HARALSON COUNTY, GA - BIOS  Benjamin F. Morgan

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Source: "MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA", Historical and Biographical Sketches,  1896.

BENJAMIN F. MORGAN, farmer, Buchanan, Haralson Co.,
Ga., son of William M. and Eady M. (Austin) Morgan,
was born in Polk county, Ga., NOV. 23, 1859. Mr.
Morgan’s father was born in Gwinnett county in 1815,
and was married in Walton county, Ga., in 1842 to
Miss Eady M., daughter of J. M. Austin. He went to
Polk county, Ga., in184o,and thence to
middleTennessee in1859. He was a soldier during the
Florida war, and enlisted in the late war between
the states. He was taken sick with the dysentery
about the time of the battle of Shiloh, and came
home on furlough , but was never able to return to
the army. He was a farmer and mechanic, started in
life with about $2,000, and did well until the war:
when it closed he found himself ruined. Mr. Morgan
began life without a dollar, and uneducated, as his
father was too poor to give him any schooling. But
he has been exceptionally successful in all his
undertakings. He is a man of great enterprise,
sagacious in planning, energetic in execution and
decidedly progressive in everything. From a most
inauspicious, unpromising beginning , without means,
he has become one of the most promising and one of
the wealthiest citizens in Haralson county. He is a
young man yet, and in view of what he has already
accomplished, one cannot forecast-possessing the
pluck, push and progressiveness he does-what he may
accomplish or attain to in the futures During the
years 1888-89-go he was engaged in merchandising at
Temple, Ga., but since then has been engaged in
farming and extensive saw-milling Mr. Morgan was
married March 19, 1885 to Miss Sallie L. , daughter
of William L. Moseley, of Douglas County, Ga.

Five children have blessed this union: Effie Odessa,
deceased; William Emorv; John Robert.; Benjamin
Franklin; Pearlie Estorie. Mr. Morgan is a master
Mason, and his family are members of the Missionary
Baptist church.

[Note 2/5/2003: Buried at PineyWoods Cemetery, bn.
Nov 23, 1859, d. June 10, 1934. Wife Sallie bn Nov.
25, 1867, d. Oct. 13, 1941]