Rueben L. Morgan

Notes:

In a column titled "Grandma Olds saw first train to Buna and man on the moon" Jasper New Boy columnist Kenneth Morgan wrote:

"....Much more is known about the Morgan family, who came to Texas from North Carolina and Georgia before the Civil War. Great grandfather Reuben L. Morgan fought from the Confederacy and lost his life in this tragic war. His father's name was John Morgan. John's father was Reuben Sr.......

When Reuben first migrated to Texas, he was accompanied by his brother Malalchi, and his uncles Daniel and Duncan Morgan."

Mr. Morgan generously provided futher details about his paternal grandparents in a letter dated June 8, 1999 to Melinda Strong. He said the "Reuben L. Morgan was born in Decatur, GA in 1835. When his father, John Morgan died, around 1850, Reuben, his brother Malachi with his wife Tomsie Williams, their Uncle Duncan with his wife Eliza Kelley, and their mother, Hannah Kelley, left Georgia and settled the community of Erin, Texas. One of their descendants, Alfred Morgan, reports that they brought two or three slaves, one of them an infant boy named George, who took on the the Morgan name. It is possible that a family of Caswells accompanied them, also bringing with them Reuben's future wife, Penelope Caswell, who also was born in Georgia, in 1832. Another possible member of the original group, and probably a sister to Penelope, Rebecca Caswell Hays is indicated by the 1860 census as having lived with Rueben and Penelope. Rebecca was listed as age 24, born in Georgia.

Rueben and Penelope were married in Jasper County in December 1858, their first child was John Edward, or Eddie born in 1859, then Thomas Marion who was born in 1860. The Civil War broke out about this time, and Reuben and Malachi both enlisted and served. According to Kenneth Morgan, the were in the 13th Texas Cavalry, General Walker's division. They fought in the Battles of Mansfield, Jenkin's Ferry, and Pleasant Hill.

During the war their mother got sick and Duncan sent for them to come home. It was decided that Malachi would stay and care for his mother and both families, and that Rueben would go back to war. It was during this leave that Penelope became pregnant with Rose Caroline or "Sissie", who was born June 26, 1862. Rueben did not live to see his youngest child. He fell ill with dysentary and it is believed that he died on May 20, 1864, in a military hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Jasper County, P. O. Newton
Enumerated Aug 1860
Page 51, Stamped 410
338-338
R L Morgan 25 M Farmer 400 300 Ga
Penelope Morgan 28 F Ga
John Morgan 2 M Tx
Thomas Morgan 3/12 M Tx
Rebecca Hays 24 F Ga

Rueben married Penelope Caswell on 1 Dec 1857 in Jasper County, Texas. Penelope was born on 7 Jun 1831 in Georgia; died on 19 Nov 1917 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried on 21 Nov 1917 in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per the 1880 FamilySearch transcription:

Census Place:Precinct 3, Jasper, Texas Source:FHL Film 1255313 National Archives Film T9-1313 Page 15 RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace John E MORGANSelfMMW21TX Occ:FarmerFa: GAMo: GA Elizabeth MORGANWifeFMW20TX Occ:Keeping HouseFa: GAMo: TX Laura MORGANDauFSW6MTX Fa: TXMo: TX

John married Elizabeth Davis on 4 Apr 1878 in Jasper County, Texas. Elizabeth (daughter of James Davis and Margaret Dickerson) was born on 10 Aug 1860 in Texas; died on 9 Aug 1927; was buried in Davis Cemetery, Beulah Springs, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Thomas married Jane Valentine Garsee in 1889. Jane was born on 12 Jul 1873 in Louisiana; died on 14 Jan 1961 in Texas; was buried on 15 Jan 1961 in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kenneth Morgan says she was called "Aunt Sissie" and was married to Manley Morgan late in life.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JFTV-ZY8
Name: Rose Caroline Morgan
Death Date: 31 Jan 1940
Death Place: Jasper, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 77 years 7 months 5 days
Estimated Birth Date: 1863
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Robert M. Morgan
Father's Name: Ruben Morgan
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Penleipoe Caswell
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2118470
Digital Film Number: 4030452
Image Number: 5
Reference Number: cn 3505
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Rose married William K. Jackson on 16 Jun 1904 in Jasper County, Texas. William (son of Cleton "Cleat" Jackson and Sarah Ann Keith) was born in Oct 1854 in Alabama; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rose married Robert Manley Morgan before 1920 in Jasper County, Texas. Robert (son of Malachi Morgan and Tomsil Williams) was born on 13 Mar 1858 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; died on 27 May 1945 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Arthur Willingham. Arthur was born before 1879; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Could this be "Bud" Morgan as listed with no dates by Kenneth Morgan?

James married Eliza Euphemia Withers on 31 Dec 1911 in Jasper County, Texas. Eliza was born before 1893; was buried in Davis Cemetery, Beulah Springs, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She and her sister, Laura, married brothers from the Willingham family. (Source: Kenneth Morgan)

Family/Spouse: Jessie Lee Grimes. Jessie was born before 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dora married Travis Trotti Odom on 18 Jun 1916 in Jasper County, Texas. Travis was born on 3 Dec 1895 in Texas; died in Aug 1981 in Fannett, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):Census Extracts:

In 1920, his family is listed as follows:

Texas, Newton, JP 5, ED 143
Morgan, Auther Hd M W 28 M Tx Tx Tx Carpenter Car Shop
Morgan, Myrtle Wf F W 26 M Ks Ind Ohio
Morgan, Ethel Dtr F W 4 1/2 Tx Tx Ks
Morgan, William Son M W 1 8/12 Tx Tx Ks

The family immediately preceding his was headed by the widow, Ella Smallwood (age 64, born in Ohio) and her 39 year old son, William Smallwood, also listed as a Carpenter in a Car Shop.

At the time of the 1930 census, the family was listed as follows:

Texas, Newton County, Pr 5, ED 6
Morgan, Arthur Hd R $3 W 40 M at age 22 Tx Tx La Granger Hauling
Morgan, Myrtle Wife W 38 M at age 20 Ks Ind Kas
Morgan, Ethel Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Ks
Morgan, Willie Son M W 12 S Tx Tx Ks
Morgan, Carl Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Ks
Morgan, Lorena Dtr F W 7/12 S Tx Tx Ks
Smallwood, Minnie Bell Niece F W 14 S Tx Neb Tx

William married Maude Myrtle Smallwood about 1912. Maude was born on 20 Jul 1892 in Kansas; died on 14 May 1968 in Call, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lewis married Annie Rosella Smallwood on 9 Nov 1912 in Jasper County, Texas. Annie was born on 23 Feb 1879; died on 7 Apr 1973; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mose Morgan was a Carpenter for Kirby Lumber Company. He first worked in the shop at Kirby's big mill in Call, then at their front near Jackson Hole in Buna, and next at the logging front on the east side of the Neches River in Jasper County, south of Sheffield's Ferry. To supplement his income, he had a small truck and took on moving jobs on nights and weekends. He lost his job with the Kirby Lumber company after the stock market crash in 1929. He survived on odd jobs, hewing cross-ties with a broad axe to pay the doctor's fees for his son's birth. He managed to make twenty dollars to pay for a shack on Hurricane Beach, clearing enough land for a pea patch and a few chickens. He and a brother-in-law, Wallace Olds, moved to Wharton for a while to pick cotton for a dollar a day, sending the money home to their families. After moving back to Jasper, he drove a school bus. (From MORGAN'S EAST TEXAS TALES)

Family/Spouse: Dorothy Lee "Dollie" Olds. Dorothy (daughter of David Amy Olds and Jane Morse) was born on 29 Sep 1905 in Texas; died on 6 Sep 1996 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Olds Cemetery, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married a Singletary.

Notes:

Said to have married first Dub McCARTY, and later Lerma MONEY.

Family/Spouse: William "Dub" T. McCarty. William was born before 1918; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lerma Money. Lerma was born on 29 Jul 1911 in Alabama; died on 15 May 2003 in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dorothy Seale. Dorothy was born on 13 Jan 1924; died in Nov 1986 in Fannett, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
November 2, 2011, Page 11

Carl Morgan

Carl Morgan, 86, of Call, died Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011 at his residence.

He was born April 24, 1925, in Call to Arthur and Myrtle Morgan. He was a World War II army veteran, proudly serving his county from 1943 to 1946. He was a member of the 513th Parachute Infantry serving with the 13th Airborne Division.

Morgan retired from Jasper-Newton Electric Cooperative after 46 years of service and 15 as the cooperative general manager. He was a co-founder of ETREYS-East Texas Rural Electric Young Seminar for which the Carl and Bobbie Morgan Scholarship was established.

He was a longtime administrative board chairman for the Call United Methodist Church, longtime member of the Kirbyville School District's board of trustees, ad a longtime member of the Lions Club.

Survivors: sons and daughters-in-law, David and Gwen Morgan of Bon Weir and Randy and Donna Morgan of Call; daughter and son-in-law, Theresa and Mike Stuck of Buna; several grandchildren, including Jessie and Jennifer Morgan of Brookeland; and a host of great-grandchildren, including Cade, Caylee and Camryn Morgan of Brookeland.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, Oct. 26, at Call United Methodist Church in Call. Interment followed at Trout Creek Cemetery.

Services were under the direction of Adams E. E. Stringer Funeral Home in Kirbyville.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, November 2011)

Carl married Bobbie Jean Smith before 1953. Bobbie was born on 24 Feb 1928; died on 21 Jan 2010 in Call, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Owen Morgan

Owen Morgan, 79, of Jasper died June 19 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services were held June 22 at Forest Oaks Funeral Home with burial following at Magnolia Springs Cemetery.

Survivors include wife Mildred Morgan of Jasper; sons Jeff Morgan of Jasper and Michael Morgan of Lufkin; brother Kenneth Morgan and sister Judy Morgan, both of Jasper and one grandchild.

From Jasper NewsBoy online edition

Owen married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

jaspernewsboy.com
Published Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Kenneth Morgan

Services for Kenneth Morgan, 79, of Jasper were held Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home in Jasper with burial following at Olds Cemetery.
Kenneth died Monday, February 9, 2009 at Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital. A native, and lifelong resident of Jasper, he loved History and wrote for the Jasper Newsboy for over 15 years, he also wrote for the Buna, Kirbyville and Woodville papers. He wrote his book called Morgan's East Texas Tales around 1997. He loved his family and enjoyed working with wood and building all kinds of wooden things. He loved to play and sing music, playing at nursing homes every Friday. He played the guitar, banjo and keyboard. He was a WWII U. S. Army Veteran.

Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Dorthy Sunday Morgan of Jasper, two daughters Deborah Morgan and Laura Clark both of Jasper, sister, Judy Morgan of Jasper, four grandchildren, Brent Crowson, Shawn Crowson, Morgan West, and Heather Goodman, six great grandchildren, Megan Crowson , Kenneth Crowson, Cambria Crowson, Colby Goodman, Cierra Farmer and Tamika Lawson.

Read more: http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/jasper/obits/article/Obituary-for-Kenneth-Morgan-703020.php#ixzz1M0Aq6hGh

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]