Brief Life History of Lewis Agustus
When Lewis Agustus Morley was born on 8 April 1837, in Kirtland Township, Lake, Ohio, United States, his father, Alfred Charles Morley, was 31 and his mother, Urania Lucretia Conant, was 30. He married Carrie Robbins on 5 November 1870. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Monona, Iowa, United States in 1895. He registered for military service in 1861. He died on 1 December 1912, in Franklin Township, Monona, Iowa, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Denison, Crawford, Iowa, United States.
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- L A Morley, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Lewis A. Morley, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
- Lewis A Morley, "Iowa, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1861-1949"
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1840
On 6 April 1840, Kirtland Township became part of the newly organized Lake County.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Morley (for example in Derbyshire, County Durham, Norfolk, and Yorkshire), or Moreleigh in Devon, all of which are named from Old English mōr ‘moor’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Irish (Mayo): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Murghaile ‘descendant of Murghal’, a personal name based on muir ‘sea’ + gal ‘valour’.
Irish (Mayo): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Murthuile ‘descendant of Murthuile’, a personal name derived from muir ‘sea’ + tuile ‘tide’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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