Lewis Napolean Morgan (abt. 1840)

Born about 1840 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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Biography

Lewis N. Morgan, son of Dr. Charles D. Morgan, was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, 1844, and there passed his entire life. He received his education in the schools of his native place, and afterwards became a ship carpenter, a trade in which he continued many years. On November 5, 1875, he went to the city of McKeesport and there made his home. He worked at a number of different occupations, until receiving his appointment to the police force, in McKeesport, and served on that body for twelve years, becoming at length chief of police for the city. He was a member of the Republican party, and very active in local politics. On the breaking out of the Civil War in 1861, Mr. Morgan enlisted in Company G, Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and served in the Union army for over a year. Three of his brothers, Rush, Jefferson and Frank, enlisted at the same time, and the two latter, both of whom are now deceased, served through the entire conflict. While still a very young man Mr. Morgan married Amanda E. Taylor, a young lady not yet seventeen years of age, a native of Pittsburgh, where she was born in 1846, and who bore him three sons, as follows: Charles D., deceased; Lewis N., of whom further; Harry H., deceased. Mr. Morgan has always been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while Mrs. Morgan's affiliation is with the Presbyterian Church. They are now living in retirement in McKeesport.

Sources

• Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania Vol II (1915) by Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921, ed New York, Lewis historical publishing company (https://archive.org/details/genealogicalpers02injord)