When Thornton Fleming Morgan was born on 6 April 1849, in Farmington, Marion, Virginia, United States, his father, William Hank Morgan, was 27 and his mother, Nancy Cochran, was 24. He married Uretta Elizabeth Davis on 12 September 1872, in Marion, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Marion, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Lincoln District, Marion, West Virginia, United States for about 40 years. He died on 21 August 1930, in Worthington, Marion, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in IOOF Cemetery, Enterprise, Harrison, West Virginia, United States.
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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.
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