Seth Monroe Morgan

Brief Life History of Seth Monroe

When Seth Monroe Morgan was born in 1846, in Alabama, United States, his father, Willis A Morgan, was 41 and his mother, Lydia M Robertson, was 24. He lived in Shelby, Shelby, Alabama, United States in 1850 and Limestone, Alabama, United States in 1860.

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Family Time Line

Willis A Morgan
1805–1862
Lydia M Robertson
1822–1868
William J Morgan
1838–
James Andrew Jackson Morgan
1840–1888
Henry Steadman Morgan
1843–1905
Seth Monroe Morgan
1846–
Willis W P Morgan
1850–

Sources (2)

  • Monroe Morgan in household of William E Thompson, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Seth Monroe Morgan in household of Willis Morgan, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

1846

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

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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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