Brief Life History of John
When John Morgan was born on 19 January 1806, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, his father, Thomas Morgan, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Bell, was 33. He married Camelia Duff on 25 February 1827, in Sangamon, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Sangamon, Illinois, United States in 1850. He died on 25 December 1856, in Farmingdale, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Gardner, Grundy, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (5)
- John Morgan, "United States Census, 1850"
- John Morgan, "Find A Grave Index"
- John Morgan in entry for Rufus M. Morgan, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1810 · Change of capital city
Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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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