Emily Jane Morgan (1826 - 1911)

Born 17 Mar 1826 in Castile, Wyoming, New York, USA

Ancestors

Died 3 Jan 1911 at age 84 in Bridger, Carbon, Montana, USA

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Biography

Emily Morgan was involved in the "Wild, Wild West," part of the westward expansion of the United States. Join the Wild Wild West Project.

Emily Morgan has English ancestors.

Emily Morgan has Welsh ancestors.

Mary Jane, daughter of Charles Morgan Jr and Jennie Niblack, was born in Castile, New York in 1826. The family joined the westward migration to the Michigan Territory, arriving in 1933 and settling in Macon Township, in southern Michigan. She married John Barnard Lewis (1822-1905) on April 13, 1848. Emily and J.B. settled in to farm in Saline Township in Washtenaw County,^[1] and had four children:

1. Edgar Galloway Lewis (1851-1922)
2. Elva Jane Lewis (1851-1942)
3. Mary Ann Lewis (1854-1929)
4. Flora Estelle (1855-1948)

J.B. got the western fever, and Emily Jane and J.B. joined the "Westward Ho!"migration, arriving in Fillore County, Nebraska in 1872. They moved to Geneva, Nebraska in 1876, where she resided until the death of her husband in 1905.^[2][3] She then spent time with her children; spending the last two years of her life in Montana, where passes away, on January 3, 1911. Her body was returned to Geneva to be laid to rest alongside her husband.

Research Notes

Transcribed from the Lewis family bible: John Lewis in Seneca, Ontario Co., N.Y. Aug 7, 1834
Rebecca Lewis in Seneca, Ontario Co., N.Y. March 8, 1835
Sophia Lewis in Seneca, Ontario Co., N.Y. Dec. 6, 1812
Emily Lewis Galloway in Marion, Ontario Co., NY Jan 31, 1847
Polly Lewis in Seneca, Ontario Co., N.Y. Jan 19, 1808
Laura Lewis Alverson, of Perry, Genesco Co., NY (no date)
Rebecca Lewis Parsons, of Stuben Co., Ind. (no date)
Charles C.P. Lewis Geneva, Fillmore Co., Neb. Feb 24, 1884
Elena Lewis Stebbins of Seneca, Ontario Co., N.Y. Aug. 20, 1831
Polly Woolsey Lewis, Geneva, Fillmore Co., Neb. Oct. 1886
Richard A. Lewis in Seneca, Ontario Co., N.Y. May 26, 1833
Charles H. Lewis Plaquesmine, Louisiana1865 or 1866
Ives Lewis, Castleton, Michigan May 16, 1862
Nancy Barnard Lewisin Seneca, Ontario Co., N.Y.Aug. 18, 1826
Jennie Lewis, Saline, Michigan Feb 2, 186
John Bernard Lewis Geneva, Neb. Oct. 11, 1903
Emily Jane Lewis Bridger, Mont. Jan 3, 1901
Edna Jane Philips, Livingston, Mont. April 28, 1942
Orlander C. Houchin, Billings, Mont NOv. 19, 1947
Mrs. O.C. Houchin, billings, Mont. Jan 22, 1948
Lester Donnethorpe Geneva, Neb. March ?, 1936
Ilene L. Houchin, Billings, Mont Feb 22, 1962
Louise H. Donnithorpe, Billings, Mont. Dec. 12, 1968

Sources

1. ↑ Emily J Lewis discovered in 1860 United States Federal Census[1] Year: 1860; Census Place: Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan; Page: 149; Family History Library Film: 803563. Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
2. ↑ Emily Lewis discovered in 1880 United States Federal Census[2] Year: 1880; Census Place: Geneva, Fillmore, Nebraska; Roll: 748; Page: 489A; Enumeration District: 327. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
3. ↑ Eliza J Lewis discovered in 1900 United States Federal Census[3] Year: 1900; Census Place: Geneva, Fillmore, Nebraska; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0025; FHL microfilm: 1240926. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

See also:

• Obituary: Nebraska Signal, Geneva, Fillmore Co., Nebraska Obituary, 13 Jan 1911
• Find A Grave: Memorial #49436800