David Morgan (1798 - 1867)

Ancestors

Died 1867 at about age 68 in , , Iowa, United States of America

Biography

David was born on 11 March 1797^[1] in Virginia, the sixth of twelve known children and the fourth of fifth sons of James Morgan and Margaret Jolliff Morgan.

Alternate place of birth: Uniontown, Pennsylvania.^[2]

He married [[Jolliffe-308 | Mary Jolliffe] at an unknown date and location.

In 1867 when he was about seventy, David died somewhere in Iowa,^[3] of unknown causes.

1850 census

David Morgan appears in the 1850 United States Federal Census as a 56-year-old farmer with $600 in real property living with his wife, Mary and four children, two sons and two daughters, and an unidentified 12-year-old white female.

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1850 census for David and Mary Jolliffe Morgan household

Name: David Morgan; Age: 56; Birth Year: c1794; Birthplace: Virginia; Home in 1850: [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Clay_OH Clay, Highland County, Ohio; Gender: Male; Family Number: 265.

Household Members: Name Age

David Morgan 56

Mary Morgan 55

Uriah Morgan 25

Harriet E Morgan 17

Anna Morgan 20

Josiah Morgan 19

Mary Workman 12^[4]

1860 census

David Morgan appears in the 1860 United States Federal Census as a 67-year-old farmer with $500 in real and $400 in personal property living with his wife, Mary and a 54-year-old deaf male farmer with no property. Living next door or nearby are three younger Morgans, no doubt his sons and their families.

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1860 census for David and Mary Jolliffe Morgan household

David Morgan; Age: 67; Birth Year: c1793; Gender: Male; Birth Place: Virginia; Home in 1860: Garden Grove, Decatur County, Iowa; Post Office: Garden Grove; Dwelling Number: 1280; Family Number: 1186.

Household Members: Name Age

David Morgan 67

Mary Morgan 65^[5]

Citations

1. ↑ Unknown comp., "James Morgan Family Group Sheet," N.D., Morgan Vertical File, Hampshire Co Library, Romney, WV Viewed 7 Aug 2002.
2. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. "David Morgan," Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 'Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. URL: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5769&h=3155394&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=GvC36&_phstart=successSource. Accessed 7 Mar 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
3. ↑ Anon., A Reminiscent History of Northern West Virginia (Chicago: Goodspeed Bros., 1895), 28 Aug 2006 Note: 674 pp. WVU Library, WV and Regional History Collection, Morgantown, WV 26506." p. 446.
4. ↑ 1850 Census, Clay, Highland County, Ohio; Roll M432_694, Page 310B, Image 537 (16 of 27), Ancestry.com. Transcrption URL: https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=DTn2649&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1850usfedcenancestry&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=david&gsfn_x=0&gsln=morgan&gsln_x=0&msbdy=1797&msbpn__ftp=virginia&msrpn__ftp=ohio&MSAV=1&uidh=23h&pcat=35&fh=0&h=13885558&recoff=&ml_rpos=1. Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/8054/4204482_00537?pid=13885558&backurl=https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DDTn2649%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3D1850usfedcenancestry%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Ddavid%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dmorgan%26gsln_x%3D0%26msbdy%3D1797%26msbpn__ftp%3Dvirginia%26msrpn__ftp%3Dohio%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3D23h%26pcat%3D35%26fh%3D0%26h%3D13885558%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=DTn2649&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true. Accessed 7 Mar 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
5. ↑ 1860 Census, Garden Grove, Decatur County, Iowa; Roll M653_318, Page 171, Image 2 of 13, Family History Library Film: 803318. Ancestry.com. Transcription URL: https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=DTn2648&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1860usfedcenancestry&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=david&gsfn_x=0&gsln=morgan&gsln_x=0&msbdy=1797&msrpn__ftp=iowa&MSAV=1&uidh=23h&pcat=35&fh=1&h=5410208&recoff=&ml_rpos=2. Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/7667/4218126_00171?pid=5410208&backurl=https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DDTn2648%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3D1860usfedcenancestry%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Ddavid%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dmorgan%26gsln_x%3D0%26msbdy%3D1797%26msrpn__ftp%3Diowa%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3D23h%26pcat%3D35%26fh%3D1%26h%3D5410208%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D2&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=DTn2648&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true. Accessed 7 Mar 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

Acknowledgments

• Patricia Prickett Hickin imported the data for David Morgan from P_SPRINGER-Dennis b 1712 desc 20170222.ged on 26 Feb 2017.

Sources

• Goodspeed Bros. A reminiscent history of northern West Virginia (Chicago, Goodspeed Bros., 1895).

• 1850 Census, Clay, Highland County, Ohio; Roll M432_694, Page 310B, Image 537 (16 of 27), Ancestry.com. Transcrption URL: https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=DTn2649&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1850usfedcenancestry&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=david&gsfn_x=0&gsln=morgan&gsln_x=0&msbdy=1797&msbpn__ftp=virginia&msrpn__ftp=ohio&MSAV=1&uidh=23h&pcat=35&fh=0&h=13885558&recoff=&ml_rpos=1. Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/8054/4204482_00537?pid=13885558&backurl=https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DDTn2649%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3D1850usfedcenancestry%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Ddavid%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dmorgan%26gsln_x%3D0%26msbdy%3D1797%26msbpn__ftp%3Dvirginia%26msrpn__ftp%3Dohio%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3D23h%26pcat%3D35%26fh%3D0%26h%3D13885558%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=DTn2649&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true. Accessed 7 Mar 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

• 1860 Census, Garden Grove, Decatur County, Iowa; Roll M653_318, Page 171, Image 2 of 13, Family History Library Film: 803318.

Ancestry.com. Transcription URL: https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=DTn2648&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1860usfedcenancestry&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=david&gsfn_x=0&gsln=morgan&gsln_x=0&msbdy=1797&msrpn__ftp=iowa&MSAV=1&uidh=23h&pcat=35&fh=1&h=5410208&recoff=&ml_rpos=2. Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/7667/4218126_00171?pid=5410208&backurl=https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DDTn2648%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3D1860usfedcenancestry%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Ddavid%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dmorgan%26gsln_x%3D0%26msbdy%3D1797%26msrpn__ftp%3Diowa%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3D23h%26pcat%3D35%26fh%3D1%26h%3D5410208%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D2&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=DTn2648&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true. Accessed 7 Mar 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin

• Unknown, comp., James Morgan Family Group Sheet , Morgan Vertical File, Hampshire County, West Virginia, Library, Romney, West Virginia. Viewed 7 Aug 2002.

• West, Edmund, comp. "David Morgan," Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 'Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. URL: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5769&h=3155394&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=GvC36&_phstart=successSource. Accessed 7 Mar 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.