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Andrew Jackson Morgan

Birth	:	7 Dec 1855 Stokes County, North Carolina, USA
Death	:	1 Dec 1948 Berkeley, Alameda County, California, USA
Burial	:	Liscomb Cemetery, Liscomb, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.1875000, -93.0151000
Plot	:	Block II, Lot 42, Grave N2
Description	:	Information provided by Robert Fahay, Find A Grave Contributor: From the 1912 book Past and Present of Hardin County Iowa, pp. 973-976: Andrew Jackson Morgan That he has honored the locality of his residence by his life of industry, public spirit and successful endeavor is freely conceded by all who know Andrew Jackson Morgan, one of the best known citizens of Iowa Falls, Hardin county, a man who has never permitted the usual obstacles in life's highway to down or thwart him, but, removing them one by one, tactfully and courageously made stepping-stones of his adversities to... Read More	Information provided by Robert Fahay, Find A Grave Contributor: From the 1912 book Past and Present of Hardin County Iowa, pp. 973-976: Andrew Jackson Morgan That he has honored the locality of his residence by his life of industry, public spirit and successful endeavor is freely conceded by all who know Andrew Jackson Morgan, one of the best known citizens of Iowa Falls, Hardin county, a man who has never permitted the usual obstacles in life's highway to down or thwart him, but, removing them one by one, tactfully and courageously made stepping-stones of his adversities to higher things. Mr. Morgan is the scion of an excellent old family of the Tar state, and he himself was born in Stokes county, North Carolina, December 7, 1855. He is the son of Hardin and Elizabeth (White) Morgan. The Morgan family came from Wales four or five generations ago and lived in North Carolina until 1869, when the family made the long overland journey to Hardin county, Iowa. Elizabeth White, mother of the subject, was descended from Welsh ancestry, four generations before her. The Welsh ancestor married an English lady and they lived in England for some time, then emigrated to America. The subject is from a long-lived race; his paternal great-great-grandfather lived to be ninety-seven and one-half years old; his father reached eighty-four and one-half years and his mother seventy-nine years old and the maternal grandfather was eighty-one at his death. The Morgan family found a new and sparsely settled country when they reached Hardin county, those being days of stage-coaches, there being few railroads west of the Mississippi river. They crossed this river on a suspension bridge, over which the railroad ran, at Clinton. The family located in the old town of Providence. They found there twenty-seven open cellars, the houses having been blown from over them by a recent cyclone. They lived there two years, then the father bought property at Liscomb, north of Marshalltown, when the Iowa Central railroad was not yet completed between Eldora and Ackley. There the parents spent the rest of their days. The father was a stone and brick mason, was a very skilled workman and among the many buildings he assisted on was the round-house at Marshalltown for the Iowa Central railroad. The son, Andrew J., remained there until he was twenty-three years of age, then went to Oskaloosa as assistant agent for the Iowa Central railroad, taking the night position at that station. He had learned telegraphy at Liscomb before he took the place at Oskaloosa. Leaving there, he took a position on what is now the Pacific division of the Rock Island railroad, as extra agent, serving in place of other agents as he was needed. Later he was operator at Dysart for about a year. From there he was appointed agent at what was then called Carleton, but while he was employed there the name of the place was changed to Popejoy, he having taken his position there in the spring of 1882. While there he was married, in November, 1882, to Sadie Gorsuch. Her parents lived six miles east of New Sharon, in Mahaska county. He met her at Oskaloosa while she was a student at Penn College. Her parents, James and Lusina (Pickering) Gorsuch, came from Ohio in an early day and homesteaded land in Mahaska county. Mr. Morgan remained at Popejoy a little over eight years. While agent there he also built up a grain and coal business. He was then transferred to Ossian, in Winneshiek county, a town then of about twenty-five hundred population. He remained there as agent for the railroad company about two and one-half years, also dealt in coal, grain and live stock and had agents representing him in the stock business at Castalia and Nordness, stations north and south of Ossian. After remaining at the last named city about two and one-half years, he resigned and quit railroading in June, 1894; then came to Iowa Falls, where he bought property and has lived here ever since. For a little over two years he traveled as collector for the Champion Harvester Company. He then went into the real estate business, which he has continued to the present time, making a specialty of city property, but also sells farm land and has deals in seven or eight different states. He has been very successful in whatever he has turned his attention to and has a well earned competency. No man in the county is better posted on real estate values and general conditions than he, and his energetic and honest efforts have resulted in building up a very extensive and satisfactory business. Mr. Morgan is a member of the American Yeoman, also the Fraternal Bankers. He, together with his wife and six children, belong to the Congregational church. The eight children constituting this family are named as follows: Ross, Norvin Dwight, Lyle A., Lulu, Loena June, Leona June, the latter two being twins; Jennings Bryan and Ruth. When Mr. Morgan began at Popejoy there was only one house beside the station and hardly enough business to pay the agent a salary of forty-five dollars per month. He began building up his grain and coal business in a modest way and by good management made it grow. Before he left there he had induced some of the big shippers to ship from that station. His own business grew so rapidly that within a single year he himself paid the railroad over six thousand dollars on grain and coal shipments. During the last six years he was there he paid out three hundred and eighty-four thousand dollars for grain and coal, having built up this business himself from the bottom. He induced merchants to locate a general store there, also was instrumental in securing a school house. The town now has a population of between four and five hundred. His only previous experience in the grain business was about eight months with a firm in Marshalltown, while he resided at Liscomb. Personally, Mr. Morgan is a very pleasant gentleman, conducts his large business affairs without any flurry or worry, and, being conservative and honest, succeeds in all his enterprises.

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Where is Andrew Jackson Morgan's memorial?
Andrew Jackson Morgan's memorial is located at: Liscomb Cemetery, Liscomb, Marshall County, USA.
When did Andrew Jackson Morgan death?
Andrew Jackson Morgan death on 1 Dec 1948 in Berkeley, Alameda County, California, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Andrew Jackson Morgan's memorial?
Latitude: 42.1875000
Longitude: -93.0151000

Family Members:

Parent

Hardin Morgan

(1816 - 1899)

Elizabeth “Betsy” White Morgan

(1825 - 1896)

Spouse

Siblings

Nancy Morgan Middleton

(1842 - 1917)

Mary Jane Morgan Hague

(1845 - 1931)

Emma Lodieska Morgan Humphreys-Ralls

(1861 - 1944)

James H Morgan

(1864 - 1961)

Children

Leona June Morgan Deaver

(1896 - 1986)

Ruth Geneva Morgan Talbot

(1904 - 1979)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Liscomb Cemetery
Liscomb, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1875000, -93.0151000

2. Bethel Grove Cemetery
Albion, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1505000, -93.0317500

3. Bentley Cemetery
Liscomb, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2089000, -93.0597500

4. Whitney Cemetery
Union, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2347000, -93.0258000

5. Bangor Friends Cemetery
Bangor, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1702995, -93.0836029

6. Union Cemetery
Union, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2303009, -93.0639038

7. Gaer Ballard Cemetery
Albion, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1290000, -93.0187000

8. Whitaker Family Burial Ground
Moningers, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1414727, -93.0759251

9. Hauser Cemetery
Whitten, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2528000, -93.0302963

10. Miller Cemetery
Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2064018, -93.1014023

11. Benson Cemetery
Grundy County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2522011, -92.9807968

12. Everist Cemetery
Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1292000, -93.0877991

13. Prairieville Cemetery
Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1371994, -92.9233017

14. Albion Cemetery
Albion, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1042010, -92.9863820

15. Sheppard Cemetery
Gifford, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2672005, -93.0843964

16. Francisco Cemetery
Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2888985, -93.0456009

17. Conrad Cemetery
Conrad, Grundy County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2235298, -92.8834534

18. Chester Friends Church Cemetery
New Providence, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2374992, -93.1419983

19. Hixite Cemetery
Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0786018, -93.0141983

20. Hartland Friends Cemetery
Marietta, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0790000, -93.0412500

21. Bevins Grove Cemetery
Saint Anthony, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1506004, -93.1557999

22. Dunn Settlement Cemetery
Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2018000, -93.1710000

23. Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery
Clemons, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2019830, -93.1710300

24. Marietta Cemetery
Marietta, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0675011, -93.0008011