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Nathan Morgan
Nathan Morgan, eldest son of John and Mary (Albertson) Morgan, was born in Blackwoodtown, N. J., Oct. 9, 1792. He received a common-school education, and at the age of thirteen years he was apprenticed to Nehemiah Fowler, of Haddensfield, N. J., to learn the cabinet-maker's trade, serving five years. He then worked at his trade several years, and in 1813 was married to Beulah Beetle, who was of English descent. They had four children — William A., a native of New Jersey, died in 1851, in Cincinnati, Ohio; Beulah A., married James Smith, died in January, 1884; Mary, born in New Jersey, and Nathan, born in Wayne County, Ind., Nov. 15, 1823. Mr. Morgan came with his family to Wayne County, Ind., in July, 1823, located in Richmond, and bought property. He settled on Pearl street, where he erected a shop and engaged in cabinet-making and undertaking until 1850, when he purchased the farm where he has since resided, one mile north of Richmond. His wife died in 1824. She belonged to the Friends' society. Mr. Morgan was again married March 7, 1827, to Margaret, daughter of David and Hannah Holloway, by whom he had six children — Hannah, wife of Thomas Woodnutt, of Philadelphia; Charles D., attorney at law, Knightstown, Henry Co., Ind.; Elizabeth, died Nov. 7, 1851; David, of Wabash County, Ind.; Abbie, wife of E. F. Hirst, of Richmond, and John E., of Montana Territory. Mrs. Morgan died in 1876. Her parents were natives of Virginia, and after living in Waynesville and Cincinnati, Ohio, many years, settled in Richmond, Ind., in 1825, where Mr. Holloway engaged in merchandising. He died in Richmond, at the age of seventy-seven. Mrs. Holloway resided with the subject of this sketch until her death, in her eighty-fifth year. They were members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Morgan was of Welsh and English descent. His father was a Presbyterian and his mother a Friend, and he adhered to the faith of his mother.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2