Clarence E. Morgan

born: 11 Oct 1888, Webster,Keokuk Co.,Iowa, at his parent's farm
died: 4 Sep 1938, San Francisco,California, at St. Joseph's Hospital
bur.: Webster,Keokuk Co.,Iowa, at Sorden Cemetery
occu: banker

Pedigree Chart

                      |--------David Washington MORGAN (1775, Virginia - 1835, Indiana)
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           |---------Thomas MORGAN (1814, KY - 1903, Iowa)
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           |          |--------Sarah HUGHBANKS (1775, Maryland - 1844, Indiana)
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  |------Thomas Asbury MORGAN (1867, Iowa - 1957, California)
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  |        |          |
  |        |---------Mary Ann MCBRIDE (1827, Pennsylvania - 1891, Iowa)
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Clarence E. MORGAN (1888, Iowa - 1938, California)
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  |        |---------John AXMEAR (1822, Holland - 1913, Iowa)
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  |        |
  |------Eva Melissa AXMEAR (1863, Virginia - 1929, Iowa)
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           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------Julia Ann MARTIN (Germany - )
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The following is from Clarence's obituary: Clarence graduated from the Webster high school with the class of 1904. Following his graduation from high school he worked for about two years in his father's general store in Webster before taking a course in the Cedar Rapids Business college. At the completion of his business course he was immediately employed by the Cedar Rapids National bank. He remained continuously in this position until the spring of 1917 when he voluntarily withdrew in order to enlist in the military service for the defense of his country which had been drawn into the World war. His enlistment was in Battery E recruited in Cedar Rapids. However, due to a slight arm injury, he was not permitted to accompany his unit into active service overseas, but, instead, was transferred to Washington D. C., where he served during the remainder of the war and until April after the signing of the Armistice.

At the close of the war he again returned to the banking profession, where faithful application to his duties and efficiency of performance won for him in 1924 promotion to the important and responsible position of National bank examiner. He remained in this position until his untimely passing. Here as in his previous employment, the character of his work was of a high order earning for him some of the most important and responsible assignments in the country. At the time of his death, and for some time previous, his headquarters were in San Francisco. However, as important as his business duties were all his time and concern was not absorbed in his work. He was greatly interested in outdoor sports, especially hiking, mountain climbing and related sports which brought him into restful and refreshing spirit of God's wide open spaces.

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