Morgan Family

The Morgan Family of Marion Co., IA

Solomon MORGAN b. About 1812, Maryland,1 m. Eliza _____, b. About 1820, Maryland.1 They were living in Marion Co., Iowa at the time of the 1860 census. Children:

1 Anna Amelia MORGAN b. 14 Jul 1839. 2 Samuel MORGAN b. About 1842, Maryland.1 3 Elizabeth MORGAN b. About 1844, Virginia,1 m. 25 Sep 1861, in Marion Co., Iowa,2 Henry H. REEVES.

Second Generation

Anna Amelia MORGAN b. 14 Jul 1839, Maryland3, m. 1 Sep 1859, in Marion Co., Iowa,4 John W. WALTON, b. About 1825-30, Danville, Virginia,3 d. 11 Nov 1897, Harrison Co., Missouri,3 buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Harrison, Missouri.3 Anna died 4 May 1905, Harrison Co., Missouri,3 buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Harrison, Missouri.3 Probate records of Harrison Co., Missouri, Box 103 prove the following heirs: J. W. Walton; J. R. Walton; R. M. Walton; E. E. Graham; Cleveland Graham; Jake Graham; Addie Graham Trammell; P. J. Hulen; Fred Cochran & John Cochran. Anna A. Walton died without a will on the fourth day of May 1905. (Application for Letters of Administration signed by J. W. Walton). Birthdate is calculated from age at death per cemetery records (65y, 9m, 20d). Children:

i Virginia A. WALTON b. 2 Jun 1860, Iowa5, m. (1) 1 Oct 1883, in Harrison Co., Missouri,6 James F. GRAHAM, m. (2) 7 Sep 1892, in Harrison Co., Missouri,7 Lafayette BURK, m. (3) 27 Aug 1897, in Harrison Co., Missouri,8 George PEASLEY, m. (4) 17 Aug 1898, in Harrison Co., Missouri,9 Neal JACOBS, b. Jul 1860, Ohio.10 Virginia died 14 Aug 1902,5 buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Harrison, Missouri.5 For descendants, see WALTON ii George W. WALTON b. About 1863, Iowa.11 George is residing with the family at the time of the 1880 census, but is not mentioned in his father's will. iii Laura Jane WALTON b. About 1865, Iowa,12 m. (1) 16 Jan 1881, in Harrison Co., Missouri,13 Robert HULEN, m. (2) 17 Jan 1885, in Harrison Co., Missouri, 14Freeman COCHRAN, d. 7 Jun 1899, Harrison Co., Missouri.15 Laura died By 3 Jul 1900, Cass Co., Missouri.16 For descendants, see WALTON iv John Robert WALTON b. About 1867, Iowa,11 m. 12 Jul 1889, in Harrison Co., Missouri,17 Alameda L. STONER, b. 1868,3 d. 1953,3 buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Harrison, Missouri.3 Marriage recorded in Book 2, p. 312, Harrison Co., Missouri. For descendants, see WALTON v Jacob William WALTON b. 29 May 1868, Knoxville, Marion, Iowa,18 m. 20 Mar 1892, in Harrison Co., Missouri,17 Rosa Belle BRINIGAR, b. 20 Feb 1874, Harrison Co., Missouri,19 (daughter of Thomas B. BRINIGAR and Lucinda BANDY) d. 16 May 1945, Blythedale, Harrison, Missouri,20 buried: 19 May 1945, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Harrison, Missouri.20 Jacob died 6 May 1926, St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri,18 buried: 7 May 1926, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Harrison, Missouri.21 Marriage is recorded in Book 3, p. 146 in Harrison Co., Missouri. For descendants, see WALTON vi Rufus M. WALTON b. Jul 1878, Missouri,22 m. 1900,22 Mary A. _____, b. Oct 1883, Iowa.22

Research Footnotes

  1. 1850 Census, Des Moines Co., Iowa (Flint River Twp), FHL Microfilm 007,792 p. 418
  2. Marriage Register, Marion Co., Iowa, Volume I, 1845-1866, FHL Microfilm 1,019,714 p. 392
  3. Harrison County, Missouri Cemetery Records, Compiled by the Harrison Co. Genealogical Society, 1985 p. 85
  4. Marriage Register, Marion Co., Iowa, Volume I, 1845-1866, FHL Microfilm 1,019,714 p. 314
  5. Harrison County, Missouri Cemetery Records, Compiled by the Harrison Co. Genealogical Society, 1985 p. 81
  6. Harrison County, Missouri Marriage Records (1881-1899), Compiled by the Harrison Co. Genealogical Society, 1988 p. 22
  7. Harrison County, Missouri Marriage Records (1881-1899), Compiled by the Harrison Co. Genealogical Society, 1988 p. 8
  8. Harrison County, Missouri Marriage Records (1881-1899), Compiled by the Harrison Co. Genealogical Society, 1988 p. 43
  9. Harrison County, Missouri Marriage Records (1881-1899), Compiled by the Harrison Co. Genealogical Society, 1988 p. 29
  10. 1900 Census, Nodaway Co., Missouri (Washington Twp), FHL Microfilm 1,240,878 ED 126, Sheet 10
  11. 1870 Census, Harrison Co., Missouri (Union Twp), FHL Microfilm 295,543 p. 20
  12. 1880 Census, Harrison Co., Missouri (Marion Twp), FHL Microfilm 1,254,689 p. 18
  13. Harrison County, Missouri Marriage Records, Book A, (1845-1881), Compiled by the Harrison Co. Genealogical Society, 1983 p. 27
  14. Harrison County, Missouri Marriage Records (1881-1899), Compiled by the Harrison Co. Genealogical Society, 1988 p. 12
  15. Miscellaneous Documents related to the Trial of Freeman Cochran for the murder of George Stanbrough, in possession of the Harrison Co., Missouri Genealogical Society
  16. Receipt signed by George W. Feely, Public Administrator, "due the estate of Mrs. Laura J. Cochran", in Harrison Co. Missouri Probate Box 74 (Estate of John W. Walton)
  17. Harrison County, Missouri Marriage Records (1881-1899), Compiled by the Harrison Co. Genealogical Society, 1988 p. 58
  18. Death Certificate in Possession of the Compiler
  19. 1900 Census, Harrison Co., Missouri (Colfax Twp, Blythedale Village), FHL Microfilm 1,240,857 ED 97, Sheet 4
  20. Obituary of Rosa Walton, 1945
  21. Obituary of Jacob William Walton, 1926
  22. 1900 Census, Harrison Co., Missouri (Marion Twp), FHL Microfilm 1,240,857 ED 106, p. 184

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