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Edwin Barber Morgan

  (2 May 1806Aurora, Cayuga, New York, USA  - 13 Oct 1881 )   -- Age:   --Cause of Death:



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Son of Christopher and Nancy (Barber) Morgan

On September 27, 1829, Morgan married Charlotte Fidelia Wood of Aurora.

From http://www.infoplease.com/biography/us/congress/morgan-edwin-barber.html:
"MORGAN, Edwin Barber, (brother of Christopher Morgan and nephew of Noyes Barber), a Representative from New York; born in Aurora, Cayuga County, N.Y., May 2, 1806; attended the common schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits and banking in Aurora; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress, elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress, and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1859); chairman, Committee on Patents (Thirty-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1858; one of the founders and the first president of the Wells-Fargo Express Co. and a director of the American Express Co. up to the time of his death; trustee of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1865-1874; charter trustee of Wells College, Aurora, N.Y., 1868-1881, and served as president of the board 1878-1881; member of the board of trustees of Auburn Theological Seminary 1870-1881; died in Aurora, N.Y., on October 13, 1881; interment in Oak Glen Cemetery."

See http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/ead/htmldocs/RMM00550.html

see http://www.aurora-inn.com/eb_morgan_house/home.html

Edwin Barber Morgan - Life Events



 Ledyard, Cayuga, New York Click here to go to source1850 U.S. Census 
name: Edwin B Morgan
residence: Ledyard, Cayuga, New York
age: 44 years
calculated birth year: 1806
birthplace: New York
gender: Male
race (original):
race (expanded):
death month:
death year:
film number: 17059
digital gs number: 4196771
image number: 00496
line number: 17
dwelling house number: 1116
family number: 1173
marital status:
free or slave:
Household Gender Age
Edwin B Morgan M 44y
Charlotte Morgan F 44y
Alonzo Morgan M 18Y
Henry N Morgan M 16y
Louisa F Morgan F 13y
Adell M Morgan F 10y
Elen Mc Carty F 22y
Julia Herrington F 23y
Matthew Newcone M 28y




 Ledyard, Cayuga, New York Click here to go to source1855 New York State Census 
name: Edwin B Morgan
event: Census
event date: 1855
event place: Ledyard, Cayuga, New York, United States
gender: Male
age: 49
relationship to head of household: Head
estimated birth year: 1806
family number: 348
line number: 32
page:
film number: 1435218
digital folder number: 005207172
image number: 00690
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Edwin B Morgan M 49
wife Charlotte F Morgan F 49
child Alonzo D Morgan M 23
child Henry A Morgan M 21
child Louisa F Morgan F 18
servant Catherine Horigan F 27
servant Bridget Sheridon F 19

"New York, State Census, 1855," index and images, FamilySearch (https:/familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K67R-R68 : accessed 09 Feb 2013), Edwin B Morgan, 1855.



 1862 - Auburn, Cayuga, New York  
Was witness to the marriage of George W. Salisbury and Caroline (Carrie) M. Smith at the American Hotel in Auburn, NY.



 Ledyard, Cayuga, New York Click here to go to source1865 New York State Census 
Edwin B Morgan, m, b. Cayuga, married 1 time, now married
Charlotte F Morgan, f, wife, b. Cayuga, mother of 6 children, married 1 time, now married
Alonzo D Morgan,33, m, child, b. Cayuga, married 1 time, widowed, farmer
Louise Morgan, 27, f, child, b. Cayuga, single
Margaret Roach, 30, f, servant, b. Ireland, married 2 times, widowed
Ellen Brien, 25, f, servant, b. Ireland, single




 Aurora, Cayuga, New York Click here to go to source1880 U.S. Census 
name: Edwin B. Morgan
residence: Aurora, Cayuga, New York
birthdate: 1806
birthplace: New York, United States
relationship to head: Self
spouse's name:
spouse's birthplace:
father's name:
father's birthplace: Connecticut, United States
mother's name:
mother's birthplace: Connecticut, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Male
martial status: Widowed
age (expanded): 74 years
occupation: Retired Merchart
nara film number: T9-0814
page: 136
page character: A
entry number: 3857
film number: 1254814
Household Gender Age
Edwin B. Morgan M 74
N. L. Zabriskie M 42
child Louise M. Zabriskie F 43
Alonzo M. Zabriskie M 12
Robert L. Zabriskie M 7
Betsey Keelty F 27
Julia Cotter F 18
Kitty Shorter F 20
Martin C. Beck M 24





Edwin Barber Morgan - Marriage(s) and Child(ren)


marriage Edwin Barber Morgan married Charlotte Fidelia Wood -- Date: 27 Sept 1829 Place:  Aurora, Cayuga, New York, USA
Children:
Helen Elizabeth Morgan b: 8 AUG 1830 in Aurora, Cayuga, NY
Alonzo Delano Morgan b: 5 APR 1832 in Aurora, Cayuga, NY
Henry Augustus Morgan b: 14 MAR 1834 in Aurora, Cayuga, NY
Louise Fidelia Morgan b: 20 NOV 1836 in Aurora, Cayuga, NY
Christopher Ledyard Morgan b: 9 OCT 1839 in Aurora, Cayuga, NY
Adelle Matilda Morgan b: 9 OCT 1839 in Aurora, Cayuga, NY
Ancestry  Family Group Record for Edwin Barber Morgan and Charlotte Fidelia Wood




Edwin Barber Morgan - Death-related Information



Obituary:
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D00E0D6103CEE3ABC4052DFB667838A699FDE


Buried at:

Oak Glen Cemetery

Ledyard, New York
Ledyard, Cayuga, New York, USA

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycayuga/cem/cem98.htm



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