John Elton Morgan

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Name: John Elton Morgan
Death Date: 16 Dec 1964
Death Place: Galveston, Galveston, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 49 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 03 Sep 1915
Birthplace: Erin, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Millard H. Morgan
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Mary Frances Sims
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Operator Molding Machine
Place of Residence: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
Cemetery: Zion Hill Cemetery
Burial Place: Jasper, Texas
Burial Date: 16 Dec 1965
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2117653
Digital Film Number: 4028392
Image Number: 1314
Reference Number: 76788
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

John married Tempie Lorine Hinson on 9 Oct 1939. Tempie (daughter of John Wesley Hinson and Amanda Lucinda Dunn) was born on 19 May 1922 in Buna, Jasper County, Texas; died on 19 Jul 1997 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Attoyac Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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At the time of the 1910 census, he was living between his parents, Malachi and Eliza MORGAN and Tom and Ella McLEMORE.

He was said to have married second Leona SISSON.

Name: Millard Harrison Morgan
Death Date: 31 Jan 1970
Death Place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 88 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1882
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Malachi Morgan
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Lisa Clark
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2218584
Digital Film Number: 4168861
Image Number: 477
Reference Number: 12360
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Jasper County, JP 8
Enumerated 12 Feb 1920
SD 326 ED 80 Sheets 8A and 8B
144-154
Morgan, Millard Head M W 38 M Tx Ga Fl Farmer
Morgan, Mary Wf F W 35 M Tx Tx Tx
Morgan, Amma Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Morgan, Marvin Son M W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Morgan, Elton Son M W 3 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Morgan, Bernice Dtr F W 1 7/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
A 49 year old Millard B. Morgan, born in Texas with a father reported to be born in the US and mother in Virginia, was an Attendant at the Abilene State Hospital in Taylor County, Texas. He was listed as being married at the age of 22. None of his family appeared to be present, and he was apparently boarding at the hospital. This may or may not be the same Millard Harrison Morgan of Jasper County, Texas.

Millard married Mary "Matie" Frances Sims on 22 Feb 1906 in Jasper County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Rev. Alfred Cuthbert Sims and Francis Amanda Allen) was born on 6 Jul 1886 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 1 May 1932 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kenneth Morgan reported that his grandfather, Thomas Marion Morgan, loved his "Uncle Mal" and spent much time in his household when he was growing up. He said Mal was a sleepwalker, and the boys tried to watch out for him at night to prevent him from getting hurt. Early one morning, Mal asked the boys to go with him to their field across the creek to bring a turning plow back to the garden. When they arrived at the field the plow was missing, and they began to study tracks closely in the plowed ground. They found Mal's barefoot tracks where he had picked up the plow and walked across the creek on a log. Arriving back at the garden near the house they found the plow. Mal remembered nothing about the trip in the moonlight.

POSTMASTERS & POST OFFICES OF JASPER COUNTY, TEXAS 1846 - 1930 source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txpost/jasper.html

ERIN

Craige, Jas. A., 20 Sep 1847 Discontinued 5 Nov 1866

(Re-established) Faircloth, Jas. B., 31 Oct 1882
MORGAN, MALACHI, 22 Oct 1883 Aarant, Martin B., 29 Nov 1912
McLemore, Thos. F., 6 Nov 1913
McLemore, Nannie O., 3 Oct 1916
Aarant, Martin B., 15 Feb 1918
Discontinued 28 Feb 1923; mail to Magnolia Springs

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Census Listings:

According to the FamilySearch
1880 Census
Census Place:Precinct 3, Jasper, Texas
Source:FHL Film 1255313 National Archives Film T9-1313
Page 14
RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace
Mal. MORGAN Self M M W 32 GA Occ:Farmer Fa: NC Mo: NC
Eliza MORGAN Wife F M W 31 FL Occ:Keeping House Fa: GA Mo: FL
Robert MORGAN Son M S W 22 TX Occ:Works On Farm Fa: GA Mo: GA
Fountain MORGAN Son M S W 20 TX Occ:Works On Farm Fa: GA Mo: GA
Malichi F. MORGAN Son M S W 18TX Occ:Works On Farm Fa: GA Mo: GA
William O. MORGAN Son M S W 14 TX Occ:Works On Farm Fa: GA Mo: GA
Columbus MORGAN Son M S W 10 TX Fa: GA Mo: GA
Salura E. MORGAN Dau F S W 5 TX Fa: GA Mo: FL
Thomas MORGAN Son M S W 4 TX Fa: GA Mo: FL
Sarah MORGAN Dau F S W 2 TX Fa: GA Mo: FL
Lawrence MORGAN Son M S W 1 M TX Fa: GA Mo: FL

Malachi married Elizabeth Frances "Eliza" Clark on 21 Aug 1873 in Jasper County, Texas. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert B. Clark and Sarah Ann Kyle) was born in Jul 1849 in Gadsden County, Florida; died on 31 Jul 1921 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1920 census, Eliza was listed as a 70 year old widow, and was living with her youngest son, Watt.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JXBL-ZPT
Name: Eliza Morgan
Death Date: 31 Jul 1921
Death Place: Erin, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: W
Death Age: 72 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 1849
Birthplace: Fl
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Clark
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence:
Cemetery: ...
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2074099
Digital Film Number: 4165892
Image Number: 2696
Reference Number: 19977
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Married:
The 1910 census shows that she was the mother of 7 children, all of them living. According to the 1880 census however, she and Malachi also had a son Lawrence, who died young.

Notes:

In A.C. Sims' memoirs of the Civil War, he tells that he joined up with General Hood's Texas Regiment in Georgia after the death of this twin brother, Hub in Arkansas. His elder brother, Tom, was an officer in the Confederate Army. A.C. suffered much illness during the period he was in Georgia. Upon the end of the fighting, he returned home to East Texas where he was a teacher and later a Baptist Minister.

He first married Rachell Segrest, and on the 1870 Tyler County census, they were living in the home of Rachell's father, Jacob Segrist. About 3 months after the birth of Apless Arabella, Rachell died, leaving A.C. with 5 children under the age of 10. He later married Fannie Allen, and they had 5 more children.

His last will and testament was very simple:

State of Texas Jasper, Jasper County 21 January 1903

To all whom it may concern: Know by these prescence that it is my will that my beloved wife F.A. Sims after my decease shall retain full possession of all that is called mine as a means of support until her death provided, however, she remains single. In the event that she should marry again or die, all properties in anywise belonging to me be equally divided between my ten children. Written with mine own hand this 21 day of January A.D. 1903.

A.C. Sims

(The foregoing information is courtesy of Candie Sims. A. C. Sims's full memoirs of the Civil War, orginally published inthe JASPER NEWS BOY on May 17, 1911, can be found on Candie's website: http://CandiesTree.webjump.com/ )

Alfred married Francis Amanda Allen on 15 Sep 1884. Francis (daughter of John M. Allen and Ann Thyrxa/Thriza Thomason) was born on 1 Sep 1853 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 1 Dec 1933 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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At the time of hte 1930 Federal Census, she was living with her son and daughter-in-law, Albert and Ruth Sims, in Jasper.

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Married:
In August, 1884, A.C. Sims wrote this letter to Miss Fannie Allen, a maiden woman of 31 years. They were married in September.

Beech Grove Jasper County, Texas August 8th, 1884

Miss Fannie Allen,

I trust that you will forgive my presumption in thus addressing you without first having obtained your permission to do so. Though I am a stranger to you, yet your bright smiles haunt me still so that you no longer seem as a stranger to me, and I cannot forbear the temptations longer that I have to make known to you some of my thoughts, affections and wishes, and fearing lest I should not have such an opportunity as I would desire to express my sentiments, were I to visit you, I have concluded to adopt this medium of expression. Affection is sometimes of slow growth and again it springs up in a moment and I hope you will pardon me for confessing the truth by declaring to you my love for you at first sight and you will not, I trust, think it so strange of it when you shall learn of the favorable reports which I have received of you which taken in connection with your personal beauty I think sifficient cause to engage the affections of even the most fastidious.

I of course cannot hope to have made so favorable an impression on your mind on so short an acquantance but I do not know what is in your heart or what might be hereafter and I therefore desire to give expression of my feelings and learn my fate before it is too late. I wish that you may therefore after serious consideration of this letter to inform me whether or not I shall cherish this feeling or shall I smother it at once. I fully believe that when two like hearts meet that it is no difficult taks for them to determine that fact and I cannot help entertaining a hope that you are one that I am in search of and in futher testimony there of I will relate to you a strange circumstance. Before arriving at your house last Sunday, I asked a sign of the Lord that if either of the three ladies that were there should be the one that she might show it by asking me if I had not been to dinner. I hope that the answer is from the Lord and that he may awaken in your bosom the same feeling that I now experience for you. If you should see fit to answer this letter direct it to me at Town Bluff, Texas. If you should wish to send it by hand you need not be afraid to deposit it with your Cousin Dug as she is aware that I have written this to you but no one else,

Respectfully,

A.C. Sims

(Courtesy of Candie Ann Marie Sims)

The 1900 Census showed they had been married 16 years, and that she was the mother of 5 children, all living.

Notes:

John was said to have died in South Carolina before his family moved to Georgia. However, since he was married in Georgia he probably actually died after the move to Georgia, but before the family moved on to Texas and Florida.It appears that he did die prior to the 1840, because his widow, Hannah Morgan is listed as the head of household in the "1840 Decatur County Georgia Census Index " (Frances T. Ingmire, Mountain Press).

John's five children, along with a 28 year old "Mrs. Morgan," are listed in the 1850 Decatur County, GA census in household #521. They live nearby to the McLemores, Boyetts, Morgans, and Kellys. It appears that John may have remarried, as his apparent widow, age 28, was too young to be the mother of any but the very youngest of his five children, who ranged in age from 14 to 23. This potential second wife would have been born circa 1822.

The online Decatur County, Georgia census for 1850 lists the family as follows:

521 521
Morgan Mrs.? 28 F SC
Morgan Malachi 23 M Laborer GA
Morgan Wm. 18 M Laborer GA
Morgan Maria 20 F GA
Morgan Reubin 16 M Laborer GA
Morgan Martha 14 F GA

John married Hannah Kelley on 1 Mar 1827 in Decatur County, Georgia. Hannah (daughter of Malachi Kelley and Sarah Singletary) was born before 1810 in South Carolina; died after 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the marriage records, and from the estate settlement of her father, Malachi Kelley, it appears that John Morgan was married to Hannah Kelley, and that she was the mother of his children. Hannah Morgan is listed as living next door to Malachi Kelly in Decatur County, Georgia at the time of the 1840 federal census.

Her household was composed of the following members:
2 males 5-10
1 male 10-15
1 female under 5
1 female 5-10
1 female 20-30

It appears from the 1850 Decatur County, Georgia census, that Hannah may have also died before 1850, as her children are living with a 28 year old "Mrs. Morgan." Unless her age is in error, however, the woman listed on the census appears to be too young to be the mother of the children.

The Estate of Malichi Kelley (Hannah's father) was probated in 1857, and Hannah was not an heir. However, two of her children Malichi Morgan and Kizzie Morgan were heirs. It would therefore appear that Hannah Kelley Morgan died sometime before 1857. There was, however, a Hannah Morgan who was granted a land patent for 252 acres of land in Jasper County, Texas on October 23, 1858 (Patent #204. Vl 18, File No 156). Could this possibly be a different Hannah Morgan?

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(Research):
Census Listings:

1850 Census
Florida, Gadsden County
Enumerated 28 Oct 1850
90-90
William and Jane Kelley and family from Georgia
91-91
Robert Clark 38 M Farmer 300 Ga
Sarah Clark 24 F Florida
Robert Clark 3 M Florida
Eliza Clark 1 F Florida

1860 Census
Texas, Jasper County, PO Newton
Enumerated 25 July 1860
Page 8
54-54
RB Clark 48 M Farmer 2000 4000 Ga
Lucy Clark 30 F Tenn
Robert Clark 13 m Fla
Eliza Clark 12 F Fla
William Clark 9 M Fla
Sarah Clark 7 F Tx
Millard Clark 4 m Tx
Josephine Clark 2 F Tx
John H Clark 1 M Tx

1870 Census
Texas, Jasper County, Subdivision No. 23, PO Jasper
Enumerated 4 July 1870
Pages 5 and 6, Stamped 485
38
Clark, Robt B 60 M W Farmer 600 20 Ga
Clark, Caroline 45 F W Keeping House Tenn
Clark, Harry 24 m W Farm Laborer Fl
Clark, Eliza F 20 F W Fl
Clark, William 19 M W Fl
Clark, Sarah 17 F W Tx
Clark, Millard F 15 m W Tx
Clark, Josephine 13 F W Tx
Clark, John 10 M W Tx
Clark, Elizabeth 8 F W Tx
Clark, Jane 6 F W Tx

1880 Census
Texas, Jasper County, Pr. No. 2
Enumerated 22 Jun 1880
Pages 39 and 40 SD 1 ED 37 Stamped 137
304-330
Clark, Robert W M 69 Farmer Ga
Clark, Lucy W F 56 Wf Keeping House Tenn Va Va
Clark, Millard W M 24 Son Works on Farm Tx Ga Tenn
Clark, Josephine W F 27 Dtr Tx Ga Tenn
Clark, Martha E W F 20 Dtr Tx Ga Tenn
Clark, Lucy J W F 13 St Tx Ta Tenn

Robert married Sarah Ann Kyle before 1847. Sarah was born about 1826 in Florida; died after 1852 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was said to be the son of Mann SIMS and Margaret McGRUDER. His first wife was an ANN, and they were said to be the parents of John, Frances Evelyn, Augustus "Gus", Martha and one other female.

John married Apoles Sanderson Foster. Apoles was born on 8 May 1812 in Wilkes County, Georgia; died on 18 Feb 1877 in Tyler County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried at the Hopewell Cemetery.

Notes:

Could this be the John Allen listed in the 1850 Jasper County, Texas census as the son of Nathaniel and Sarah Allen of Georgia and Kentucky? He was shown as age 25, male, farmer, born in Louisiana. (HH #100-101).

John married Ann Thyrxa/Thriza Thomason on 21 May 1853 in Louisiana. Ann was born on 1 Aug 1832 in Alabama; died on 26 Jan 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Versie Truett shows they were married in Louisiana, whearas Barbara Yancey Dore instead shows the marriage taking place in Jasper County, Texas. Need to verify.