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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ___________________________________________________________ THE MORGAN FAMILY OF PENNSYLVANIA Perhaps the first significant settlement in Pennsylvania of the second wave of Welsh immigration was founded in 1796 in present Cambria County. Under the leadership of the Rev. Morgan J. Rees (or Rhys) (1760-1804), a Welsh Baptist minister, a group of Welsh immigrants began the present town of Ebensburg and populated the surrounding area. Cambria County owes its name to these immigrants, who named their general settlement in that area after their former home, which was in the mountainous region of Wales. As late as 1873, the Welsh were still the largest ethnic group in Ebensburg and in Cambria Township. Over these years Baptist Church services in the area were conducted in the Welsh language. The other important Welsh communities settled during this wave of Welsh immigration emerged in the areas of Pennsylvania which experienced intensive development of the coal, iron and steel industries. Welsh workers with industrial skills came to America generally in the following order during the nineteenth century: After 1815, iron puddlers and rollers; after 1830, coal miners; after 1840, slate quarrymen; and after 1890, tin-platers. The anthracite coal fields of northeastern Pennsylvania became one of the major areas of the later Welsh settlement in the Commonwealth. As early as the 1830s, two Welsh preachers who had come to Carbondale, Penna. Were sent back to Wales by employers to recruit additional miners. From 1840 to 1860, Welsh colliers were sending word home about the wages ($1.00 to $1.50 a day), which were about double what could be earned in Wales. Moreover, a Welsh foreman or mine superintendent could obtain workers for the best jobs simply by writing to his hometown newspaper in Wales. For example, Benjamin Hughes (1824 - 1900), who served as the general mine superintendent for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Coal Company during 1865- 1899, was largely responsible for the heavy Welsh settlement of the Hyde Park section of Scranton. The prominence of Welsh in the anthracite fields before the 1880s is indicated by the fact that of 109 miners killed in the famous 1869 breaker fire at the Avondale mine near Wilkes-Barre; at least two-thirds were Welsh. The growth of the iron and steel and, later, the tin-plate industries prompted the creation of Welsh communities from 1850 to 1910 in such western Pennsylvania cities as Johnstown, Sharon and Pittsburgh. Welsh miners also found jobs after 1840 in western Pennsylvania in the bituminous coal fields. In south central Pennsylvania and slate industry of York County, particularly in the area surrounding the town of Delta, drew Welsh slate quarrymen to settle there. (http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/ppet/welsh/) MORGANS' IN PENNA 1. WILLIAM MORGAN B: ca 1814 Pa. M: MARY MOLLOY ZEIGLER B: ca 1814 Pa (both deceased by 1898) Although I know these are the parents, I have not been able to acquire any additional information about them. This is as close to the date of birth that I could find. NOTES: Mary Molloy Zeigler in the 1850 census Blair Twp, Blair Co, Pa. listed are: John Zeigler (53) B: 1797 Rachael Zeigler (22) B: 1828 Sarah Zeigler (19) B: 1831 Nancy Zeigler (16) B: 1834 Michael Zeigler (21) B: 1829 Mary J. Zeigler (8) B: 1842 Child of William Morgan & Mary Molloy Zeigler: 2. MICHAEL HENRY MORGAN B: 26/10/1839 Indiana, Pa. D: 17/4/1905 M: 23/2/1865 Hollidaysburg, Blair Co, Pa. ELIZA JANE KEPHART B:10/3/1839 Blair Twp, Pa. d: 23/2/1897 This information is from FamilySearch LDS Int'l Genealogical Index. 1850 census for Blair Twp, Blair Co, Pa. lists Michael Morgan (11 years old) living with the family of: Simon Frazier (54) Farmer, Elizabeth Frazier (37), Anna Raymond (67), Elizabeth A. Stambough (17), Anna M. Carr (15). (It was common practice for one's children to be given to another family to raise, especially if the mother had passed away and the father couldn't keep them and earn a living at the same time.) Michael served in the American Civil War: enlisted as a private on 20/8/1862, Company I. 137th infantry regiment, mustered out on 6/1/1863 in Harrisburg, Pa. from History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865 (Pa Roster) Published in 1870. BOOK:Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen pg. 1266 Cambria, Co. http://www.camgenpa.com/ MICHAEL MORGAN, Son of William and Mary Zeigler Morgan, deceased was born in Indiana Co, Pa. ,Oct.25, 1839. The lady whom he chose for a helpmate through life was Eliza Kephart, and they were married Feb. 23, 1865, in Blair Co, Pa. She was born there March 10, 1839, of parents, John and Eliza (Beard) Kephart, deceased. Their hearthstone has been graced with six children: 3.GRANT ELLSWORTH MORGAN b: 1/23/1866 D: 31/10/1940 4. WILLIAM GARNER MORGAN b: ca. 1872 D: 9/3/1934 5. JOHN FRANKLIN MORGAN b: ca 1867 D: 17/4/1931 2-6. (Dessie Dora) DELLA MORGAN b: 24/12/1870 d? 5/1970 r: 17931 Frackville, Schuylkill Co. ss# 195-28-1982 M: 1919 A. LINCOLN MACEIL s/o JACOB 1841-1929 Co F 156 Regt Ill inf. & JULIA A. MACEIL 1869-1936 Lloyd Cem. Ebensburg, Cambria Twp. Pa. 2-7. DANIEL S. MORGAN b: 1877 M: 1907 MARY MCCHESNEY (Cambria marriage index) 2-8. JUNETTA K. MORGAN b: aft 1880 m: 1901 JAMES W. SHERIDAN (Cambria marriage index) 1880 census Washington, Cambria, Pa: THOMAS SHERIDAN (17) B: 1863 NJ, coal miner, JOHN SHERIDAN (brother)(15) b: 1865 coal miner, MARGARET SHERIDAN (sister) (13) b: 1867, JAMES SHERIDAN (brother) (9)b: 1871 OWEN SHERIDAN (brother) (6) b: 1874. 1st M: 1893 MARY SMITH (Cambria marriage Index) 2nd M: 1901 JUNIATTA MORGAN MARGARET E. GEORGE b: 7/12/1903 d: 1/5/1983 Bur: Prospect Cem. dau: JAMES W. & JUNE (MORGAN) SHERIDAN m: CHESTER H. GEORGE 30/4/1904 d: 14/11/1992 Bur: Prospect Cem. Comrade Morgan enlisted when 23 years old as a private in Co. I, 137th Pa. V.I. 1st Brig. 2nd Div., 1st A.C. and was a faithful and worthy veteran. His list of active hostilities is South Mt., Antietam, Wilderness and Burnside's Stick-in-the-Mud, being fortunate to escape without a wound. He was honorably discharged May, 1863, at Harrisburg, Pa. His wife passed from the shores of time Feb. 23, 1897. His brother John was killed while serving under the old flag. His wife's brother Christ also fell in battle, as did another brother, Samuel. Comrade Morgan is a laborer and his address is Portage, Pa. Michael married (copy from the Blair Co. newspaper) On the 23d of February, 1865, by Rev. Dr. T. Daugherty, Mr. Michael Morgan, to Miss Jane Kephart, both of Blair township, Blair County 1880 Census Hollidaysburg, Blair Co, Pa.: MIKE MORGAN (30) Quarryman E. J. MORGAN (31) GRANT MORGAN (14) J.F. MORGAN (13) DESSIE DORA MORGAN (10) WILLIAM MORGAN (6) DAVID MORGAN (3) Ebensburg War Memorial: Morgan, David Pvt. Civil War Plaque 16 Morgan, John Pvt. Civil War Plaque 16 Morgan, Joseph, Jr. Pvt. Civil War Plaque 17 Morgan, Michael Pvt. Civil War Plaque 17 Morgan, William Pvt. Civil War Plaque 17 Morgan, William N. Pvt. Civil War Plaque 17 Michael mentions his brother John. We don't know if he had other brothers & sisters. From the Hollidaysburg Methodist Church: Blair Co, Pa.: John Morgan of Duncansville, and Rachel James of N---t, S. Wales, m: 17/7/1862 at the parsonage, by Rev. A.W. Gibson & James Morgan & Lucy A. Stallman, both of Mt. Union, m: 25/12/1851, Hollidaysburg by Rev. R. Wesley Black. Cambria County, Pa. 1890 (Veteran's) Special Schedule (Portage Township) LN# 27 174 181 Michael Morgan Private I 137 Pa. Inf. Vol. NOTES: ELIZA JANE KEPHART In the same 1850 census for Blair Twp, Blair Co. there is a family of Kephart: John Kephart (43) B: 1807 Pottery Eliza (Beard) Kephart (39) B: 1811 Samuel Kephart (20) B: 1830 Killed in the Civil War Christian Kephart (18) B: 1832 Killed in the Civil War Elizabeth Kephart (16) B: 1834 M: George Sells George Washington Kephart (14) B: 1836 Eliza Kephart (11) B: 1839 M: Michael Henry Morgan Lucinda Kephart ( 9) B: 1841 M: 1st Edward Jumo Sneider M: 2nd ? Ackison John Kephart ( 7) B: 1843 Mary A. Kephart ( 5) B: 1845 Ellen Kephart (3) B: 1848 Emma Kephart B: 1850 David Blair Kephart B: 23/3/1856 d: 24/10 Juanita Kephart B: 1860 M: Harry Stonebraker DESCENDATS OF HEINRICH GABHART - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~normante/HeinrichKephart/desc 01.htm 1.HEINRICH GEBHART b: 30/9/1699 in Basel, Basel, Switzerland d: ca 1770 in Rhine Valley, Germany M: MARIA CATHARINA ANDREAS b: 1703 Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland dau: DAVID ANDREAS & CHRISTINA BERNHARDT Children:2. GEORGE (Johan George) KEPHART b: ca 1720 Freyberg, Odenwald, Germany d: ca 1798 Union Twp., Berks, Pa. M: ELIZABETH ? b: ca 1722 Northampton, Pa. 9.ADAM KEPHART b: ca 1744 d: ca 1826 10.DANIEL KEPHART b: ca 1746 d: 1822 Northumberland 11.HENRY KEPHART b: 12/1/1750 d: ca 1781 12.CALEB KAPHART b: 1752 d: 2/8/1833 Berks Co. 13.GEORGE KEPHART b ca 1754 14.WILLIAM KEPHART b: ca 1756 15. JOHN KEPHART b: 7/1/1780 d: 26/7/1847 3.ADAM (Johan Adam) KEPHART b: ca 1724 d: ca 1813 Center >Clearfield Co. 4.HEINRICH KEPHART b: ca 1725 d: 16/9/1793 5.JACOB (Hans Jacob) KEPHART b: ca 1727 d: 27/1/1800 Berks Co. 6.DAVID ANDREAS KEPHART b: 17/11/1729 d: 5/6/1792 7.NICHOLAS KEPHART b: ca 1733 d: ca 1829 Center>Clearfield Co. 8.JOHAN KEPHART b: ca 1737 15. JOHN KEPHART B: 7/1/1780 D: 26/7/1847 M: ca 1811 NANCY ? b: 18/9/1789 d: 28/7/1847 They settled in Frankstown Twp, Huntingdon Co, (now Blair Co) on a tract of land 400 acres, obtaining a squatter's right. Later, Peter Shoenberg operating the Iron works at McKee's Gap claimed the land, tore the house in which they were living down, compelling them to move. They settled nearby and raised their family, John being a blacksmith by occupation and worked up to within a few days of his death. They had twelve children: 66. JOHN KEPHART b: 12/3/1807 d: ca 1880 67. ELIZABETH KEPHART b: 18/5/1808 Blair Co 68. GEORGE KEPHART b: 30/3/1810 East Freedom, Blair Co, Pa. d: 25/3/1849 M: REBECCA FARBER 284. SAMUEL A. KEPHART b: 5/1842 Blair, Pa. D:17/7/1875 (age 33) Wilmore, Pa. Died from disease contracted in the army during the civil war. Bur: Lloyd Cem. Ebensburg At the breaking out of the war, at the age of nineteen, enlisted as a member of the 125th Reg. Of Pa. Vol. He was one of the organizers of Co. C and was chosen its lieutenant. He served in this capacity for nine months, during this time participating in several important engagements, among which was the battle of South Mountain Pass and Antietam. After his return from the Civil War he married in Cambria Co, engaging in the mercantile business at Wilmore. He was a stanch Republican and held several appointive offices under the state government at Harrisburg. Noted as being one of the best musicians and violin players in western Pa. 1867 moved to Wilmore, Cambria Co., Pa. where he was in business until his death. He was a Republican and always active in local affairs. M:1866 HENRIETTA B. WOLFE B: 1846 Wilmore, Cambria Co, Pa. D: 1919 Ebensburg, dau: JOHN & MARY WILFE descendant of ex-Governor Wolf of Pennsylvania. HENRIETTA, M: 2ND CONRAD WENDEROTH 1006. SCHUYLER C. KEPHART D: 12/3/1892 (age 30) 1005. HARMON MORTIMORE KEPHART B: 7/17/1865 Frankstown, Pa. became Chief of Clerk at State Senate Retired at Connellsville, Pa. 1007. COL. SAMUEL A. KEPHART B: 30/10/1868 Wilmore D: 1927 Bur: Arlington Nat'l Cemetery At the age of eight years he with other members of his family was sent to McAlisterville Soldiers' Orphan School, where he remained till he was sixteen years of age. After leaving this academy he studied telegraphy and accumulated sufficient money to enable him to enter the Highland Falls School for young men . In a competitive examination held at Somerset, Capt. Kephart won the honors for the appointment as cadet in the United States Military Academy and after a short time at Highland Falls Academy, he entered that institution graduating in 1892 among the first of his class and with the rank of second lieutenant. He selected the artillery as the branch of the service of the United States army that he desired to enter and was detailed with the Fourth Regiment. He was with this regiment at the breaking out of the Spanish-American war when his battery was ordered to Santiago and stationed with Gen. Lawton's division, Capt. Kephart partaking in the closing part of this memorable battle. At the close of the Spanish-American war, his battery was ordered to Montauk Point, then to the Phillippine Islands and saw service there for several months under General Lawton. Climatic conditions forced his return to the US, after several months' campaign on the Islands. He was finally appointed in command of the Torpedo Co. at Fort Strong, Boston Harbor. During his career as an artillery officer he has held several important state appointments and instructor at Fort Monroe, a post graduate school for officers graduating from West Point. He stands well up in the line of captains and is fifteenth in number from being made a major. Captain Kephart is an accomplished musician and composer. He is a graduate of Fort Monroe Artillery School and Fort Totten Submarine Mine school. 1008.GERTRUDE R. KEPHART became Mrs. Dudley Tate Esby M: DUDLEY TATE ESBY, an official of the Pa. RR Resides at Newport, Pa. 1009.JOHN WILLIAM KEPHART B: 2/11/1872 Wilmore, Cambria Co, Pa. At the age of 5 was educated in the Soldier's Orphans' School of McAllistersville, Pa. where he remained till 16. He took up telegraphy in Wilmore and followed it for 2 years, saved enough to pay his tuition in the Allegheny College at Meadville, Pa. Then entered Dickinson College, Carlisle, graduating with the degree of LL in 1894. Returned to Cambria Co. studying law in the office of Hon. W. Horace Rose, Johnstown. Admitted to the bar in 1895. Moved to Ebensburg, & opened a law office there. He is a member of the Cambria Lodge, F. and A.M. at Johnstown, the Consistory at Williamsport and the Syria Temple at Pittsburg, Altoona Lodge, B.P.O.E. He is a stanch Republican. Became Chief Justice of Pa. Supreme Court 1936-1940. M:1/12/1904 FLORENCE M. EVANS b: 4/4/1880 dau: Evans b: 17/11/1875 Wilmore, Pa. & Kate E. Schryock dau: of Colonel J.K. Schryock JOHN E. EVANS b: 12/9/1876 CHARLES S. EVANS b: 18/1/1878 Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. FLORENCE M. (EVANS) KEPHART Oberlin & National Park Seminary ARVIN W. EVANS b: 4/4/1880 graduate of Oberlin College ALVIN EVANS KEPHART JOHN W. KEPHART, JR.. HENRITTA (Kephart) GALLAGHER. Lloyd Cemetery, Evensburg, Cambria Twp, Cambria Co, Pa. KEPHART, C. WILBUR 1893-1925 KEPHART, COL. SAMUEL A. 1868-1927 UA Army buried Arlington National Cemetery KEPHART, HENRIETTA B. 1846-1919 KEPHART, JOHN W. (photo of a large tombstone with inscription) KEPHART, SAMUEL A. d: 17/7/1875 (33y) KEPHART, SCHUYLER C. d: 12/3/1892 (25y) From Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County Also John W. Kephart's life in Jan 12, 1936 Philadelphia Inquirer Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette Co. John W. Jordan, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1912. 69. MARGARET KEPHART b: 12/8/1812 70. JACOB KEPHART b: ca 1813 M: REBECCA BAIRD 71. SAMUEL KEPHART b: 21/6/1815 72. JANE KEPHART b: 18/5/1817 Blair Co. 73. JONATHAN KEPHART b: 25/10/1818 d: 6/12/1898 74. NANCY KEPHART b: 9/5/1820 75. CHRISTIAN KEPHART b: 9/5/1821 d: ca 1882 76. MARY ANN KEPHART b: 6/6/1823 77. ISAAC KEPHART b: 16/4/1825 66. JOHN KEPHART b: 12/3/1807 d: ca 1880 M:CA 1828 ELIZABETH BAIRD (BEARD) b: ca 1811 269. SAMUEL KEPHART b: ca 1830 270. CHRISTIAN KEPHART b: ca 1832 271. ELIZABETH KEPHART b: ca 1834 M: GEORGE SELLS 272. GEORGE WASHINGTON KEPHART b: ca 1836 273. ELIZA KEPHART b: ca 1839 M: MICHAEL HENRY MORGAN 274. LUCINDA KEPHART B: CA 1841 M: 1ST EDWARD JUMO SNEIDER M: 2ND ? ACKISON 275. JOHN KEPHART b: ca 1843 276. MARY A. KEPHART b: 1845 277. ELLEN KEPHART b: ca 1848 278. EMMA KEPHART b: ca 1850 279. DAVID BLAIR KEPHART b: 23/3/1856 d: 24/10/? M: MARY ELIZABETH ANDERSON 995. EDGAR EMMIT KEPHART b: 4/9/1882 d: 21/12/1942 M: MINNIE HOLMES 996. ALLEN EUGENE KEPHART b: 3/1/1884 d: 1/5/1921 M: ETHEL GAINES 997. LYDIA FRANCES KEPHART b: 5/1/1885 M: RICHARD OSBORN d: 29/3/1966 998. MARGARET JUANITA KEPHART b: 21/10/1887 d: 26/2/1960 M: LEWIS BOTOROFF 999. THOMAS BLAIR KEPHART b: 8/8/1889 d: 1/7/1953 M: CLEO SNUFFER 1000. CHARLES CLIFFORD KEPHART b: 6/8/1892 d: 5/1977 WA 1001. DAVID BASIL KEPHART b: 13/9/1897 d: 7/11/1953 280. JUANITA KEPHART b: ca 1860 M: HARRY STONEBRAKER 2nd GENERATION 3. GRANT ELLSWORTH MORGAN B: 23/1/1866 Broad Top, Bedford Co, Pa. D: 10/21/1940 Spring Hill, Cambria Co., Pa. Bur: Prospect Cemetery, Portage, Cambria Co, Pa. Obit: Portage - Grant E. Morgan, 74, died yesterday at the home of his son, Charles Morgan of Portage Township. His death followed by 10 days the passing of his wife, Mrs. Barbara A. Morgan of Sidman. Mr. Morgan had been residing with his son since the death of his wife. He was born in Broad Top, Bedford Co, on Jan 23, 1866. Funeral services will be conducted at 2pm Sunday at the Charles Morgan home by Rev. Charles Thomas, pastor of the Beaverdale Christian and Missionary Alliance Church. Interment will be in Prospect Cemetery here under the direction of George Bros. South Fork morticians. From the Bedford Co. Marriage Records 10/1885 - 4/1890 compiled by Michael A. Hengst MORGAN, GRANT E., 21, WHITE, R. Union Twp., oc. Laborer s/o Michael H. & Eliza Jane Morgan, was 21 years old Jan 23, 1887: BARBARY ALLICE GORDON, 20, WHITE, R. Union Twp. oc. None d/o George G. Gordon, consent of father filed: m. Aug 7, 1887 at Union Twp., Bedford Co, Pa by W. S. Ake, J.P., vol. 2, rec. 416. M: BARBARA ALICE GORDON B: 3/18/1867 Pavia, Bedford Co, Pa. D: 10/11/1940 Bur: Prospect Cemetery, Portage, Cambria Co, Pa. Obit: Mrs. Barbara Alice (Gordon) Morgan, aged 73, former Springhill resident, died Monday evening in Memorial Hospital, Johnstown. She was the wife of Grant E. Morgan, Sidman R. D. Born March 18, 1867, in Bedford Co. Mrs. Morgan was a daughter of George and Margaret (Mock) Gordon. In addition to her husband, two children survive. They are Charles G. Morgan, Portage R. D. and Mrs. Abraham Burns, Sidman R. D. There are 16 grandchildren and nine great- grandchildren. Funeral services were held at two o'clock Thursday afternoon at the home of her daughter in Sidman R. D. The Rev. Charles E. Thomas, pastor of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, Beaverdale, officiated. Burial was in Prospect Cemetery, Portage, under direction of George Bros, South Fork morticians. Mr. And Mrs. Morgan formerly resided in Springhill before locating in Sidman. Children 6. MRS. ROSS DUNMIRE D: bef. 1940 resided in Sonman 7. MRS. ABRAHAM BURNS resided in Sidman, Adams Twp, Pa. Abraham Burns b: 6/7/1891 d: 4/1971 Crystal Lake, Polk Co, Fla. ss# 192-07-5585 Prospect Cemetery, Portage: Abraham Burns b: 1891 d: 1971 h/o Rhoda J. Ella R. Burns b: 1889 d: 1960 w/o George J George J. Burns b: 1884 d: 1957 Leslie Jo Burns b: 15/10/1971 d: 26/6/1994 Nelson Burns (no dates) s/o Abraham & Rhoda Rhoda J. Burns b: 1894 d: 1980 Ruth E. Burns b: 1924 d: 1924 (child) 8. CHARLES G. MORGAN B: 1887 D: 9/19/1944 9. JOHN MORGAN B: 1889 D: 5/2/1936 Pavia, Bedford Co, PA. NOTES: BARBARA ALICE GORDON B:3/18/1867 Pavia, Union Twp, Bedford, Pa. Mo: MARGARET MARY MOCK b: 1843 dau of :Fa: MICHAEL MOCK s/o PETER MOCK, SR Children: JOSIAH B. MOCK -Civil War captured at Petersburg 10/1864 incarcerated in Libby & Salisbury prison exchanged 3/1865 died at Annapolis 3/22/1865. ELIZABETH MOCK MARGARET M. MOCK m: GEORGE GIDEON GORDON MALACHI MOCK -died of typhoid in Beauport, S.C. M: 1888 Mabel King LEAH MOCK TOBIAS MOCK - enlisted 19/2/1864, died 7/8/1864 Ft. Schuyler, N.Y. from wounds at battle of Petersburg. DAVID B. MOCK -Justice of Peace, Bedford Twp. SOLOMON MOCK MARY A. MOCK HANNAH MOCK This information from PA Roots Bedford Co. Genealogy Project Biography Board. NOTES: BARBARA ALICE GORDON Fa: GEORGE GIDEON GORDON b:3/10/1841 Bedford Co, Pa. d: 3/3/1913 Pavia, Bedford Co, Pa. Served in Co. E, 138th Inf. Pa. Vol. In Civil War Fa: URIAH GORDON b: 2/5/1809 Union Twp, Bedford Co, Pa. d: 13/1/1874 in Bedford Co, Pa. Uriah Gordon lived all his life in Bedford Co, Pa. He was a farmer, merchant, teacher and first postmaster of Pavia, Pa. Married abt. 1833 in Bedford Co, Pa. to Mo: RACHEL ELIZABETH RITCHEY b: 5/8/1814 in Pavia, Bedford Co, Pa. Children: 1. Mary Ellen Gordon b: 10/1/1851 in Pavia 2. William Gordon b: 12/1839 in Bedford Co, Pa. 3. Philip Gordon b: 19/1/1834 In Bedford Co, Pa. 4. Margaret Gordon b: 25/11/1835 in Bedford Co, Pa. 5. John David Gordon b: 20/3/1838 in Bedford Co, Pa. 6. GEORGE GIDEON GORDON b: 3/10/1841 in Bedford Co, Pa. 7. Isaac Gordon b: 20/9/1843 in Bedford Co, Pa. 8. Moses J. Gordon b: 18/8/1845 in Bedford Co, Pa. 9. Joseph Uriah Gordon b: 23/5/1847 in Pavia, Bedford Co, Pa. d: 13/8/1932 M:in 1866 ELIZA SHAFFER Obit: Joseph U. Gordon, Windber Veteran, Called by death. Last surviving Member of Union Army in that district passes away. Children: Mrs. Nick Ling of Windber, Pa. Mrs. Lemon Wilson of Portage Mrs. Ada Kaercher of Beaver Falls Ulysses Grant Gordon of Johnstown Samuel Gordon of Sproul Howard Gordon b: 5/3/1884 d: 6/7/1933 in Claysburg Obit: Bedford man is killed by auto, Howard R. Gordon, 49, of Queen, Victim of Hit & Run Driver Near Claysburg. (The Tribune) 10. Daniel Wilt Gordon b: 22/2/1849 in Pavia, Bedford Co, Pa. 11. Rebecca Gordon b: 24/12/1852 in Pavia, Bedford Co, Pa. 12. Levi Gordon b: 20/9/1855 in Pavia, Bedford Co, Pa. This information from Anderson-Reinhart @ Ancestry.com Russell Anderson scania1@juno Children of George Gideon Gordon & 1st Margaret Mary Mock: 1. Uriah Malachi Gordon b: 12/4/1865 M: May F. King 2. Barbara Alice Gordon b: 18/3/1867 M: Grant E. Morgan 3. Sarah E. Gordon b: 16/4/1871 M: John Franklin Morgan 4. Thomas Miles Gordon b: 19/9/1875 M: Emily V. Burkett b: 1877 Children of George Gideon Gordon & 2nd Emma Corle b: 5/11/1854 Union Twp, Bedford, Pa. 1. Maude Druscella Gordon b: 25/5/1889 Union Twp 2. Savanna Irene Gordon b: 21/3/1879 3. Mary Marelda Gordon b: 1893 4. Carrie Georgianna Alma Gordon b: 4/3/1895 4. WILLIAM GARNER MORGAN B: 23/11/1872 Williamsburg, Blair Co, Pa. D: 10/3/1934 Bur: Prospect Cemetery, Portage Obit: Portage, March 10, 1934 - William Garner Morgan died at his home at Spring Hill near here, yesterday, aged 62. He had suffered a stroke four years ago. A widow and the following children survive: Herman , Mrs. Edward Jones of Portage and Harry and Virginia at home, Two grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon in the Lutheran Church at Portage with burial in the Prospect Cemetery. William Garner Morgan worked for Kopper Coal Co. M: Nov. 1899 MARTHA BUSCH B:10/27/1880 D:2/12/1975 Bur: Prospect Cemetery (from rootsweb message board by Sherry Barrager) HERMAN BUSCH came to America in 1884 b:6/2/1853 d:3/7/1911 m: EMMA B. RICHTER (BUSCH) in Germany b: 10/27/1854 d: 12/6/1945 Both bur: Prospect Cemetery, Portage They had approx. 8 children & settled in the Portage area Sherry's grandparents Bernard Maxwell Busch b: 5/24/1882 d: 6/17/1961 m: ELSIE BERNARDINE MOYER b: 9/20/1892 d: 9/8/1964 GEORGE ALBERT BUSCH b: 2/28/1895 d: 7/28/1961 bur: Prospect Cemetery EMMA B. BUSCH b: 1/8/1899 d: 8/14/1990 Prospect Cemetery has d: 1900 MARTHA BUSCH b: 10/27/1880 d: 2/12/1975 m: (WILLIAM GARNER) MORGAN EMMA HATTIE BUSCH b: 1883 d: 1953 Bur: Prospect Cem. Portage m: 1902 WILLIAM F. OSMAN b: 1877 d: 1943 Prospect Co. E 21 Inf. Reg. WWI WALTER OSMAN b: 1903 d: 1983 GEORGE B. OSMAN b: 1906 d: 1968 MARGARET OSMAN b: 1907 d: 1982 LESTER C. OSMAN b: 1922 d: 1923 (1 yr. old) WILLIAM F. 'SKIP' OSMAN b: 1931 d: 20/12/2001 Cpl. 'T' Army Arty Korean War FRED H. BUSCH b: 10/20/1888 d: 12/3/1948 ELIZABETH FREDRICA BUSCH m:1910 FRANK PIERCE PORMAN HARRY BUSCH B: 13/10/1886 D: 6/1/1956 WW1 bur: Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Lower Yoder Twp, Cambria Co., Pa. DORA BUSCH also bur: Prospect Cemetery b: 12/1886 d: 10/1952 Children: 22. HARRY MORGAN 23. VIRGINIA MORGAN 24. RUTH MORGAN M: EDWARD JONES (WWI drafted, Pa. Division 3 r: 420 so. Main St. Bangor, Pa. "Jersey Journal" 2/4/1918) Children: LILLIAN (JONES) FRANSSEN There is a postcard from Belgium from Lillian, (1905) referring to the death of her grandfather, also mentions sister Ethel. ETHEL JONES M: 1917 CHARLES YOUNKINS (Cambria Co. marriages) 25. HERMAN D. MORGAN B: 1907 D: 1946 Bur: Prospect Cemetery, Portage M: GERALDINE HESS B: 1901 D: 1987 Bur: Prospect Cem. Portage Herman & Ruth attended Davis School (1909-1917) Springhill. From "Portrait of a Town - Portage 1890-1990" NOTES: GERALDINE HESS MORGAN Sister of Beatrice Watt Hess GEORGE P. HESS B: Wilmore to Mo: Mrs. S.E. Hess Bus driver for the Johnstown Traction Company M: BEATRICE WATT B: 1900 Gallitzin D: 1938 Obit: Mrs. George P. Hess, 36, died of a heart ailment, Saturday at home, 974 Fronheiser St., Johnstown. In addition to her husband and mother, she is survived by four children: Hazel Hess Delbert Hess Dwight Hess George L. Hess. Fa: GEORGE R. WATT B: 1871 D: 1926 Prospect Cemetery, Portage Mo: MARGARET CULLEN B: 1869 D: 1939 Prospect Cemetery, Portage Children: Mrs. Lester Deitrich of Milton Mrs. Claud McGinley of Portage Lyle Watt of Portage Raymer Watt of Detroit, Mich. Clyde Watt of Detroit, Mich. Walter Watt of Detroit, Mich. 8. CHARLES G. MORGAN, SR. B: ca 1887 D: 1944 Bur: Prospect Cemetery, Portage, Pa. Resided in Sonman & Springhill, Portage Twp. Cambria Co, Pa. M: ELIZABETH POORMAN B: 4/15/1887 D: 1/22/1919 Bur: Prospect Cemetery M: TRESA MAE GEORGE b:1892 d: 1953 Children: 10. ROY ELLSWORTH MORGAN B: 1912 D: 23/4/1936 Bur: Prospect Cem. Obit: Portage April 24, 1936 -Roy Ellsworth Morgan, aged 24, died last evening at the home of his grand- parents, Mr. & Mrs. Grant Morgan at Pavia, Bedford Co, Pa. He had been in ill health for several months, suffering from heart trouble. The deceased made his home with his grandparents for many years. Surviving are his parents, Mr. And Mrs. Charles Morgan of Sonman, and these brothers and sisters: 11. CHARLES G. MORGAN, JR. b: 30/6/1911 d:12/1968 Barnsboro, Cambria Co. ss #193-10-2594 M: MARTHA L. GEORGE d/a: JACOB M. GEORGE & ESTHER CRUM Obit: Funeral of Jacob George b: 1861 Portage, March 29, 1927—Funeral services for Jacob M. George, aged 66 years, who died of uremia poisoning late yesterday afternoon at his home on Spruce Street, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the local Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, conducted by the Rev. R. M. Gray. Interment will be in the Mt. Union Cemetery, near Portage. Undertaker H. F. Buck has prepared the body for burial. The deceased's health had been impaired for the last five years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Esther (Crum) George and four children: MRS. CHARLES G. MCMONIGAL Charles G. McMonigal b: 1888 d: 1957 bur: Prospect Cem. Portage m: 1908 Martha L. George bur: Prospect Cem. Portage MRS. CHARLES MORGAN HOWARD GEORGE FREEMAN GEORGE He also leaves 14 grandchildren and these brothers and sisters, Frank George of Summerhill, Daniel George of Blue Knob, William George of Claysburg, Mrs. Anna Dukes of Nanty-Glo, Mrs. Emma Ickes of Pavia and Mrs. Martha Christ of Claysburg. 12. ALICE MORGAN 13. MRS. ALEX LONG - Portage (Alex b: 1911 s/o Howard & Laura Long) 14. MRS. WALTER SIMPSON - Portage 9. JOHN MORGAN B: 1889 Bedford Co, Pa. D: 5/2/1936 Obit: Pavia, Feb. 8 - John Morgan, aged 47, a resident of Pavia, died Wednesday in Nason Hospital at Roaring Spring after an illness of a week of pneumonia. He was a son of Grant and Alice (Gordon) Morgan and was born in Bedford County. Surviving are his widow, MRS. VIRGINIA (BURKET) MORGAN, and these children: 15. WILLIAM MORGAN 16. JOHN MORGAN 17. FLOYD MORGAN b: 10/9/1922 d: 3/1970 Uniontown, Fayette Co. ss# 198-18-1368 18. CALVIN G. MORGAN b: 22/6/1926 d: 29/10/1988 Sproul, Blair Co. ss#209-20-2975 19. SARAH MORGAN 20. MAY MORGAN 21. BEATRICE MORGAN all at home. He was a brother of Charles Morgan, Mrs. Ross Dunmire and Mrs. Abram Burns, all of Sonman. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Pavia Reformed Church, Interment will be in the church cemetery. 5. JOHN FRANKLIN MORGAN B: 19/3/1867 Williamsburg, Blair Co. Pa. D: 17/4/1931 Bur: Prospect Cemetery, Portage. A member of the Patriot Sons of America JOHN F. MORGAN & SARAH E. GORDON m; 5/1/1887 BY Rev. J.H. McCord from the records of the Hollidaysburg Methodist Church Blair Co., Pa. M: 1st SARAH ELLEN GORDON B: 16/4/1871 D: 1901 Bur: Prospect Cemetery, Portage (Sister of BARBARA ALICE GORDON M: GRANT E. MORGAN) Children: 26. WILLIAM MCKINLEY MORGAN B: 18/10/1896 d: 31/5/1949 Portage 27. CLARA ALICE MORGAN B: 1900 d: 14/6/1936 28. HESTER P. MORGAN B: 1894 29. MABLE MORGAN b: 1896 30. GEORGE ORVAL MORGAN B: 11/29/1889 d: 12/12/1946 M: 2nd 15/2/1904 Portage, Cambria Co, Pa. JOSEPHINE NELL GRIFFITH B:24/8/1876 D:16/7/1967 Bur: Prospect Cemetery, Portage Dau: WILLIAM & ELIZABETH LONGSTRETH GRIFFITH Children: 31.JAMES FRANKLIN MORGAN B: 7/8/1907 Portage D: 8/7/1966 32. GLENN ALFRED MORGAN B: 3/10/1913 Portage D: 6/10/1981 Sharon, Mercer Co, Pa. ss# 162-16- 4998 1920 census Portage Borough, 1009 S. RR Street: Morgan, John (52); Josephine (43); James (12) Glen (6) 26. WILLIAM MCKINLEY MORGAN B: 18/10/1896 D: 31/5/1949 Portage Bur: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Johnstown, Cambria Co, Pa. Obit: William McKinley Morgan- 52, 1009 Railroad Street, Portage died 8:10 am May 31, 1949 in Mercy Hospital. Born Oct. 18, 1896, son of John and Sarah (Gordon) Morgan. Leaves widow, former CATHERINE SMITH, and two daughters: 33. MRS. VIVIAN SAUGER 34. MRS. THEDA DELORES HARRIS Both of Jersey City, N.J. two grandsons, step-mother, Mrs. Josephine Morgan, Portage. Two sisters, Mrs. John Eamigh and Mrs. Carl Richardson, both of Portage; two half-brothers, James and Glenn, both of Portage. Employed by Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates at Sonman Slope for past 35 years. Member of Trinity EUB Church, Portage, Volunteer Fire Company, Portage, Moose and UMWA. Funeral 2:30 PM (DST) Friday, Trinity EUB Church, Rev. C.T. Miller: burial Forest Lawn Cemetery, C. M. Beck Funeral Home, Portage. Friends received in late home after 11 am Wednesday. 34. NOTES: THEDA DELORES MORGAN Weddings: HARRIS-MORGAN Sept 16, 1938 Portage - Announcement of the marriage of Miss Theda Delores Morgan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Morgan, to Andrew Harris son of Mrs. Joseph Leap, both of Portage on August 31. The marriage took place in Hollidaysburg, Rev. Father John J. Ergler performing the ceremony. Present at the ceremony were Mr. And Mrs. Paul Drass and the bride's parents. The former Miss Morgan had been a senior in the local high school, being also a member of the band. Mr. Harris graduated in 1934 and has been recently associated with his mother in the hotel business here. 27. CLARA ALICE MORGAN DUNMIRE B: 1900 D: 6/14/1937 Bur: Geeseytown Cemetery. Obit: Portage, June 14, 1937 - Mrs. Clara Alice Dunmire, aged 36, wife of RALPH DUNMIRE died Saturday night at her home in Sonman, following a heart attack. Mrs. Dunmire was a daughter of John B. and Sarah (Gordon) Morgan and was born in Portage. Surviving are her husband, her step-mother, Mrs. Josephine Morgan of Portage, and these children: 35. HARRY DUNMIRE R: Summerhill 36. CLYDE DUNMIRE b: 20/8/1921 d: 4/1983 Altoona, Blair ss#176-14-6503 37. BERTHA(Betty) DUNMIRE M: ? SPANGEL lived in Duncansville 38. WILLIAM DUNMIRE R: Shippensburg 39. MARION DUNMIRE M: ? STONEBROOK R: Duncansville 40. ETHEL DUNMIRE M: ? RUTHERFORD R: Altoona 41. SARAH DUNMIRE M: ? NICEWONGER R: Altoona When Clara Alice died so young, the children were taken in by relatives for awhile. Clyde, Bertha (Betty), and Ethel stayed with Thora Fay (Morgan) Conley; Mable (Morgan) Richardson took one of the boys that was slightly retarded, he was known as "Buddy" Richardson. Their father RALPH DUNMIRE B: 26/8/1898 in Glen White, Pa. D: 10/12/1961. He eventually remarried to LEONA BISS with a son LESTER GILLIUM R: Pittsburgh Obit: Dunmire—Ralph (Bob) 63, Portage R.D. 1, died Oct. 12, 1961 in Memorial Hospital, Johnstown. Born Aug. 26, 1898, in Glen White, Pa. son of Harry and Cora (Smith) Dunmire. Preceded in death by 1st wife, Clara Morgan and 2nd wife, Leona Biss. Survived by these children: Harry of Summerhill, William and Clyde both of Shippensburg, Mrs. Betty Spangle and Mrs. Marian Stonebrook, both of Duncansville, and Mrs. Ethel Rutherford and Mrs. Sarah Nicewonger both of Altoona. Stepson, Lester Gillum, Pittsburgh: 12 grandchildren and sister, Mrs. Georgia Eichenlaub of Altoona. Retired coal miner. Member of Local 1318, UMWA. Friends received after 6 p.m. Friday in Beck Funeral Home, Portage. Other arrangements incomplete. 28. HESTER P. MORGAN EAMIGH B: 23/2/1894 D:3/3/1973 Ebensburg Bur: Prospect Cemetery, Portage ss# 187-24-2671 M: 1915 Cambria Co. Marriage Index - Females 1885-1920 (52-347) JOHN (JACK) H. EAMIGH B: 1879 Portage D: 1962 Bur: Prospect Cemetery, Portage Child: 42. JOHN LESLIE EAMIGH B: 1916 D: 1923 (7 years old) Although Jack & Hester had only the one son that died young, they raised Jack's children by a former marriage. Jack's 1st wife Johanna George B: 2/18/1884 D: 1/1913 Children: ROBERT T. EAMIGH B: 1910 D: 1974 lived in Cresson and ran a gas station M: Gladys J. Miller B: 1911 D: 1988 Dau: Relon & Cora Miller Both Robert & Gladys are Bur: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Glasgow, Reade Twp, Cambria Co., Pa. along with a child Earl Eamigh B: 1930 D: 1942 MARY EAMIGH SEABOLT also lived in Cresson and operated the Summit Hotel. There's an article from a newspaper that Jack Eamigh, 67, of Cresson and Portage personifies the "Lure of the Coal Mines" He spent 57 years in the industry before retirement. Eamigh started as a trapper boy at the age of eight. He was digging coal at 11 and driving mule at 15. Later he ran a motor and worked as an electrician. 1870 census Summerhill Twp: JACOB EMEIGH (79) farmer from MD LOUREISE EMEIGH (42) at home from MD LEAH EMEIGH (40) housekeeper from MD With the family of Benson & Sarah Crum: MARTHA EMIGH (6) from Pa. GEORGE EMIGH (12) from Pa. Mount Union Cemetery, Summerhill Twp.: ALBERTA JUNE EAMIGH (child) ALFRED EAMIGH b: 1856 d: 1888 ANNIE E. EAMIGH b:1858 d: 22/2/1925 ANNA E. EAMIGH b: 1863 d: 1915 (child) EAMIGH d: 1902 ELSIE JEAN EAMIGH b: 15/2/1876 d: 5/10/1959 FRANK EAMIGH (child) GEOEGE B. EAMIGH b: 10/1865 d: 19/8/1925 GEORGE W. EAMIGH b: 1855 d: 4/6/1924 JESSIE WILLIAM EAMIGH d: 16/10/1922 (child) JOHN C. EAMIGH b: 1829 d: 12/3/1881 JOHN DAVID EAMIGH b: 1918 d: 13/12/1924 MARTHA EAMIGH SADIE EAMIGH b: 4/1865 d: 5/1/1944 SADIE C. EAMIGH b: 1870 SAMUEL L. EAMIGH d: 15/1/1918 (age 58y) SAUL ARTHUR EAMIGH b: 22/5/1882 d: 14/12/1964 URIAH EAMIGH b: 3/6/1822 d: 5/5/1895 Cambria Co. Marriage Index 1885-1920: EAMEIGH, AUSTIN ALFRED 1919 M: KUNSMAN, GERTRUDE HELEN EAMIGH, JOHN 1915 M: MORGAN, HESTER EAMIGH, MARTIN 1919 m: BRUBAKER, LEAH EAMGH, MAURICE W. 1904 M: ROLAND, CATHERINE E. EAMIGH, NATHANIEL L. 1895 M: GLASS, MARY C. EAMIGH, SOLOMON A. 1915 m: BROWN, ELSIE EAMIGH, ANNIE E. 1897 m: TROXELL, JOHN A. EAMIGH, BESSIE 1903 M: LAUFFER, RONALD EAMIGH, BLANCHE 1917 M: KILLINGER, CHARLES BRADY EAMIGH, LINA J. 1897 M: MATTHEWS, FRANK EAMIGH, LUCINDA 1917 M: HINKLEDIRE, SAMUEL EAMIGH, MARY RISSILLA 1895 M: HELSEL, JOHN LEMON EAMIGH, SARAH E. 1898 M: HOLLEN, ROBERT MARTIN EAMIGH B: 3/7/1886 D: 3/1969 Ebensburg, Pa. ss#194-09-8726 AUSTIN EAMIGH b: 7/1/1897 d: 5/1973 Newton, NJ ss#145-10-2933 Beaver Valley cemeteries Index Page: NATHANIEL I. EAMIGH b: 1871 d: 9/18/1908 M: MARY C. GLASS b: 6/23/1875 d: 12/22/1958 child: PERCY W. EAMIGH b: 9/8/1907 d: 12/11/1999 M: VIOLET C. AMMERMAN b: 4/19/1908 d: 11/12/1992 dau: William & Ella Lee Ammerman child: PERCY EDWARD EAMIGH b: 8/17/1926 d: 6/25/1927 29. MABLE R. MORGAN RICHARDSON b: 1896 M: CARL F. RICHARDSON In 1927 George C. Richardson had an electrical shop with George O. Morgan at 704 Orchard , Portage. This is from "Portrait of a Town - Portage, Penna. 1890-1990" 43. PEARL W. RICHARDSON M: 1942 GEORGE MANGUS (copy of marriage record) Miss Richardson weds Sgt. Mangus: Portage - Miss Pearl W. Richardson, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Carl Richardson of Portage and Technical Sergt. George Mangus, son of Mr. And Mrs. William Mangus of Wilmore, were married on Tuesday afternoon in Trinity Evangelical Church here. Rev. C. T. Miller officiated at a double-ring ceremony….A reception was held at the Buckhorn Grange Hall after the wedding. The bride is a graduate of Portage Township High School and has been employed at May's Restaurant. The bridegroom attended Wilmore High School. The newlyweds will reside in Georgia, where Sergeant Mangus is stationed. 1930 census Wilmore Boro: MANGUS, WILLIAM (38), PEARL (39), RUTH (13), GEORGE (12), JOHN (10), James (8). Bur: at the Lovett Cemetery, Adams Twp, Cambria Co. Pa.: Amanda Mangus 1845 - 1914 Edith Mangus Jun 1879-8/4/1892, Edmund Mangus 8/6/1870 - 8/4/1892, Emma L. Mangus 1873-1900, John Mangus Nov. 1822-Jun 1899, Sarah Mangus 1/2/1883- 1894) 1900 Cambria Freeman: Annie S. Mangus, d/a of a boarding house keeper at South Fork, committed suicide Saturday night by drinking some port wine in which she had dissolved twenty grains of strychnine. The girl's lover, a miner named Leander Reynolds, was given some of the same stuff by his sweetheart, but he managed to save his life by a hurried trip to the office of Dr. J.C. Glass, who administered an antidote. The remains of Miss Mangus were buried at Lovett on Monday. (www.camgenpa.com/news/1900) 44. DOROTHY RICHARDSON B: 12/12/1923 D: 14/4/2003 Bur: Forest Lawn Cem. M: WILLIAM CORDWELL Prospect Cem. Portage Twp. Cambria Co., Pa. Richard Cordwell b: 1909 d: 1972 Father Bessie Cordwell b: 1913 d: 1981 Mother 30. GEORGE ORVAL MORGAN B: 29/11/1889 Portage D: 12/12/1946 (Death Cert.) Windber Hospital, Somerset Co. Pa. His occupation was Block Operator for the Penna. Railroad. He lived at 619 Grant St., Portage, Cambria Co, Pa. Obit: Portage-Funeral services for George Morgan, 57, veteran PRR worker who died yesterday at Windber Hospital, will be held at 2:30 PM Sunday at Bethany Evangelical United Brethren Church. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park under the direction of the George Bros. Funeral Home, South Fork. Mr. Morgan was once associated with F. W. Eicher in publishing the old Portage Press, the first newspaper to be published in Portage. He was a member of Summit Lodge # 312, Free and Accepted Masons, a 32nd degree member of Williamsport Consistory, AAONMS: The Triangle Club of South Fork, Brotherhood of Railroad Telegraphers and Bethany E.U.B. Church. M: 22/09/1909 MINNIE AGNES HAMMERS B: 26/7/1887 Wilmore, Pa, D:12/8/1963 Cleveland, Cuy Co, Ohio although she was bur: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Johnstown, Cambria, Pa. Obit: Mrs. Minnie A., 76, of 619 Grant St. Portage died at 4 PM Aug. 12, 1963 in Cleveland. Born July 26, 1887 in Wilmore, daughter of Francis M. and Emma (Hess) Hammers. Widow of the late George Orville Morgan. Former member of Bethany Evangelical United Brethren Church, Portage, Charter member of Edith Cavelle Sisterhood 182, Dames of Malta, Portage and member of Eastern Star. Survived by these Children: 45. KENNETH BERYL MORGAN B: 5/2/1914 of El Paso, Tex. 46. THORA FAY MORGAN B: 4/8/1915 wife of THOMAS CONLEY, Cleveland, Ohio 47. IVAN DEAN MORGAN B: 6/3/1918 Syracuse, NY also 3 great-grand-children and 6 grandchildren. Sister of Mrs. Florence Crook, Atlanta, Ga. And Herbert Hammers, Columbus, Ohio. Rudolph Seckinger Funeral Home, Portage. Interment, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Johnstown. The name "Minnie" -John James Audubon named his home "Minnie's Land" in honor of his wife, Lucy (Minnie being the Scots form of her name) - Herrick, Audubon Vol. 2 p.235. "Discovering America 1700-1875" - Henry Savage, Jr. footnote 49 p. 208. Article in Portage Democrat-1947: A stitch in time may save nine, but to Mrs. Minnie Morgan of Portage it adds up to tablecloths, bedspreads, pillowcases and other handwork. Interested in crocheting and embroidery since she was very young, Mrs. Morgan has made 51 pairs of pillowcases so far this year. She was awarded second prize in the Tri-County Fair held in York. And first prize in the last Cambria Co. Fair prior to WWII. 1920 census Portage Borough, 702 Sherman Street: Morgan, Orval; Minnie; Bergal: Fay: Dean NOTES: MINNIE AGNES HAMMERS Fa: FRANK MICHAEL HAMMERS (complete genealogy from the book "Descendants of Johnann Frantz Hammer") Mo: EMMA HESS daughter of JOHN & SARAH HESS of Wilmore From the will of Sarah Hess, Emma and her brother DAVID H. EDWARDS of Altoona are both adopted children. There was a story that one of the relatives was left on the doorstep, don't know if it was Emma Hess or Michael Henry Morgan. Thomas Conley always teased Emma that she was the map of Germany, but don't really know her true origins. 45. KENNETH BERYL MORGAN B: 2/5/1914 Portage, Pa. D: 2/5/1974 El Paso, Texas Bur: Ft. Bliss Nat'l Cemetery. 1940 U.S. Navy Obit: Morgan - funeral services for Kenneth Beryl Morgan, 940 Duskin Drive who passed away Tuesday will be held at 1:30 PM Friday at the Grace United Memorial Church. Interment will be in Fort Bliss National Cemetery with military honors. Beryl had worked on the day of his death, he had driven home from work, complained only of indigestion, sat down in his favorite "easy" chair till dinner was ready. When Pearl called him for dinner, she discovered he had passed away. M: 10/15/1938 in Juniata, Pa. PEARL NAOMI MOORE B: 1904 D: 22/9/1979 Copy of the newspaper article: Church Ceremony - 1938 A lovely fall wedding was solemnized at the Wesley Memorial Methodist church of Juniata on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 15, at 2:30 o'clock, when Pearl Naomi Moore daughter of MRS. LOUISE MOORE of 1344 Fifth Ave. Juniata, became the bride of Kenneth Beryl Morgan, son of Mr. and Mrs. O.G. Morgan of Portage. The beautiful ring ceremony of the Methodist church was used with Rev. L.D. Wible, pastor of the bride, officiating. Mrs. HOWARD DIFFENDERFER of Conway, sister of the bride, was matron of honor. Mr. Dean Morgan of Mansfield, brother of the bridegroom, was best man. Following the reception the couple left for their newly- furnished home at 600 East Main St., Lock Haven, where Mr. Morgan is route manager for the Jewel Tea Co. The bride formerly was employed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co in Altoona. Two hundred guests attended the wedding. Resided in Lock Haven, Pa. then Indiana, Pa. before moving to El Paso, Texas in 1956. NOTES: PEARL NAOMI MOORE : They had no children. Mo: LOUISE MOORE of Juniata Bro: ROBERT ELWOOD MOORE of Duncansville, Pa. JOSEPH HENRY MOORE of Lock Haven, Pa. ANDREW SYLVESTER MOORE of Scranton, Pa. Sis: BERNICE LOUISE DIFFENDERFOR (also a newspaper copy of her marriage record) Obit: The El Paso Times September 25, 1979: Mrs. Pearl Naomi Morgan, 75, 940 Duskin Drive passed away Saturday. She had been a resident of El Paso for 23 years and a member of the Grace United Methodist Church. She was the widow of the late Kenneth Beryl Morgan. Before retiring, she had been associated with Kemp-Coldwell Insurance Company. Interment will be in Fort Bliss National Cemetery. Also a newspaper article The El Paso Times, Sunday, Sept. 23, 1979: Handy-SCAT passenger dies. A 75 year old passenger of the Handy-SCAT bus that overturned Friday died early Saturday at Hotel Dieu Hospital. An autopsy has been ordered (showed internal bleeding of the stomach) to determine the cause of death of Pearl Morgan, 940 Duskin, who was strapped in a wheelchair aboard the bus when it collided with a car at the Gateway West- Yarbrough intersection. The bus was knocked on its side, leaving Mrs. Morgan and her wheelchair dangling in mid-air. The elderly woman had to be freed and lowered to the ground before the Emergency Medical Service unit could administer first aid and rush her to the hospital. 46. THORA FAY MORGAN CONLEY B: 4/8/1915 Portage, Pa. D: 13/7/1982 Cleveland Bur: Holy Cross Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio M: 1/4/1935 Hagerstown, Md. (original marriage certificate) THOMAS JOSEPH CONLEY, SR. B: 20/3/1911 Wilmore, Pa. D: 30/5/1986 Cleveland, Ohio Bur: Holy Cross Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio Children: THEA FAY CONLEY KOZEL B: 30/6/1935 MARY JANE CONLEY BROOKS B: 20/11/1936 THOMAS JOSEPH CONLEY, JR. B: 14/7/1946 PATRICK DANIEL CONLEY B: 21/7/1949 (Genealogy of Conley's in Penn. for complete history of these siblings) 47. IVAN DEAN MORGAN B: 6/3/1918 Portage, Pa. D: 2/9/1986 Camillus, N.Y. Article: Music supervisor in the Central School at Tully, NY during the 1941-1942 term, he enlisted in the Navy at Albany on June 1. Has been assigned to the Navy Band School, Washington, D.C. 1941 Graduated Mansfield Teachers College, B.S. Music, Commencement article: A graduate of Portage High School in 1936, was active in the college choral and instrumental organizations. Was a member of the high school band and the American Legion Drum Corps of Portage. Majored in French horn and cello. 1942 - 1946 Seaman 1st Class US Navy 1954 - Moved to Camillus, NY 1966- Graduated Oswego College, NY M.S. Administration M: 27/1/1943 in Tully, NY to NELLIE GORDON Newspaper article: Tully Methodist church was the setting at 5:30 PM Wednesday for the marriage of Miss Nellie Gordon, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Ralph Gordon of Tully, and I. Dean Morgan, seaman first class; USN son of Mr. And Mrs. G.O. Morgan of Portage, Pa. Rev. Raymond C. Cox read the double ring service by candlelight. Mrs. Morgan is a graduate of Tully Central school and Central City Business institute and is now employed by the civil service commission at the Onondaga County court house. Fa: RALPH GORDON of Tully, NY Bro: Bill Gordon D: 27/5/2001 Children: Linda Smithsonian of Arlington, VA Bob & Karen Gordon of Roanoke, Va. Sis: Kay Meeks Children: Margat Hennya of Falls Church, VA. Maria Norris of Colorado Children of Ivan Dean & Nellie Gordon Morgan: 52. WILLIAM DEAN MORGAN B: 24/5/1946 Chemical Engineer in N. Tonawanda, NY Children:54. JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN B: 6/17/1970 55.TERRI ANNE MORGAN B: 1/3/1974 56.KATIE MORGAN B: 10/23/1979 53. CAROL DEANNA MORGAN B: 5/21/1949 M: 5/2/1970 1st DENNIS HOPKINS Child: 57. SUSAN HOPKINS B: 8/10/1972 M: 10/4/1985 2nd PAT LORE