Mary (Brownson) Morgan (1863 - 1924)

Born 17 Nov 1863 in Rutland Rutland County Vermont

Ancestors

Wife of George Horace Morgan — married 1 Nov 1882 in Trinity Cathedral, Omaha, Nebraska

Descendants

Died 16 Sep 1924 at age 60 in Los Angeles, California

Biography

Birth: Nov. 17, 1863 Rutland Rutland County Vermont, USA Death: Sep. 16, 1924 San Diego San Diego County California, USA

Her parents, Union Army Officer Lt. Col. Harry Brownson, and Sarah Jane Mason, took her to Omaha, Nebraska in 1868, where her father had accepted work as a Station Agent for the Central Pacific Railroad, and later, for the Wells Fargo Stage Company. Affectionately known as "Mollie," she met and married 2LT George Horace Morgan on 1 November 1882, in Omaha, Nebraska. They lived a typical military life, living in such places as Fort Verde, Arizona; Minneapolis, Minn; Iloilo, on the Island of Panay, Phillippines; and Fort Bliss, Texas. Upon his retirement in 1920, they retired to San Diego, where she died in 1924. She was originally buried in San Diego, and later moved to Arlington National Cemetery to be buried next to her husband, in 1948. They had five children, all girls: Mary, Marguerite, Louise, Edith, and Dorothy.

Family links: Parents: Harry Brownson (1829 - 1891) Sarah Jane Mason Lounsberry (1832 - 1918)

Spouse: George Horace Morgan (1855 - 1948)

Children: Mary Morgan Purdon (1883 - 1962)* Marguerite Morgan Talbot (1885 - 1954)* Louise Brownson Morgan Slayton (1887 - 1915)* Edith Morgan Cabell (1894 - 1978)* Dorothy Morgan Anderson (1896 - 1987)*

• Calculated relationship

Burial: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA

Created by: Kit and Morgan Benson Record added: Jun 10, 2001 Find A Grave Memorial# 5530802

Mary Brownson. Born Rutland, Vt. on November 17, 1863. Descent: (Capt. Hugh, John, Daniel, William, William Jr., Lawrence Sprague, Sarah Jane). Data from Mason.

Picture from Morgan Benson. MARY "Mollie" BROWNSON. Affectionately known as Mollie, Mary Brownson studied art and painting under the famed sculptor, Gutzon Borglum. Mr. Borglum is noted most for his sculpting of the Mount Rushmore memorial. She married Col. George Horace Morgan, son of George Nelson Morgan & Delia Elizabeth Warner, on November 1, 1882 in Trinity Cathedral, Omaha, Neb. Born St. Catherine, Ontario, Canada on Jan 1, 1855. Residence: May 1934, Washington, D. C.

Her son-in-law, Major General Jonathan Waverly Anderson, Sr., and her daughter, Dorothy Morgan Anderson, are buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Sources

• Find A Grave

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/ghmorgan.htm