John D. Morgan (abt. 1852 - abt. 1884)

Born about 1852 in Texas

Husband of Martha (Measles) Morgan — married 23 Dec 1880 in Lamar, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died about 1884 at about age 32 in Lamar, Texas, United States

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Biography

John D. Morgan was born about 1852/3 in Texas, the son of James W. Morgan (1818-1864) and Elisabeth R. "Emily" Locke (1818-1896 ).

John married first Mary C. Couch on 22 Feb 1866 in Lamar County, Texas.^[1]

John married second Martha "Mattie" Measles (1863- ) on 23 Dec 1880 in Lamar County, Texas.^[2][3]

Their children were:

1. Trannie Louise (Morgan) Whitley (born 1881 in High, Lamar County, Texas-1955)^[4]

From The Paris News we find a letter written by Trannie (Morgan) Whitley, the daughter of John and Martha "Mattie" Morgan, that she was orphaned at age 3 when both parents died about 1884.

Notes

Backward Glances, from the Scrapbook of the late A. W. Neville, Editor of the Paris News, 1936-1956, published in The Paris News 27 Oct 1965: "Married. December 23, at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. J. D. Morgan to Miss Mattie Measles, both of Lamar County. Dr. B. J. Baldwin officiating."^[5]

"Backward Glances" from A. W. Neville, editor of The Paris News, 11 Dec 1939, The Paris News: "Mrs. Ed Whitley writes me from Honey Grove, expressing pleasure in reading this story. She says her father, John Morgan, first married Miss McCuin, who lived only a short time, and he then married Mattie Measles, who was Mrs. Whitley's mother. Her father worked for John Gose when Gose was sheriff and he named his daughter Trannie which was Mrs. Gose's name. As an orphan, her parents having died when she was three years old [1884], Mrs. Whitley lived with her grandfather Measles, east of Paris. The grandmother was an Allen, whose sister married John Broad."^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MD-RXV : 11 February 2018), John D. Morgan and Mary C. Couch, 22 Feb 1866; citing Lamar County, Texas, , reference ; FHL microfilm 1,293,615.
2. ↑ "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXQD-9VH : 11 February 2018), J. D. Morgan and Mattie Measles, 23 Dec 1880; citing , Lamar, Texas, , reference 2:1QCQWL3; FHL microfilm 1,293,616.
3. ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZY-XRB2 : 28 November 2018), J D Morgan and Mattie Measles, 23 Dec 1880; citing Marriage, citing Lamar Land District, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,293,616.
4. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K378-TPC : 13 March 2018), John Morgan in entry for Trannie Morgan Whitley, 01 May 1955; citing certificate number 22839, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,389.
5. ↑ A. W. Neville, "Backward Glances" in The Paris News, 11 Dec 1939, https://www.newspapers.com/image/13833692/?terms=mattie%2Bmeasles
6. ↑ A. W. Neville, "Backward Glances" in The Paris News, 11 Dec 1939, https://www.newspapers.com/image/6015491/?terms=mattie%2Bmeasles

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFR-ZW5 : 12 December 2017), John D Morgan in entry for James W Morgan, 1860.

• Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Year: 1870; Census Place: Beat 2, Lamar, Texas; Roll: M593_1594; Page: 267A; Family History Library Film: 553093

for John C. Morgan age 18 [note name almost illegible and birth state given as " referencing Louisiana for names above his]. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7163&h=5229335&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=kPx9796&_phstart=successSource

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFN5-X6F : 15 July 2017), John Morgan in entry for Elisabeth R Morgan, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 76, sheet 80D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1314; FHL microfilm 1,255,315.