Nancy Jane (Matthews) Morgan

Nancy (Matthews) Morgan, Alice (Morgan) Wickizer, Wilma and Willard W. on David Wickizer's lap, William A. Morgan. Des Moines, Iowa, 1899.

born: 27 Jun 1836, Shelby Co.,Indiana

died: 23 Nov 1906, Kirksville,Missouri

bur.: 24 Nov 1906, Des Moines,Polk Co.,Iowa, at Woodland Cemetery,lot 1 blk 16

occu: schoolteacher

spouse: William Allen MORGAN

marr: 18 Aug 1857, Keokuk Co.,Iowa

born: 20 Jul 1832, Ohio

died: 6 Jul 1905, Bloomfield,Iowa

bur.: 8 Jul 1905, Des Moines,Polk Co.,Iowa, at Woodland Cemetery,lot 1 blk 16

Children:

Clara Grace Morgan

Etta Bell ``Ettie'' Morgan

Elmer Eugene Morgan

Frank Alvin Morgan

Oscar Tunstal Morgan

Alice May Morgan

Leslie Wilbert Morgan

                      |--------Joel MATTHEWS (1755, (probably) Virginia - 1834, OH)
                      |
           |---------James MATTHEWS (1779, Virginia - 1837, Indiana)
           |          |
           |          |--------Patty (1757, (probably) Virginia - )
           |
  |------Tunstal Quarles MATTHEWS (1807, Kentucky - 1878, Nebraska)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Margaret REED (1784 - 1824, Ohio)
  |                   |
  |                   |--------
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Nancy Jane MATTHEWS (1836, Indiana - 1906, Missouri)
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  |                   |--------Lewis MORGAN (1727, Pennsylvania - 1814, Kentucky)
  |                   |
  |        |---------Adonijah MORGAN (1755, VA - 1827, Indiana)
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------Christine Ann WHITE (1726, Pennsylvania - 1816, Kentucky)
  |        |
  |------Jane Chlo MORGAN (1807, Kentucky - 1837, Indiana)
           |
           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------Isabelle Jean MCMAHON (1765, Scotland - 1829, Indiana)
                      |
                      |--------

According to her daughter Alice's biography, Nancy Jane and William met while they were both teaching school in Keokuk Co.

Nancy and William farmed in Lafayette township of Keokuk County at least through 1880. At some point, they moved to Des Moines. Most of their children attended Drake University, so they may have moved there as a family to allow their children that opportunity. William is listed in Des Moines City directories in 1892 (as a janitor) and 1894 (retired).

Nancy and William either moved to California or took an extended trip there in 1903. While at Long Beach they met a Mr. Overton who was 106 years old and used to own the land where the town of Delta, Iowa is. They wrote an article describing it to some Keokuk County newspaper.

From their daughter Etta's obituary, it appears they settled out in California for a time. But they had returned to Des Moines by the time William died. Nancy and William must have done a good job of teaching her children the Christian values of her father (TQ). Of their family of 7 children, 6 of them attended Drake University and 5 either became ministers or a minister's wife in the Christian Church. This is a pretty amazing record for a family of children growing up on a farm in Keokuk County, Iowa in the 1870s.

Nancy and William's granddaughter, Wilma (Wickizer) Rodgers put together a lot of records on Nancy and William's descendents, including one manuscript done in about 1980 which focused on the Wickizer descendents. These records provide the basis for most of the later descendents on this line.

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