Marion County WV Archives Biographies.....Morgan, Marcus 1835 - March 16, 1906
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Source: Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley West Virginia
Author: James Morton Callahan

New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912
Volume III, Pages 955-956, Marcus Morgan

Marcus Morgan, son of Captain James Morgan, was born in 1835. He was brought up
on his father's farm, receiving the ordinary common school education, and was a
justice of the peace eight years; also member of the board of education, and
county commissioner when the present courthouse was erected. He served as a
trustee in the Methodist Episcopal church. During the civil war he served in
Company E, of a volunteer regiment in the federal army. Politically he was a
staunch Republican. He died in 1906, his wife preceding him fourteen years, she
having died in 1894. He married (first) Mary Wymer, daughter of Levi Wymer, who
came from Virginia; he was a blacksmith. Their children, four in number, were:
Lydia; Delia; Levi W.; and one deceased. He married (second), in 1868, Virginia
Wymer, and to them were born five children: Ephraim F.; Pearlie, wife of Elbert
Moran; Mattie, married Marcus Layman; Mary, wife of M. West; Nettie, wife of
Wayne Meredith.

Additional Comments:
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from Death Register or Death Certificate
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Marion County WV, Death Register Book 4, page 99, line 30
Name: Marcus Morgan
Died: March 16, 1906 (at age 70 years)
Cause: Complication
Marital-status: Widower

Marion County WV, Death Register Boov 1, Page 19, Line 47
Name: Mary G. Morgan
Died: 06-Jun-1867 in Winfield Dist, Marion County WV (age ??-yrs, 2-mo)
Cause: Consumption
Wife-of: Marcus Morgan
Dau-of: Levi & Jane Wymer

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U. S. Federal Census
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1900 Census, Marion County, WV
ED:64, Winfield District, Sheet 2B
Lines 63-65, Dwelling 22, Family 22
MORGAN, Marcus, 64, Head, born Sep-1835, Widow, WV-WV-WV, Farmer
", Mary M, 22, Dau, born Mh-1878, single, WV-WV-WV
", Lounettie, 19, Dau, born Sep-1881, single, WV-WV-WV

1890 Census, Marion County, WV
ED:88, Page 2, Line 13
Dwelling 27, Family 27
MORGAN, Marcus, Drummer, Co. A, 6-WV-Inf, 
Enlisted: 12-Sep-1864; Discharged: 10-June-1865, 
Served: 8mo-28dys; PO: Forksburg, WVa

1880 Census, Marion County, WV
ED:93, Winfield District, Page No. 11
Lines 12-20; Dwelling 77, Family 79
MORGAN, Marcus, 44, Farmer, WV-WV-WV
", Lurenza, 39, Wife, Keeping House, WV-WV-WV
", Lyda J, 21, Dau, at-home, WV-WV-WV
", Delia, 19, Dau, at-home, WV-WV-WV
", Levi W, 14, Son, at-home, WV-WV-WV
", Ephriam, 11, Son, WV-WV-WV
", Alice P, 8, Dau, WV-WV-WV
", Mattie E, 6, Dau, WV-WV-WV
", Mary M, 2, Dau, WV-WV-WV


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