Family of John Morgan
John & Amanda (Rice) Morgan
John Morgan
b. May 8, 1804 (1808 by census), Madison County, Georgia
m. February 16, 1832
d. August 17, 1886, buried Macedonia Baptist Church, Newnan, Coweta County,
Georgia
See tombstone
here.
Mary
Amanda Rice
b.
February 2, 1814, Georgia (1850, 1860, 1880 census), Madison County
(obit-Oglethorpe County), Georgia
d. August 13, 1890 (tombstone) or September 24, 1890 (obit), Atlanta,
Georgia, buried Macedonia Baptist Church, Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia
Father: Allen Poteet Rice
Mother: Elizabeth Harnsberger
CHILDREN of John Morgan & Mary Amanda Rice:
1. James Monroe Morgan
b. April 16, 1834
m. February 3, 1859, to Hannah R. Nash
d. January 18, 1864, Lauderdale, Mississippi
2. Richard Forsythe Morgan
b. January 28, 1836, Madison County, Georgia
d. May 5, 1861, Lauderdale, Mississippi
(May be same Richard F. Morgan who d. May 6, 1862, in Coweta Co. He is
listed as a private on Mar 4, 1862. Also Co. D, 41st Reg. GA Vol. Inf.
Army of TN, CSA, Coweta Co., GA, Pinion Guards)
3. Sarah
Elizabeth Morgan
b. March 27, 1838, Madison County, Georgia
m. September 27, 1857, to John Dillard Nash
d. July 5, 1919, buried Clifton, Bosque County, Texas
4. Mary Caroline Morgan
b. March 18, 1840, Madison County, Georgia
m. (1) March 6, 1862, to George Washington Sewell,
Coweta County, Georgia
m. (2) July 15, 1866, to Joseph Sheppard Mobley, Coweta County, Georgia
d. December 11, 1934, in and buried McDade, Bastrop County, Texas
5. George Kendrick Morgan
b. May 9, 1842, Madison County, Georgia
6. Catharine Jane Morgan
b. March 13, 1844 (tombstone) or March 18, 1844, Madison County, Georgia
d. January 6, 1907, buried Macedonia Baptist Church, Newnan, Coweta County,
Georgia
See obituary here.
7. John Van Allen Morgan
b. April 6, 1846
m. Mary A. ?
Mary Amanda's obit in 1890 shows living in Texas.
8. Allen P. Rice (or Pierce) Morgan
b. September 28, 1848, Madison County, Georgia
m. January 25, 1871, to Elizabeth Mosley
d. March 16, 1925, Georgia
Mary Amanda's obit in 1890 refers to him as "prominent business man of Atlanta".
See report of death
here.
9. Edward Washington Morgan
b. March 30, 1851, (tombstone), Hall County, Georgia
m. December 21, 1876, to Russa M. "Etta" Wester
d. December 23, 1898, Atlanta, Georgia
buried Macedonia Baptist Church, Newnan, Coweta
County, Georgia
10. Richard W. Morgan
b. circa 1852 (from 1860 census)
11.
William Wesley Morgan
b. May 7, 1855
m. (1) unknown
m. (2) Daisy Defoor
d. December 23, 1931
Mary Amanda's obit (1890): in business with Edward in Atlanta.
