Sidney Holmes Morgan (1893 - 1962)

Born 24 May 1893 in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Son of John Franklin Morgan and Amanda Virginia (Trexler) Morgan

Died 23 Oct 1962 at age 69 in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA

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Biography

Sidney Holmes Morgan was born on the 24th of May 1893 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He was the son of John Morgan and Amanda Trexler.

• "S. H." (Sidney) Morgan and Nannie Goodman were married in Rowan County, North Carolina on the 9th of April 1916. ^[1]

• Sidney Holmes Morgan registered for the US World War I Draft on the 5th of June 1917. He was married, had a wife and one child and living in Richfield, North Carolina. ^[2]

• 1920 US Federal Census for Morgan, Rowan, North Carolina (Street: Stokes Ferry Road) shows Sidney H. Morgan (age 26) Married, Head of House, Occupation: Retail Merchant in a General Store, with his wife Nannie J (age 25) and three children - two daughters: Stella M (age 3) and Rena M (age 1) and a son Leo G (age 1 month). ^[3]

• 1940 US Federal Census for Unity, Rowan County, North Carolina (Street: Highway 801) shows Sidney H. Morgan (age 46) Married, Head of House, with his wife Nannie J. (age 46) and five children - two sons - Leo G (age 20) and Joe F (age 2). ^[4]

• 1950 US Federal Census for Unity, Rowan County, North Carolina show Sidney H. Morgan (age 55) Married, Head of House with his wife Nannie G. (age 54) and a daughter Jane V (age 20) and a son Joe F (age 12). ^[5]

• Sidney passed away on the 23rd of October 1962 in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina (aged 69). He was is buried in the Unity Presbyterian Cemetery of Woodleaf, North Carolina. ^[6]

DNA

Paternal relationship is confirmed by Family Tree DNA Y-chromosome testing. J. F. Morgan, FTDNA kit #86115, Y-111 test, and:

a. R. G. Morgan, FTDNA kit #939059, match at a Genetic Distance of 1 on 111 STR markers thereby confirming his direct paternal line back 3 generations to their MRCA John Franklin Morgan with a 99% probability.

b. R. H. Morgan, FTDNA kit #B49021, match at a Genetic Distance of 2 on 111 STR markers thereby confirming his direct paternal line back 7 generations to their MRCA Hugh Morgan with a 98% probability.

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011" Name: S H Morgan, Gender: Male, Race: White, Age: 22, Birth Year: abt 1894, Marriage Date: 9 Apr 1916, Marriage Place: Rowan, North Carolina, USA, Spouse: Nannie Goodman, Spouse Gender: Female, Spouse Race: White, Spouse Age: 21, Event Type: Marriage.
2. ↑ "World War I Draft Regitration Cards", Albamare, Stanley County, North Carolina, 6/5/1917, Registration Card 104.
3. ↑ Source Information: "1920 United States Federal Census" [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. - Source Citation: 1920 United States Federal Census for Sidney H Morgan, North Carolina, Rowan, Morgan, District 0118.
4. ↑ Source Information: "1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. - Source Citation: 1940 United States Federal Census for Sidney H Morgan, North Carolina, Rowan, Unity, 80-31.
5. ↑ Source Information: "1950 United States Federal Census" [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. Original data: Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1/1/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. - Source Citation: 1950 United States Federal Census for Sidney H Morgan, North Carolina, Rowan, Unity, 80-76.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135308089/sidney-holmes-morgan : accessed 9 May 2022), memorial page for Sidney Holmes Morgan (24 May 1893–23 Oct 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 135308089, citing Unity Presbyterian Cemetery, Woodleaf, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8).