I have found a newspaper article in my collection of old family stuff that was written by F.P. Morgan on August 5, 1918. It details the trip he took from Texas to Anniston, Alabama, with his cousin (my great grandfather), William Alonzo Carter. I have posted more information about William Alonzo Carter on the Carters in Texas category of this website.
I think the newspaper article is very interesting. Please let me know what you think.
Regards,
Brent Scott
bescott@aircanopy.net
12/21: F.P. (Franklin Pierce) Morgan newspaper article
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02/07: Richard Pierce Morgan and Ola B. Wilson
Stanley White emailed me 2/2/2009 to inform me that thanks to this blog, he and his wife, Ellen Denise Morgan, had more information than they’d ever had on Ellen’s grandfather, Franklin Pierce Morgan. Prior to finding the blog Ellen had no knowledge of any Morgan family members other than her father and the name of his father.
Ellen is the only child of Richard Pierce Morgan and Ola B. Wilson. Richard was born about 1917 in Mena, Polk County, AR, to Franklin Pierce Morgan and Lena Roberts and is their only child. Franklin and Lena’s marriage was short-lived...
Ellen is the only child of Richard Pierce Morgan and Ola B. Wilson. Richard was born about 1917 in Mena, Polk County, AR, to Franklin Pierce Morgan and Lena Roberts and is their only child. Franklin and Lena’s marriage was short-lived...
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01/07: Marriage Record: F. P. Morgan and L. B. Ely
Paul Strain sent this marriage record for Franklin Pierce Morgan and Lavinia Isabella Ely, showing their marriage as 19 December, 1880, in Erath County, TX.
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01/02: Franklin Pierce Morgan and Lavinia Isabella Ely
I've received additional information about F.P. and Lavinia. I'll include some excerpts from emails I received from Paul Strain of Huntington Beach, CA.
Email #1
I came across your rootsweb posting for Franklin Pierce Morgan who was married to Lavinia Isabella Ely, my great grandmother's sister.
I have heard family stories about Lavinia and her genealogy research which she continued to work on after she became blind. Do you know if there are any of her descendants alive who would know about the lost research?
A distant relative told me that when she was a young girl, Lavinia would take
Email #1
I came across your rootsweb posting for Franklin Pierce Morgan who was married to Lavinia Isabella Ely, my great grandmother's sister.
I have heard family stories about Lavinia and her genealogy research which she continued to work on after she became blind. Do you know if there are any of her descendants alive who would know about the lost research?
A distant relative told me that when she was a young girl, Lavinia would take
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09/25: James T. Morgan of Dallas
Marc's wonderful mother-in-law typed this for him:
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A History of Greater Dallas and Vicinity"; Volume II; P. Lindsley; 1909.
James T. Morgan of Dallas, was born in Alabama in 1856, but Texas has been his home since childhood days and the scene of his subsequent successful life. In 1869, when he was a lad of thirteen, the family left their Alabama home for Texas, making the journey by boat to Galveston and thence by wagon to Comanche county, at that time the danger point on the frontier of Texas, the scene of some of the bloodiest Indian raids that...
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A History of Greater Dallas and Vicinity"; Volume II; P. Lindsley; 1909.
James T. Morgan of Dallas, was born in Alabama in 1856, but Texas has been his home since childhood days and the scene of his subsequent successful life. In 1869, when he was a lad of thirteen, the family left their Alabama home for Texas, making the journey by boat to Galveston and thence by wagon to Comanche county, at that time the danger point on the frontier of Texas, the scene of some of the bloodiest Indian raids that...
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09/25: Eugene Hillard Morgan
Marc has been working in Austin while his home in the Houston area is still without power. He wrote me this week and sent the following:
I stopped by the Library that had the Confederate Woman's Home records. There was no records of Sarah Jane Argo in what they had. But the person who helpped me said that often the family would take the records after the death of a family member. Which I thought was odd. You think they would still list her as a resident.
Anyway I looked through some other stuff and found a few other people. Here...
I stopped by the Library that had the Confederate Woman's Home records. There was no records of Sarah Jane Argo in what they had. But the person who helpped me said that often the family would take the records after the death of a family member. Which I thought was odd. You think they would still list her as a resident.
Anyway I looked through some other stuff and found a few other people. Here...
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06/10: More on Franklin Pierce Morgan
On March 25, 2008, I posted a query on the Victory County TX, message board on Ancestry as follows:
I have a copy of an entry in the "Familes of Victoria County" for Samuel Eckford and Letha Gibson Jaynes which has the following information in which I am interested. "On Feb. 15, 1942, Letha was rummaging through some old books that belonged to her brother-in-law, Frank Morgan...."
I would like to know how Letha is Frank's sister-in-law and whether anyone still has the letter that fell out of the old law book, mentioned in the article.
I have a copy of an entry in the "Familes of Victoria County" for Samuel Eckford and Letha Gibson Jaynes which has the following information in which I am interested. "On Feb. 15, 1942, Letha was rummaging through some old books that belonged to her brother-in-law, Frank Morgan...."
I would like to know how Letha is Frank's sister-in-law and whether anyone still has the letter that fell out of the old law book, mentioned in the article.
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05/23: J. T. Morgan Shoots And Kills Indian Chief
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1933 Arlington Journal
Friday March 17
J. T. Morgan Shoots And Kills Indian Chief In Early Pioneer Days Of Texas Near Comanche
In this day of modern household conveniences and rapid modes of travel it is hard to picture the days of the early pioneers of Texas and to visualize the dangers they had to combat in a mighty struggle for their very existence. There are only a few of these pioneers left to tell of these early days.
One of the most interesting pioneers of this section and one who has, perhaps, had the most varied experience is, J. T. Morgan who paid
1933 Arlington Journal
Friday March 17
J. T. Morgan Shoots And Kills Indian Chief In Early Pioneer Days Of Texas Near Comanche
In this day of modern household conveniences and rapid modes of travel it is hard to picture the days of the early pioneers of Texas and to visualize the dangers they had to combat in a mighty struggle for their very existence. There are only a few of these pioneers left to tell of these early days.
One of the most interesting pioneers of this section and one who has, perhaps, had the most varied experience is, J. T. Morgan who paid
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05/18: Morgans in the Furniture Business
Googling for "Boniar Morgan" today I turned up the "Deep Ellum" (Elm Street) Directory, Dallas, Texas, 1891, 1901, 1911, 1922, 1927 & 1938 which lists Home Furniture Co. with Boniar S. Morgan, as general manager at 2301 - 2311 Elm Street, Dallas, TX for the years of 1922 and 1927. In 1938 William P. Kelley is shown as Manager.
I believe, then, that the photos I have of my grandfather and Ralph Olen Morgan standing in front of Morgan Furniture Store are correctly dated about 1935.
Morgan Furniture Store
Morgan Furniture Store with Boniar and Ralph
Boniar, Ralph and ? in front of Morgan Furniture Store Truck
? at the wheel of Morgan Furniture Store Truck
I believe, then, that the photos I have of my grandfather and Ralph Olen Morgan standing in front of Morgan Furniture Store are correctly dated about 1935.
Morgan Furniture Store
Morgan Furniture Store with Boniar and Ralph
Boniar, Ralph and ? in front of Morgan Furniture Store Truck
? at the wheel of Morgan Furniture Store Truck
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04/19: Eugene Hilliard Morgan, M.D.
Listing in Who's Who in American Medicine: 1925
General Practitioner, Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat; b. Nixburg, Ala., June 8, 1866; s. James Milton and Sarah Jane (Carter) Morgan; ed.high sch. Granbury; Chicago Business Coll., 1890-95; Chicago Coll. Pharmacy, 1890; N.Y. Coll. Pharmacy, 1892; Southwestern Univ. Med. Coll., Dallas, Tex., 1893; grad. pharmacy, med. and surgery, Tulane Univ., New Orleans, 1906; m. Granbury, Tex., 1897, Alice Bush; ch.: Herbert Bush, Grace Alene (Morgan) Elliott. Mem. Hood Co. and Tex. State Med. Assns., A.M.A., South. Med. Assn. Dem. Indpt. Res.; Granbury, Tex. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg., Granbury, Tex.
General Practitioner, Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat; b. Nixburg, Ala., June 8, 1866; s. James Milton and Sarah Jane (Carter) Morgan; ed.high sch. Granbury; Chicago Business Coll., 1890-95; Chicago Coll. Pharmacy, 1890; N.Y. Coll. Pharmacy, 1892; Southwestern Univ. Med. Coll., Dallas, Tex., 1893; grad. pharmacy, med. and surgery, Tulane Univ., New Orleans, 1906; m. Granbury, Tex., 1897, Alice Bush; ch.: Herbert Bush, Grace Alene (Morgan) Elliott. Mem. Hood Co. and Tex. State Med. Assns., A.M.A., South. Med. Assn. Dem. Indpt. Res.; Granbury, Tex. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg., Granbury, Tex.
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