William F. Morgan and Martha White Reader
Husband William F. Morgan 1 2 3
Born: 12 Apr 1843 - Elizabeth, Allegheny Co, PA 1 2 3 Christened: Died: Bef 1914 Buried:
Father: Benjamin F. Morgan (1824-1889) 1 3 Mother: Martha Tower ( - ) 1 3
Marriage: 25 Dec 1867 2 3
Wife Martha White Reader 3 4
AKA: Martha Reeder 1 Born: 22 Oct 1844 - Greenfield (later Coal Center), Washington Co, PA 3 4 Christened: Died: Bef 1914 Buried:
Father: Francis Reader (1798-1884) 5 6 7 Mother: Eleanor Bentley Smith (1817-1847) 7 8
Children
1 M Harry Reader Morgan 1 2 9
Born: 11 Jan 1869 2 9 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Mrs. Grace Davis ( - ) 9 Marr: 23 Aug 1893 9
2 M Frank E. Morgan 1 2 9
Born: 28 Mar 1871 2 9 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Florence Springer ( - ) 9 Marr: 29 Aug 1900 9
3 F Pearl A. Morgan 1 2
Born: 9 Aug 1874 2 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Frank E. Pelton ( - ) 9 Marr: 8 Aug 1901 9
4 F Katherine E. "Kate" Morgan 1 2 9
Born: 18 May 1879 2 9 Christened: Died: Buried:
5 F Mary Eleanor Morgan 2 9
AKA: May E. Morgan 1 Born: 29 Apr 1885 2 9 Christened: Died: Buried:
6 F Grace Helen Morgan 1 2 9
Born: 31 May 1887 2 9 Christened: Died: 17 Apr 1891 9 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - William F. Morgan
Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
He was educated in the public and high school of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which he left at the age of 18 to enter the Union service in the Civil War. He responded to the first call for 75,000 volunteers in April, 1861, and served in the 62d Pa. Vols. until March 25, 1863, and re-enlisted August 9, 1863, in a Pensylvania battery of light artilery. in which he served until the close of the war. He took part in the battles of Williamsburg, Hanover C. H., Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Seven Days Fight, and the siege of Yorktown. He was on guard in Washington, D. C., when President Lincoln was assassinated, and was one of the guard of honor that accompanied the remains from the White House to the Capitol, where they lay in state. After the war he followed glass cutting in Pittsburgh until 1873, and then moved to Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, where he continued it until 1889, when he embarked in the mercantile business. He was captain of a company of Pennsylvania militia at Belle Vernon, and was a prominent member of the G. A. R. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church, and an active and earnest worker in the cause of Christianity, in the church and Sunday School, and wherever duty called. His wife was a member of the same church.
He was educated in the public and high schools of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which he left at the age of eighteen to enter the Civil War. He was one of the seventy-five thousand volunteers called for in April, 1861, and served in the thirteenth reg. Pa. Vols. He enlisted July 4, 1861, in the sixty-second reg. Pa. Vols., and served till March 25, 1863; re-enlisted August 9, 1863, in a Pennsylvania battery of light artillery for one year but served until the close of the war. He took part in the battles of Williamsburg, Hanover Court House, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Seven Days fight and the siege of Yorktown, and was on guard at Washington, D. C. when President Lincoln was assassinated. He was one of the guard of honor that accompanied the remains from the White House to the capitol where they were to lie in state. While there he saw and talked with Boston Corbett who shot Booth, the slayer of the "Martyr President." Mr. Morgan became a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic and was an active Republican. He followed glass-cutting until 1873 in Pittsburgh, moved to Belle Vernon and continued it there until 1889, when he embarked in the mercantile business. He was an elder of the Presbyterian church and an earnest worker in the cause of christianity.
1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 617.
2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 5.
3 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 127.
4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 4.
5 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 805.
6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 2.
7 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 96.
8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1.
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F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 130.
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