Sketch of Mordecai Morgan, Warren County, Missouri

>From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous
sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in 
Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan,
Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876.
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Mordecai Morgan, of Shelby County, Kentucky, married Catharine Turner,
and settled in what is now Warren County, Missouri, in 1814.  He was a
noted pioneer of that county, and the first County Court was held in
his house.  His children were: Malinda, Hiram, Rachel, Maranda, Matilda,
Missouri, Martha and Minerva.  Malinda married James Bryan, a son of
David Bryan.  Hiram was a ranger in Nathan Boone's company.  He died of
cholera, at Rock Island, in 1832.  Rachel married Samuel Dougherty, of
Warren County.  Maranda married Louisa Harper, of Lincoln County.  
Matilda married Levi Hinds, of Tennessee, who settled in Warren County.
Missouri died single.  Martha married William Harper, who is at present
a banker in Mexico, Missouri.  Minerva married Edward Pleasants, of
Virginia, who settled in Warren County, Missouri, in 1830.

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