William F. Morgan

born: 31 Jul 1804, Pulaski Co.,Kentucky
died: 21 Apr 1880, Steady Run Twp,Keokuk Co.,Iowa
bur.: Keokuk Co.,Iowa, at Mt. Zion Cemetery
occu: farmer
spouse: Elizabeth ``Betsey'' BOGGS
marr: 1 Mar 1827, Shelby Co.,Indiana
born: Abt 1802, Kentucky
died: 7 Oct 1862, Keokuk Co.,Iowa
bur.: Keokuk Co.,Iowa, at Mt. Zion Cemetery
Children:
John Boggs MORGAN
Joseph Clairborn MORGAN
Harriett Caroline MORGAN
William Harrison MORGAN
Lydia Jane MORGAN
Mary Evaline MORGAN
Alfred W. MORGAN
Theodora MORGAN
spouse: Elizabeth REYNOLDS
marr: 16 Jul 1863, Keokuk Co.,Iowa
born: 10 Jan 1814, Ohio
died: 15 Sep 1904, Martinsburg,Keokuk Co.,Iowa
bur.: Keokuk Co.,Iowa, at Mt. Zion Cemetery

Pedigree Chart

                      |--------Thomas MORGAN (1702 - 1774, VA)
                      |
           |---------Lewis MORGAN (1727, Pennsylvania - 1814, Kentucky)
           |          |
           |          |--------Lettice EVANS ( - 1749)
           |
  |------Adonijah MORGAN (1755, VA - 1827, Indiana)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------Robert WHITE (1694, Scotland - 1755, USA)
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Christine Ann WHITE (1726, Pennsylvania - 1816, Kentucky)
  |                   |
  |                   |--------Margaret HOGE (1690, Pennsylvania - 1750, VA)
  |
William F. MORGAN (1804, Kentucky - 1880, Iowa)
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  |                   |--------
  |                   |
  |        |---------
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |
  |------Isabelle Jean MCMAHON (1765, Scotland - 1829, Indiana)
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           |          |--------
           |          |
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William moved to Indiana with his parents in 1818. In Indiana, William and his wife and several other members of her Boggs family established a Presbyterian church at Sugar Creek, Shelby County on 15 July 1831.

William's wife Betsey Boggs was a sister of Sally Boggs who married William's nephew, Daniel A. M. Morgan.

He came to Iowa in 1849. His 120 acre farm was near Martinsburgh in Keokuk Co. He was elected to the Iowa Legislature in 1854 as a member of the Whig party and voted to move the state capitol from Iowa City to Des Moines. He served one term and refused a second nomination. He was twice elected to the board of supervisors and was justice of the peace for about 15 years in Iowa and had been a J.P. in Indiana also.

He was a member of the New School Presbyterian Church, and after it closed, he joined the M. E. Church at Mt. Zion in 1878. His obituary describes him as ``worth and respected, quiet and upright.'' His surviving daughters are named Mrs. Joseph and Mrs. Anson Skinner of Creston.

There was a land sale in Keokuk County on 9 April 1854, ``William F. Morgan and Betsy his wife of Keokuk County, Iowa in consideration of $350.00 paid by George W. Vardaman.''

Census: 1840, Sugar Creek,Shelby Co.,Iowa
Census: 1850, 1856, 1860, and 1870, Steady Run Twp,Keokuk Co.,Iowa
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