JOHN MORGAN, a well-known farmer and stock raiser of Chartiers township, is a native of the same, born April 20, 1821. He is a grandson of Jacob Morgan, who was born in Maryland, and in an early day came with his wife to Washington county, Penn., locating in Chartiers township, where he died. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. John Morgan (son of Jacob) was born in Maryland, and when a small boy was brought with his parents to Chartiers township, Washington Co., Penn. He was married in this county to Nancy Montgomery, a native of Chartiers township, and they began life on a neighboring farm. He was deputy sheriff and justice of the peace for many years, and was an active worker in the Democratic party. He died in 1842, and several years later was followed by his wife, who had borne him children as follows: Martha Jane (deceased wife of Godfrey Cook), Jacob (deceased, married to a daughter of Major McCloskey), Robert M. (died in 1891, was married to Mary Martin), Emma Jane (deceased in 1888 in Tennessee, wife of William Cundel), John (whose sketch follows), Nancy Jane (Mrs. James Harvey, living in this county), Samuel P. (residing in Washington borough, Penn.), Anna (deceased wife of A. C. Morrow), Rebecca (Mrs. J. R. McCloskey, of Lawrence, Kans.) and Hugh (also living in Kansas). John Morgan was born and reared on the farm adjoining his present home, receiving his education in the schools of Chartiers township, and assisting in improving the farm. In 1856 he was united in marriage with Sarah Jane, daughter of Samuel and Jane (White) Martin. The parents located in Chartiers township, this county, where the father died September 29, 1864, the mother having preceded him over the river March 1, 1835. John and Sarah Jane (Martin) Morgan located on their present farm in 1860. It contains 129 acres of well-cultivated land, upon which two good residences have been built; he owns considerable stock, and carries on general farming. He is interested in the success of the Democratic party, with which he is identified, and he and his wife are members of the U. P. Church in Chartiers township. Their children are Anna Mary (wife of Joseph Barry), Belle (married to George Patch, Houstonville, Penn.), Samuel M. (married to a daughter of Andrew Miller, and living in Chartiers township), John H. (residing with his parents), Ella Jane, Hattie and Hugh F.

Text taken from page 564 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed September 1997 by Paula Talbert of Caldwell, OH as part of the Beers Project. Published September 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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