Valentine Morgan

born: 30 Jan 1817, Bourbon Co.,KY
died: 29 Mar 1880, Prairie Creek Twp,Vigo Co.,Indiana
bur.: Prairie Creek,Vigo Co.,Indiana, at West Lawn Cemetery
occu: farmer
spouse: Frances Ann THOMPSON
marr: 20 Jan 1842, Vigo Co.,Indiana, at the home of Valentine's mother
born: 15 Mar 1822, Vigo Co.,Indiana
died: 13 Nov 1913, Pulaski,Tennessee
bur.: 16 Nov 1913, Prairie Creek,Vigo Co.,Indiana, at West Lawn Cemetery
Children:
Jehial Fiske MORGAN
Cassius Homer MORGAN
Lucretia Crawford MORGAN
Laura Iola MORGAN
Chartley Boyd MORGAN
Talmai Rowan MORGAN
Dick Thompson MORGAN
Harry Lutz MORGAN
Fred Ross MORGAN
Flora Belle MORGAN

Pedigree Chart

                      |--------
                      |
           |---------David MORGAN (Great Britain - 1817, Kentucky)
           |          |
           |          |--------
           |
  |------Reece Jones MORGAN (1773, Virginia - 1835, Indiana)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Deborah JONES (1751 - )
  |                   |
  |                   |--------
  |
Valentine MORGAN (1817, KY - 1880, Indiana)
  |
  |                   |--------
  |                   |
  |        |---------
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |
  |------Lucretia CRAWFORD (1778, Kentucky - 1864, Indiana)
           |
           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------
                      |
                      |--------
Valentine came to Indiana with his parents about 1829 or 1830.

One biography of Valentine says, ``He knew the Ohio and Mississippi rivers well enough to serve as Captain on river boats.''

Valentine and Frances were charter members of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Middleton (Prairie Creek), Indiana. Valentine was one of the first trustees of the church.

According a newspaper article about the 100th annual Morgan Thanksgiving reunion dinner, Valentine had ``great success as a farmer and trader and lawyer, building a grand, two-story mansion with big pillars and a spiral staircase about two miles north of Prairie Creek. The house passed out of the family when Valentine's widow, Frances Ann Thompson Morgan, discovered her husband's heavy debt from extensive land purchases and sold it to clear the debt. The house eventually burned.''

Census: 1860, Prairie Creek Twp,Vigo Co.,Indiana
Census: 1870, Prairie Creek Twp,Vigo Co.,Indiana
More information: HISTORY

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