Kirby Lloyd Morgan (abt. 1893 - 1956)

Born about 9 Sep 1893 in Sherdian County, Missouri

Descendants

Died 23 Mar 1956 at about age 62 in Wadsworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas

Biography

Kirby was born on September 9, 1893. During World War I, Kirby was a victim of muster gas. He passed away on March 23, 1956 and buried in the Leavenworth National Cemetery in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial Number: 3676179

History

>When Kirby Lloyd Morgan was born on 9 September 1893, in Forest Green, Chariton, Missouri, United States, his father, William Morgan, was 28 and his mother, Othena Catherine Craig, was 17. He married Ethel Bernice Bretches on 25 June 1930, in Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States in 1940 and Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 23 March 1956, in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States

Researcher: Richard Parker

Source Information: FAMIYSEARFCH.ORG

Married

1930 --- COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS MARRIAGE iNDEX 190-1960

Name: Kirby L Morgan

Marriage Date: June 25, 1930

Spouse: Ethel B Morgan

Marriage Location:Cook County, IL

Marriage license: {2CE53A83-F696-4683-80D2-6599B0A09D66}

File Number: 1281754

Archive collection name: Cook County Genealogy Records (Marriages)

Archive repository location: Chicago, Illinois

Archive repository name:Cook County Clerk

Researcher: Richard Parker

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. --- Original data: Cook County Clerk, comp. Cook County Clerk Genealogy Records. Cook County Clerk’s Office, Chicago, IL: Cook County Clerk, 2008. Cook County, Illinois. --- Description: This database contains an index to over 1.2 million marriages from 1930-1960 for Cook County, Illinois. Information listed in the index includes: name, spouse name, marriage date, file number, and marriage license ID.

Military

1916 --- MISSOURI PRE-WORLD WAR II ADJUTANT GENERAL ENLISTMENT CONTRACTS 1900-1941

Name: Kirby L Morgan

Age: 23

Birth Date: September 23, 1893

Birth Place: Sheridan County, Missouri

Military Date: About 1916

Military Place: Missouri, USA

Service Branch: National Guard

Researcher: Richard Parker

Source Information: Missouri, U.S. Pre-World War II Adjutant General Enlistment Contracts, 1900-1941 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2020. --- Original data: Missouri, Pre-WWII Adjutant General Enlistment Contracts, 1900-1941. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: FamilySearch, 2020. --- Description: This collection contains pre-World War II enlistment contracts from the Missouri, Adjutant General's office, 1900-1941

1956 ---U. S. VETERANS' GRAVESITES CA 1775-2019

Name: Kirby L Morgan

Death Age: 62

Birth Date: September 9, 1893

Death Date: March 23, 1956

Interment Date: Mar 1956

Interment Place: Kansas, USA

Cemetery Address: P. O. Box 1694 4101 S. 4th St, Traffic Way Leavenworth, KS 66048

Cemetery: Leavenworth National Cemetery

Plot: Section 34 Row 1 Site 6

Notes: Pvt - U.S. Army World War I

Researcher: Richard Parker

Source Citation: National Cemetery Administration; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites --- Source Information National Cemetery Administration. U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. --- Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator. ---Description: This database is a compilation of burial records from a variety of sources and cemeteries. These records provide information on the burials of U.S. veterans and their dependents who were buried in the various Veterans Affairs (VA) National Cemeteries, state veterans' cemeteries, or other military cemeteries. Because the information regarding the burials is compiled from multiple sources, the amount of information provided for each burial will vary. Some of the information you may find in this database includes: name of deceased, birth date, death date, interment date, burial location/site, cemetery name, cemetery address, relationship to veteran, veteran service dates, military rank, and military branch

Army

1918 --- U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE ARRIVING AND DEPARTING PASSENGER LIST 1910-1939

Name: Kirby L Morgan

Departure Date: May 20, 1918

Departure Place: New York, New York

Address: 215 South Tremont St

Residence Place: Kansas City, Kansas

Mother: Catherine Morgan

Ship: Saxonia

Military Unit: 129th FA Ng

Rank: Private

Service Number: 1,464,271

Notes: Battery A 129th Field Artillery, NG 35th Division

Search Photos: Search for 'Saxonia' in the US WWI Troop Transport Ship :Researcher: Richard Parker

Source Citation: The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 566 --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. --- Original data:: Lists of Incoming Passengers, 1917-1938. Textual records. 360 Boxes. NAI: 6234465. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985, Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, Maryland. --- Lists of Outgoing Passengers, 1917-1938. Textual records. 255 Boxes. NAI: 6234477. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985, Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, Maryland. --- Description: This collection consists of lists of passengers arriving at U.S. ports on Army ships. In addition to troops, passengers could also include nurses and other support personnel, family members, and any other passengers who may have been traveling onboard these ships. In some instances, troops from other countries traveled on U.S. Army ships as well.

U. S. Censuses

1920 --- U. S. Federal Census, Wyandotte County, Kansas -- Dwelling Number: 215 - Page: 32B - Microfilm Roll: 566 ----- Katharina Morgan 43 (head) ---- Kirby L. 21 (son) -- Bessie L. 21 (daughter) -- William B. 19 (son) -- Auguste C. 17 (dau) -- Roy S. 15 (son) -- Bernice M. 7 (daughter) -- David B. Swetman 21 (cousin). --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. 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. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).

1940 --- U. S. Federal Census, Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri -- Dwelling Number: 664 - Line: 47 - ED:80-25 - Microfilm Roll: 2139 --- Kirby Morgan 46 (head) --- --- Ethel 30 (wife) -- Ehtel 8 (daughter). --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. 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.

Death

1956 ---LEAVENWORTH COUNTY BURIALS 1954-1970

Name: Kirby L. Margan

Death Place: Wadsworth, Kansas

Death Date: March 23, 1956

Sex: M (Male)

Cemetery: Wadsworth, Kansas

Slip #: 355

Researcher: Richard Parker

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Leavenworth County, Kansas Burials, 1954-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. --- Original data: Leavenworth County Genealogical Society. Leavenworth, Kansas Burial Permits 1954-1958 and 1963-1970. --- Description: Burial permit records for persons interred in Leavenworth County, Kansas.

1956 --- U. S. HEADQUARTERS APPLICATIONS FOR MILITARY VETERANS 1925-1970

Name: Kirby L Morgan

Birth Date: September 9, 1893

Service Number: 1 464 271

Service Branch: Army

Unit: Battery A, 129th F.A.

Enlistment Date: May 29. 1917

Discharge Date: 6 May 6, 1919

Death Date: Mar ch1956

Cemetery: Veterans Administration Cemetery

Cemetery Location: Wadsworth, Kansas, USA

Researcher: Richaard Parker

Source Citation: National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: A1, 2110-C; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General. --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. ===Original data: Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941. Microfilm publication M1916, 134 rolls. ARC ID: 596118. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92. National Archives at Washington, D.C. --- Applications for Headstones, compiled 01/01/1925 - 06/30/1970, documenting the period ca. 1776 - 1970 ARC: 596118. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, Record Group 92. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. --- Description" These headstone applications can tell you a lot more than just name, rank, and serial number.

1956 --- U. S. VETERANS ADDMINISTRATION MASTER INDEX 1817-1940

Name:Kirby Lloyd Morgan

Record Type: September 9, 1893

Military Date: May 6, 1919

Residence Place: Los Angeles, Caliorina

Death Date: March 23, 1956

Researcher: Richard Parker

Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT. USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019. --- Original data: United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2019. --- Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917 - 9/16/1940. NAI 76193916. Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007. National Archives at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. Description: This collection contains a card index created by the Veterans Bureau (Veterans Administration) of veterans who served between World War I and earlier wars and who made (or whose heirs made) claims for benefits between 1917-1940

Cemetery

1956 --- FIND A GRAVE INDEX 1660'S-CURRENT

Name: Kirby L Morgan

Birth Date: September 9, 1893

Death Date: Marcjh23, 1956

Cemetery: Leavenworth National Cemetery

Burial or Cremation Place: Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States of America

Has Bio?: Yes

Mother: Othena Catherine Morgan

URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3676179/kirby-l-morgan

Researcher: Rihard Parker

Source Informatio: Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. --- Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. --- Description: This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find a Grave. Corrections and additions to memorials can be submitted on the Find a Grave site. When viewing a record in this database, you can navigate to the corresponding memorial on Find a Grave by clicking "Go to website" or clicking on the Find a Grave URL. Once viewing the memorial on Find a Grave, corrections can be submitted by clicking the 'edit' tab.

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 3

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1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 5

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1910 · The BSA is Made

Age 17

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1910 · The Mann Act

Age 17

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1917 - World War I

Age: 24

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1927

Age 34

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1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag

Age 34

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1942 · The Japanese American internment

Age 49

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1944 · The G.I Bill

Age 51

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

Researcher: Richard Parker

Source Information: FAMILYSEARCH.ORG