MUSKINGUM COUNTY OHIO BIO: MORGAN, William (published 1892)
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WILLIAM MORGAN, of Frazeysburg, Ohio, is one of the pioneer settlers of Muskingum county. 
His grandfather, Morgan Morgan, was born in Maryland and was married to Amanda Cailer, by 
whom he became the father of six children: Thomas, James, Levi, Richard, Amanda and Sallie. Mr. 
Morgan came with his family to Ohio and settled near Shannon, spending the remainder of his days 
on a farm, although he was a weaver by trade. He lived to be an old man, and for many years was 
an earnest member of the Baptist church. Thomas J. Morgan, his son, was born in Maryland in 
1801, received the advantages of the common schools, and when a boy came with his parents to 
Ohio, where he was brought up to farm life. Upon reaching manhood he was married to Miss 
Keziah Wilson, daughter of Samuel Wilson, an old settler of Muskingum county, who came from 
England and lived near Shannon. To Thomas J. Morgan and his wife the following children were 
born: William, Isaac, Sarah, Harriet, and Lavina. After his marriage, Mr. Morgan settled in the 
woods near Frazeysburg where he bought and entered about 160 acres of land in 1828, which land 
he succeeded in clearing of heavy timber after many years of hard labor. Here he resided until his 
death in February, 1883, at the age of seventy-three years, at which time he was an earnest 
member of the Baptist church. He was very hard-working, industrious and conscientious, and all 
who knew him spoke a good word in his praise. William Morgan, his son, whose name heads this 
sketch, was born August 28, 1828, and in early life received a common-school education. His early 
life was spent in attending the common schools near his home and in assisting his father on the 
home place, and after reaching manhood he married Miss Ann Lloyd, a daughter of Eli Lloyd an 
old resident of Wheeling, W. Va., who settled near Dresden in an early day. He was the father of 
these children: Joseph, John, Margaret, William, Benson, Eli, Ann and Jesse. After his marriage 
Mr. Morgan remained on the home place for five years and then moved to near Dresden, where he 
purchased eighty acres of land and remained eleven years. In 1868 he came to his present farm, 
which in an admirably kept and valuable one. He is well known for industry and integrity and 
stands high as a citizen. He is a Baptist in his religious views but his wife is a member of the 
Christian church. He has always been interested in the public schools of his section and in the 
welfare of his county, and for seven years ably filled the position of county supervisor. Mr. and 
Mrs. Morgan are the parents of three children: Thomas (who is married to Clara Kidd of this 
county), Wilson (who married Lizzie Paxton and is now farming in Illinois), and Rezin L. Morgan is 
still home on the place with his father.

Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio: Chicago, 1892: The 
Goodspeed Publishing Co.