Lysander White ``Lucky'' Morgan

born: 14 Dec 1824, Indiana
died: 17 Mar 1890, Dade Co.,Missouri
bur.: Dadeville,Dade Co.,Missouri, at Rice cemetery
occu: stock trader and horse dealer
spouse: Zarilda M.
born: Abt 1848, Missouri
died: Bef 1880

Pedigree Chart

                      |--------Lewis MORGAN (1727, Pennsylvania - 1814, Kentucky)
                      |
           |---------Adonijah MORGAN (1755, VA - 1827, Indiana)
           |          |
           |          |--------Christine Ann WHITE (1726, Pennsylvania - 1816, Kentucky)
           |
  |------Adonijah MORGAN (1798, Kentucky - 1870, Missouri)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Isabelle Jean MCMAHON (1765, Scotland - 1829, Indiana)
  |                   |
  |                   |--------
  |
Lysander White ``Lucky'' MORGAN (1824, Indiana - 1890, Missouri)
  |
  |                   |--------Joel MATTHEWS (1755, (probably) Virginia - 1834, OH)
  |                   |
  |        |---------Daniel MATTHEWS (1777, prob. Virginia - 1812, KY)
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------Patty (1757, (probably) Virginia - )
  |        |
  |------Betsy MATTHEWS (1803, Kentucky - 1866, Missouri)
           |
           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------Elizabeth SLAUGHTER (1766 - )
                      |
                      |--------
Here's the story of how Lysander was killed from Dade Co., history: There are two versions of just where he had been before returning home. One has him at a poker game and the other isn't real specific. As he was sitting at his table counting his money, a couple of guys were watching him through the window. They then entered his home and ended up killing him and taking his money. They threw his body into an old well nearby then left to hide the money in a cave. An old fisherman saw them, but couldn't figure out what they were doing. Some years later when bones were discovered in the cave, (one of the men went to get some money and got stuck) the law figured out part of it and the fisherman came forward and filled in the rest of it.

Census: 1870, Morgan Twp,Dade Co.,Missouri
Census: 1880, Morgan Twp,Dade Co.,Missouri
More information: HISTORY

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