Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Morgan, Dr. Henry A., 1901 

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DR. HENRY AUGUSTUS MORGAN

ENTERED INTO REST - DR. HENRY A. MORGAN SUDDENLY SUMMONED TO THE SPIRIT-LAND 

   From a beautiful earthly Sabbath, followed by a night over so lovely, to an 
eternal Sabbath, where there shall be no night; and from association with 
congregations that gather and separate at stated periods, to translation to 
that land "where congregations ne’er bred up," was the happy lot of Dr. Henry 
A. Morgan, an aged and honored citizen of Suffolk, who was suddenly summoned 
to the spirit-land on Sunday evening, November 10, 1901, at 7:20 o’clock, his 
death resulting from an affection of the heart.

   Dr. Morgan’s health had been falling rapidly since last spring, but he not 
confined to his house.  He rode up town on Saturday afternoon and transacted 
business, and on Sunday afternoon he paid a visit to his friend and neighbor 
General L.S. Baker.  He desired to attend church at night, and went to his 
front door to see if the weather would admit of his going out.  Upon turning 
to leave the door he was heard to utter  a moan. His loved ones ran to him, 
and as he sank into a chair he said "I am all right, now;" and indeed he was, 
for the utterance was given with his last expiring breath, and his spirit 
passed to the God who gave it, and to engage in whose worship was his last 
earthly desire.

   The hour for evening service had arrived and the congregation had assembled 
at the Main Street church, of which the deceased had been an honored member 
and office bearer.  The pastor was in the home of bereavement, whence an 
official member proceeded to the church and announced the painful intelligence 
of Dr. Morgan’s death, and the congregation dispensed.

   Henry A. Morgan was born in Gates County, N.C., September 9, 1826.  At the 
age of twenty-two he was graduated from the Medical College of Virginia, at 
Richmond, in a class of thirty two, of which Dr. E.D. Phillips, of Suffolk, is 
the only survivor.  For forty years Dr. Morgan practiced his profession in his 
native county, but twelve years ago he gave up his arduous duties and removed 
to Suffolk, where he was a highly-esteemed citizen to the time of his death. 
He was a gentleman of liberal education and broad mind, a true friend, a 
hospitable host, a good citizen, a devoted, loving husband and father, and a 
consistent Christian, having for many years been a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, South.

   The deceased is survived by a widow and one daughter, Miss Lizzie.  His 
other near relatives are a brother and two sisters - Mr. John E. Morgan, of 
Wiggins’ Cross-Roads, N.C., and Miss Margaret A. Morgan and Mrs. Frank Willey, 
of Gatesville, N.C.

   The funeral took place at the Main Street Methodist Church on Tuesday 
afternoon, at 2 o’clock, in the presence of a large number of relatives and 
friends.  Rev. R.H. Potts, the pastor, was assisted in the solemn services by 
Rev. L.E. Barton, of the Baptist Church; Rev. John Stanly Thomas, of the 
Presbyterian Church; Rev. E.M. Jordan, of the Whaleyville Methodist Church; 
Rev. A.B. Sharpe, of the East Suffolk Methodist Church, and Rev. Joseph H. 
Amiss, presiding elder of the Rappahannock district, M.E. Church, South, who 
was pastor of the deceased about twenty years ago.

   The interment was in Cedar Hill Cemetery, the pall-bearers being as 
follows: Active - Dr. H.W. Campbell, W.E. Hines,  J.L. McLemore, R.H. Morgan, 
R. Edward Norfleet, Junius T. Parker, A. A. Riddick, W.E. Winstead.  Honorary 
- Gen. L.S. Baker, W.W. Ballard, Captain E.B. Britt, Darien P. Daughtrey, Dr. 
A.W. Eley, E.E. Holland, W.H. Jones, Jr., Judge W.J. Kilby, George W. Nurney, 
Captain George T. Parker, Dr. J.E. Phillips, Judge R.R. Prentis, Colonel 
Thomas W. Smith, G.W. Truitt.

   The floral offerings were profuse and beautiful, and were silent but 
filling tributes of the esteem in which he was held.


Dr. Henry Augustus MORGAN, retired physician, 
b. 9 Sep 1826, Gates Co., NC, d. 10 Nov 1901, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block A, Lot 29*), Suffolk, 12 Nov 1901, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_m.txt 


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