pioneer society and the Ladies 
Memorial association will act as a special escort to the body.

Although Mrs. Morgan had been confined to her home for many months, her death 
was unexpected.  She suffered a relapse several days ago but her condition was 
greatly improved Thursday morning.  She suffered a second relapse shortly 
after 9 o’clock Thursday morning and died soon afterward.

Of Pioneer Family

Mrs. Morgan, before her marriage was Miss Eugenia Hamilton Goode, daughter of 
the late Major and Mrs. Hamilton Goode, a pioneer Georgia family.  Mrs. Morgan 
was a native Georgian, being born in Muscogee county, October 1, 1844.
She has been a resident of Atlanta since the beginning of the civil war in 
1861, coming here from the LaGrange Woman’s college, where she was a student.  
In 1895 the college was moved to College Park and the name changed to Cox 
college.  Mrs. Morgan received her diploma from the school 54 years after she 
first attended it.

During the period of the war between the states she made her home in Atlanta, 
but spent most of her time in Athens, where she lived with members of the 
Hamilton family.  She returned to Atlanta after the war and met Major Morgan, 
being married to him in 1865.  He was a resident of New York and served with 
distinction in the Confederate army.

Prominent in Clubs

Mrs. Morgan was recognized as one of the leading women of Atlanta and was 
widely known in club circles, being a factor in establishing many of the 
present day organizations.  She also was prominently connected with charitable 
work of this city and devoted much of her time and energy to campaigns of 
various charitable organizations.

Among outstanding offices she has held in club circles, Mrs. Morgan was 
president of the Atlanta chapter, D.A.R.; honorary president of the Pioneers’ 
club; first president of the Ladies’ Memorial association; one of the 
organizers of the Y.M.C.A. auxiliary; an officer of the Colonial Dames and a 
leader in the work of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, of which she 
has been a member since its organization. Mrs. T.T. Stevens, president of the 
Atlanta federation, has urged members of the organization to attend the 
funeral services in a body.

Besides her husband, Mrs. Morgan is survived by one son, Harry Morgan, who is 
connected with the city waterworks; two granddaughters, Mrs. Weyman Boyles and 
Mrs. M.E. Harkins; three grandsons, Joseph Harry and J.D. Morgan; three great-
grandsons and two great-granddaughters, all of Atlanta.

Members of the Atlanta chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will 
meet at St. Luke’s church this afternoon at 2:45 o’clock, to attend in a body 
the funeral of Mrs. Morgan, who was a charter member.



Additional Comments:
Transcriber's note: I'm not related to or researching the Goode and Morgan 
families.

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