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Joseph Burgess Morgan, son of Miles H. Morgan &
Lydia (Burgess) Morgan, was born in Camden Co., NC on Sept. 24, 1812 and
died in Shawboro, Currituck Co. on Sept. 10, 1885 [see his
tombstone and his 1885
will].
He married Ann Lamb Dozier (1819-1892) on Nov. 9, 1837.
Together they had 11 children:
1) Charles Frederick Morgan - b. Sept. 14, 1838 d. Oct.
2, 1841 [see
cemetery]
2) Elizabeth Lamb "Lizzie" Morgan - b. Jan.
18, 1849 d. Aug. 27, 1861 [see
tombstone]; Married Dr. William Humphries Cowell in June
1858. They had one child who died in infancy.
3) Joseph
Morgan - b. Nov. 18, 1841 d. July 31, 1844
[see
cemetery]
4) Patrick Henry Morgan
- b. July 31, 1844 d. Aug. 27, 1917 [see
obituary,
death certificate, and
the
P.H. Morgan Cemetery]. Patrick was born on the same day his
older brother, Joseph, died. Patrick married 1st
Mary Susan
DeFord on July 19, 1865 in Camden Co., NC. Mary Susan died Nov. 15, 1880 [see the
Nov. 23, 1880 obituary]. They had 2 children: Charles DeFord
Morgan (1870-1937) and Lillie/Lettie Morgan [see
Sept. 11, 1883 obituary]. After Mary's death, Patrick married
Elizabeth
Duke "Bettie" Ferebee on Sept. 21, 1881in Camden Co. and they
had six children.
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L-R - William B.
Shaw, Henry M. Shaw & Patrick H. Morgan
These 3 men were brothers-in-law (they
married 3 Ferebee sisters) and, at times, were neighbors. Will B. Shaw and P.H. Morgan were at Virginia Military Institute together and were 2
of the VMI Corps of Cadets at the
Battle of New Market.
[see
letters to P.H. Morgan
from his father while at VMI] |
Patrick Henry Morgan
Elizabeth Duke (Ferebee) Morgan
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Shawboro Train Depot - c1900 |
(a) Elizabeth Ferebee
"Bessie" Morgan (1882-1954) who
married David Young Cooper, Jr. on June 14, 1906.
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Elizabeth Ferebee Morgan
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(b) Patrick Henry "Pattie" Morgan (1884-1919)
who married Richard Wills Norman on Nov. 3, 1910.
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Pattie Morgan & Richard W. Norman
in 1908
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Pattie Morgan Norman in 1918
This picture was enlarged from a newspaper photograph of
the Red Cross nurses in Salisbury, NC at the train station-- meeting the
soldiers returning from WWI on Christmas Day, 1918. Pat died 8 days
later of Spanish flu. The watch around her neck is an Elgin manufactured
in 1898 and is now in possession of her great- niece, Gayle Sharpe
Drury, who also has the European-cut 1-carat diamond from her engagement
ring. Both were given to Patsy Ruth Morgan Sharpe by her uncle, Wills
Norman. Patsy was his wife, Pat's namesake. At Patsy's death, she left
them to her daughter, Gayle.
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(c)
Patrick Henry Morgan, Jr. (1888-1888)
(d)
Mary F. Morgan (1888-1888)
(e)
Joseph Patrick Morgan, Sr. (1890-1952) who married Grace Thelma Baxter in Portlock, Va. on Oct. 20, 1920.
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Joseph Patrick Morgan, Sr.
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Grace Thelma (Baxter) Morgan |
(f) Edwin Ferebee Morgan
(1892-1968) who married Edith Lucille Baxter on Apr. 28, 1920.
[see the Thomas Walker Baxter Photo
Album]
5) Francis Marion Morgan -
b. Dec. 2, 1846 d. Dec. 25, 1908; Married Emily Virginia Black on
Dec. 30, 1869 and they had one child.
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Francis Marion Morgan |
6) Lucy Ann Morgan - b. Oct. 28, 1848
d. Sept. 19, 1851 [see
tombstone]
7) Laurette Morgan - b. Dec. 14, 1850
d. Sept. 20, 1851 [see
tombstone]
8) Lydia Morgan - b. Nov. 28, 1852 d.
Aug. 12, 1864
9) Ida Norman Morgan - b. Jan. 13, 1855
d. June 26, 1936 [see
obituary];
married Thomas C. Sanderson on Feb. 19, 1879 in Shawboro, Currituck
Co. They had 4 children.
10) Clara Virginia Morgan - b.
Apr. 4, 1858 d. Mar. 7, 1859 [see
tombstone]
11) Joseph W. Morgan - b. Mar. 13, 1860 d.
1935; Married Blanch Todd.
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