Dora E. (Morgan) Dailey (1856 - 1929)

Born 1856 in Illinois

Ancestors

Wife of William Colvin Dailey — married 27 Jan 1876 in Ogle County, Illinois

Descendants

Died 1929 at about age 73 in Ogle County, Illinois

Biography

I've only done light research into Dora's family and will not add individual profiles or details on her parents or siblings. I'll add what I've stumbled across here and hopefully a direct descendant will add further detail to this family.

"Homan Morgan settled in White Oak Grove, south of Chana, in 1836. He had been a Baptist minister in Ohio. His oldest son, Lyman, built a grist mill on the Kyte river, and afterwards moved to Wisconsin, where he became known as the inventor of the Morgan water-wheel. His parents moved to Wisconsin and lived with him. Another son, Homan, still resides on section 25." ^[1]

See http://records.ancestry.com/homan_beecher_morgan_records.ashx?pid=25067815 for additional possible data on Dora's ancestry.

Someday, I hope that a wikitree researcher will outline Dora's ancestry. According to the link above her paternal grandmother was Susanna Townsend from Pennsylvania. Will Susanna be related to Dora's husband's paternal grandmother Minerva Townsend also from Pennsylvania?

1850 Census

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The Morgans may have travelled to Illinois with other Pennsylvanian settlers. This family shows up on the 1850 census living next door to Merit Dailey-539.

Name: Marilla Morgan

Event Type: Census

Event Year: 1850

Event Place: Eagle, Ogle, Illinois, United States

Gender: Female Age: 23

Race: White

Birth Year (Estimated): 1827

Birthplace: New York, U S A

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

{Homan} Woman Morgan M 24 Pennsylvania, U S A

Marilla Morgan F 23 New York, U S A

Laura Morgan F 1 Illinois, U S A

Orre M Cadwell F 5 Illinois, U S A {No idea what relationship is here--on 1860 as well}

1860 Census

Name: Dora L Morgan

Event Type: Census

Event Year: 1860

Event Place: Town Of Pine Rock, Ogle, Illinois, United States

Gender: Female

Age: 4

Race: White

Birth Year (Estimated): 1856

Birthplace: Ills

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

{Homan} Thomas Morgan M 40 Penn

Marilla Morgan F 35 N Y

Della S Morgan F 11 Ills {Laura in 1850}

Armenta Morgan F 9 Ills

Dora L Morgan F 4 Ills

Homer Morgan M 0 Ills

Preston K Hill M 16 Wis

Orrill Cadwell M 14 Ills

1870 Census

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Neither Marilla nor Homer show up on this census. I'm assuming that the oldest sister is married and on her own. No idea to the relationship with the other couple is.

Name: Dora Morgan

Event Type: Census

Event Year: 1870

Event Place: Illinois, United States

Gender: Female

Age: 14

Race: White

Birth Year (Estimated): 1855-1856

Birthplace: Illinois

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Homan Morgan M 35 Pennsylvania

Armista Morgan F 18 Illinois {Armenta in 1860}

Dora Morgan F 14 Illinois

Gracia Morgan F 5 Illinois

Ernest Morgan M 1 Illinois

Frank Caris M 25 New York

Mary Caris F 23 New York

1876 Marriage

Name: William C. Daily

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 27 Jan 1876

Event Place: Ogle, Illinois, United States

Age: 20

Birth Year (Estimated): 1856

Spouse's Name: Dora Morgan

Spouse's Age: 19

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1857

1876-1929

See Colvin Dailey-534 for all information available.

1929 Death

Burial: Chapel Hill Cemetery

Chana, Ogle, Illinois

Find A Grave Memorial# 21013455

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Sources

1. ↑ PAGE 599 at https://books.google.com/books?id=ICwuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA599&lpg=PA599&dq=%22homan+Morgan%22&source=bl&ots=SBfBl5_WBF&sig=HCWrpEGWW2kNSMWNEtRETD0SSfU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mCn6VJb_CdDTgwS8z4DgBg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22homan%20Morgan%22&f=false