346                 HISTORY OF CLAY COUNTY

for many years at his home, which was located about three miles from
Corydon, where he spent the remainder of his remarkably long life, attain-
ing the age of one hundred and six years. After the death of her hus-
band Mrs. Jane (Wright) Wright returned to her father’s home, and
when the babe was born he was given for a middle name the maternal
grandfather’s surname, with the promise of an inheritance. Coming from
Tennessee to Indiana when young, Elijah Willis Wright lived for awhile
in Harrison county. In 1828 he took up land in Clay county, one mile east
of Bowling Green, and there built the log cabin in which his daughter
Jane was born. He cleared some of the land, and began farming there,
but, unfortunately, the water from the Eel river overflowed his property,
and not liking to gather his crops in a canoe he sold out at the end of
two years. Then taking up government land in Posey township, he
resided there for awhile and then removed to Jackson township, and on
land which he bought of Levi Cromwell lived until 1853. Going in that
year to Missouri he bought a farm and there lived until his death. He
married  Elizabeth Deal who was born Tennessee, and died in 1835, in
Posey township Indiana. She reared five of her children as follows
Mary, Jane, Robert, Elizabeth,who married John Newton Morgan and
Hedge. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. John Newton Morgan the fol-
lowing named grew to mature life: Thomas W., Harriet, Alice, Perry
Allen, the special subject  of this sketch: John, Russell, Laura and Luna.
    Brought up and educated in Posey township, Perry A. Morgan was
well trained in the various branches of agriculture while young, and
with the exception of two years when he was employed as a teacher in
the public schools he has devoted his life and energies to general farming
and stock—raising At the age of twenty-three years he bought his present
farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Perry township. About one half
of the land had been cleared, and a small frame house and a log barn had
been erected. Laboring with courage and good will, he has since cleared
the land, with the exception of two natural groves of three acres each, and
has erected a substantial set of frame buildings, the commodious house
having some of the modern improvements. In the management of his
estate Mr. Morgan has met with marked success, his farm being known as
one of the most fertile and productive of any in Perry township, which
means one of the very best in Clay county.
    Mr. Morgan married first, October 22, 1885, Rella Miller. She was
born in Vigo county, Indiana, a daughter of John N. and Sarah A.
(Snepp) Miller. She died December 21, 1900. Mr. Morgan married sec-
ond, December 15, 1901, Mrs. Rosa (Wood) Lloyd. She was born in
Sullivan county, Indiana, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Wood, and
married for her first husband Alpheus Lloyd. By his first marriage Mr.
Morgan has four children, namely: Ray E., Roy G., Sarah M. and
Wayne W. Mrs. Morgan has one child by her first marriage, Claude A.
Politically Mr. Morgan is a loyal supporter of the principles of the Demo-
cratic party, and religiously Mr. and Mrs. Morgan and their sons are
members of the Missionary Baptist church.

    WILLIAM R. JONES—On the list of Clay county’s honored dead
appears the name of William R. Jones, who for many years was well
known here as a thoroughly reliable, enterprising business man, well
worthy the respect which was uniformly accorded him, He was born in
Wales, April 22, 1827, and died on the 3d of February, 1901, so that his