The 1900 census says he was born in Maryland; the 1910 says Georgia.
His wife Luvenia was enumerated as a widow in the 1920 census.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9D9-6YM : accessed 5 April 2021), James R Morgan, Precinct 21 Birmingham city Ward 5, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 146, sheet 9A, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,023.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK7M-CY6 : accessed 5 April 2021), Lionel Hampton in household of J R Morgan, Birmingham Ward 2, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 46, sheet 17A, family 437, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 18; FHL microfilm 1,374,031.
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