Mary Polly Morgan

Brief Life History of Mary Polly

When Mary Polly Morgan was born on 20 November 1828, in Rhea, Tennessee, United States, her father, Lewis Morgan, was 44 and her mother, Elizabeth Betsy Gothard, was 26. She married George Martin Morgan on 18 April 1849, in Rhea, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870 and Civil District 8, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States in 1880. She died in 1892, in Rhea, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Rhea, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Martin Morgan
1820–1876
Mary Polly Morgan
1828–1892
Marriage: 18 April 1849
Elizabeth L Morgan
1850–1913
Cornelius H Morgan
1852–1899
Adolphus Luther Morgan
1854–1924
Cordelia E Morgan
1856–1875
Theresey A Morgan
1859–1909
Darthula A Morgan
1864–1907
Serena Cathrine Morgan
1866–1938
Samantha Morgan
1869–1915
Leona Myrtle Morgan
1876–1951

Sources (17)

  • Mary Morgan, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary Morgan - Government record: birth-name: Mary Morgan
  • Mary Morgan, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1959"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Welsh (especially Glamorgan): from the medieval Welsh personal name Morgan, Morgant (Old Welsh Morcant, of uncertain etymology).

Irish: importation of the Welsh surname (see 1 above), to which has been assimilated more than one Gaelic surname, notably Ó Muireagáin (see Merrigan ).

Scottish: probably from a Gaelic personal name cognate with Welsh Morcant.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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