Charlton Hunt Morgan (1839 - 1912)

Born 23 Aug 1839 in Kentucky, United States

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Died 10 Oct 1912 at age 73 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Biography

Charley was born into a family who would serve the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.

In 1859 he graduated from Transylvania University and was soon appointed as U. S. Consul to Messina, Italy. Even while serving as a representative of the United States he fought and was wounded in the Italian fight for independence. He resigned in 1861 to take a job in London as the Secretary of Southern Committee.

Soon he was back home in Kentucky to enter the Confederate Army. He was wounded and captured at the Battle of Shiloh, and when exchanged became a captain in his brother, John Hunt Morgan's Kentucky Regiment. He was captured along with brother John prior to the end of war, however, saw his last involvement back in that regiment which was now under the command of General Basil Duke (a brother-in-law of his.)

After the war he didn't have too much success in business and after John Hunt Morgan established the East Kentucky Lunatic Asylum he spent the last 15 years of his life as a steward.

He married Ellen Key Howard, daughter of Charles Howard and Elizabeth Key. Her uncle was Francis Scott Key who authored the "Star Spangled Banner.

Children:

• Thomas Hunt Morgan
• Charlton Hunt (Jr.)
• Ellen Key Howard Morgan

Siblings:

Mary Hanna Eleanor curd John Hunt calvin "Cally" Cogswell Catherine Grosh Ann Cameron Catherine Hunt Richard Curd Henrietta "Tommy" Hunt Thomas Hunt Francis Key

Sources

• Hanson, George A. - "Old Kent: The Eastern Shore of Maryland" (p. 48), Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2009.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M949-DR9 : accessed 23 October 2018), Charlton H Morgan, Magisterial District 2 Lexington city Ward 2, Fayette, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 18A, family 394, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,519.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M281-VX1 : accessed 23 October 2018), C H Morgan, Lexington Ward 3, Fayette, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 9A, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 474; FHL microfilm 1,374,487.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8875557

• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-55ZZ : 20 October 2016), Charlton H Morgan in entry for Ellen Howard Morgan, 24 Jan 1956; citing Death, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,669,906.