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Below is a family biography included in The History of Pulaski County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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John Morgan (deceased), farmer, of Pulaski County, Mo., was born in Tennessee in 1817, and was the third of eight children born to the marriage of Reuben Morgan and Elizabeth Dowel, who were natives of North Carolina. The father was of Irish descent, a farmer by occupation, and died in what is now Phelps County, Mo., when about fifty years of age. His wife was born about 1797, and after his death made her home with her son John, and died in 1862. John was educated in the district schools near his home, and resided with his parents until his father’s death. August 26, 1845, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Tilley, who was born January 4, 1828, in the State of Tennessee, and by her became the father of ten children, six of whom are living: Rebecca, wife of Curtis York; George, Loura R., Lottie W., John B., and Mattie, wife of Ransom Rollins. Mr. Morgan located with his parents on the farm now occupied by his widow at the age of sixteen years, and became an enterprising and influential citizen of the county. He died in 1877, December 30, and left a farm of 240 acres, 160 under cultivation, to his wife. It is located on the Roubideaux River, and is valuable land. Mr. Morgan was a Democrat in politics, a member of the Masonic fraternity, and an earnest believer in the Christian faith. His widow is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mrs. Morgan’s parents, Wilson and Elizabeth Tilley, were of Scotch and Irish descent, respectively.

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This family biography is one of 80 biographies included in The History of Pulaski County, Missouri published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Pulaski County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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