Biographical Sketch of John Morgan, Pulaski County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
 Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, Published 1889, Goodspeed
 Publishing Company.

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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John Morgan (deceased), farmer, of Pulaski County, MO., was born in
Tennessee in 1817, and was the third of eight children born to the
marriage of Reuben Morgan and Elizabeth Dowel, who were natives of
North Carolina.  The father was of Irish descent, a farmer by occu-
pation, and died in what is now Phelps County, MO., when about fifty
years of age.  His wife was born about 1797, and after his death 
made her home with her son John, and died in 1862.  John was educated
in the district schools near his home, and resided with his parents
until his father's death.  On August 26, 1845, he was united in
marriage to Miss Mary A. Tilley, who was born January 4, 1828, in
the State of Tennessee, and by her became the father of ten children, 
six of whom are living:  Rebecca, wife of Curtis York; George, Loura
R., Lottie W., John B., and Mattie, wife of Ransom Rollins.  Mr.
Morgan located with his parents on the farm now occupied by his 
widow when aged sixteen years, and became an enterprising and in-
fluential citizen of the county.  He died on December 30, 1877, and
left a farm of 240 acres, 160 under cultivation, to his wife.  It
is located on the Roubideaux River, and is valuable land.  Mr. 
Morgan was a Democrat in politics, a member of the Masonic fraternity,
and an earnest believer in the Christian faith.  His widow is a mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.  Mrs. Morgan's parents, 
Wilson and Elizabeth Tilley, were of Scotch and Irish descent, re-
spectively.

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