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Volney Edgar Morgan

8 Dec 1849 – 15 Apr 1935

Birth	8 Dec 1849
Death	15 Apr 1935
Cemetery	Saint Anns Cemetery Lexington , Dawson County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Barbara McTygue Scanlon on 17 Sep 2008
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27132650

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"Valentine" Morgan grew to manhood in Fredricksburg, IN. He was left an orphan when he was a mere child and had to make his way however he could. As a result he was not able to obtain so much as a grade school education. He could not read a book or write a letter. But he did pick up a surpisingly good practical education in his own experience. However the lack of education seriously limited him all through his life and this, together with much bereavement he experience, caused him to be very quiet and reserved. In the years 1895 he came to Dawson County (NE) and he has resided here ever since. .....While he himself belonged to no church , so far as is known, ....He himself attended worship in the Methodist church of Lexington until he was no longer able to do so. ....In 1871 Mr. Morgan married Elizabeth Bruner in Fredericksburg, IN. To this union 2 daughters and a son were born. These survive their father. They are Mrs. Bertha Lee, Forrest Park, IL. Mrs Henry Miles, North Platte, NE and Mr Edward Morgan of Oshkosh NE. The mother of these three passed away in about 1885. In April, three years later, Mr. Morgan married Mary Miles in Washington IN. To this union 10 children were born. One daughter, Nettie passed away in 1893 at the age of 3 years. This Mrs. Morgan passed away in 1910. (Mary Ann Miles Morgan) The 9 children who survive their parents are, Joseph W. Morgan and Mrs Mary Dunlap of Lexington, William A. Morgan, San Diego CA. Oscar J. Morgan Fr. Collins CO. Andrew and Frank Morgan Cheyenne WY, Mrs Marjorie Sieoff, Ainsworth, NE, Mrs Bea Humpal, Ravenna NE and Dr. Harry Morgan, Ship Surgeon on the USS Grant___at sea. Then years after Mrs. Morgans death Mr. Morgan married Julia Fox in Lexington NE. This was in April 1920. Two years later Mr Morgan was again bereaved of his wife. Five years later in 1927, Mr Morgan married Junetta Gullick in Lexington. Mrs Gullick-Morgan survives her husband. Volney vs. Valentine - my great-great grandfather used both names. His first marriage record he used Volney - the second he used Valentine. My great-grandfather Thomas Edgar Morgan referred to him as Volney. So that is the name I use in family records. His headstone says "Vol" and some read it as "Val". Florence Morgan's mother is unknown. She was born before his marriage to Christina Bruner in 1877. My great-grandfather Thomas Edgar Morgan told me this story when I was visiting him in Washington Indiana in 1975.

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