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Thomas Marion Morgan

Male 1860 - 1946  (85 years)


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  • Name Thomas Marion Morgan  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 16 Mar 1860  Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 17 Feb 1946  Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Kenneth Morgan recounts that his grandfather, "Tom Morgan was a big practical joker, and would go to great lengths to pull off a stunt. Once he and his brother, Eddie, were digging a well. In those days, wells were hand dug, and measured about four by four foot. Eddie was down in the well digging, while Tom reeled up buckets of dirt from the top. The well was deep enough now that a man couldn't climb out of it, and would have to have the other person haul him up with the rope.

      Tom called down to Eddie, telling him to rest a minute, that he was going to get them some water. Eddie asked to be hauled up, but Tom said, no, he'd just be a minute. Eddie protested, telling Tom that Dollie, their blind mule, might wander over and fall in on top of him. Tom said no, I see her way across the field, and I'll be back before she could make it this far.

      Tom promptly set out, but instead of going towards the house, he ran over to where Dolly was, pulling the bell off that always hung round her neck. Then slowly, he began circling the well. Tom meandered slowly, extending the pleasure of this trick, gradually circling in, ringing the bell. Eddie's voice grew more anxious and strained as he talked to the mule, trying to coax her away from the well.

      When Tom got right up to the edge of the well, he kicked some dirt down. Eddie responded with "Whoa, you son of a bitch!" At this point, Tom could no longer contain his laughter and rolled on the ground in pleasure at his feat. Eddie, quickly realizing that his brother had pulled another stunt, told Tom that as soon as he got out of the well, he was going to kill him.

      Needless to say, Tom left Eddie in the well for quite a while to simmer down before he finally lowered the rope to haul him out."

      Kenneth further reported that his grandfather farmed most of his life until he became so crippled he could not walk at age sixty-nine. He remained cheerful until his death at eighty-five, and was dragged around the house and porch in a straight-chair by his grandmother, Jane Valentine Garsee Morgan. For many years he had a team of small mules named "Kit" and "Queen."

      name: Thomas Marion Morgan
      death date: 17 Feb 1946
      death place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
      gender: Male
      race: White
      death age: 85 years 11 months 2 days
      estimated birth date:
      birth date: 16 Mar 1860
      birthplace: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
      marital status: Married
      spouse's name:
      father's name: Rubin Morgan
      father's birthplace: Georgia
      mother's name: Penny Causel
      mother's birthplace: Georgia
      occupation: Farmer
      place of residence: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
      cemetery: Zion Hill
      burial place: Texas
      burial date: 18 Feb 1946
      additional relatives: X
      film number: 2218231
      digital film number: 4030568
      image number: 2341
      reference number: cn 8661
    Person ID I8666  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Rueben L. Morgan,   b. Abt 1834, Decatur County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1864, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Mother Penelope Caswell,   b. 7 Jun 1831, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1917, Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 1 Dec 1857  Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F3980  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane Valentine Garsee,   b. 12 Jul 1873, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1961, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 1889  [6
    Children 
     1. William Arthur Morgan,   b. 11 Aug 1890, Roganville, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jun 1981, Call, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     2. Lewis Marion Morgan,   b. 11 Mar 1892, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 1954 (Age 61 years)
     3. Fannie E. Morgan,   b. Mar 1894, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Ellen Morgan,   b. Aug 1895, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Thomas Moses "Mose" Morgan,   b. 23 Dec 1898, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1976, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F4035  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Mar 1860 - Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 Feb 1946 - Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S223] Morgan, Kenneth, Family Researcher, Jasper, Texas (Deceased).

    2. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).

    3. [S98] 1860 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census.), Texas, Jasper County, P. O. Newton Enumerated Aug 1860 Page 51, Stamped 410 338-338 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S296] Buckmaster, Laura (laurabuckmaster@sbcglobal.net) "Buckmaster, Holmes, Lanier & Thurber Family Tree" Ver. 2009-07-27 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=laura47.

    5. [S17] Dore, Barbara Yancey (Transcriber), JASPER COUNTY TEXAS MARRIAGE RECORDS 1849-1900 (Southeast Texas Genealogical & Historical Society), Vol MF#1, page 131 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S153] Jasper County Texas Historical Commission, 1900 Jasper County Edited Census.