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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

           [214-215]

           JOHN A. MORGAN, merchant at Bad Axe, was born Feb. 23, 1819, in
        Wales. He is the son of WILLIAM and MARY (LEWIS) MORGAN, and was
        country bred until he was about 15 years of age, when he went to
        the town of Merthyr Trydvil, and obtained employment as a tailor,
        to which profression he had been trained before leaving the coun-
        try.  He was married in his native land, Dec 4, 1883, to RACHEL
        GRIFFITH, a native of Wales.  MRS. MORGAN was born June 27, 1811.
        She became the mother of a daughter, SARAH A. - now the wife of
        JOHN WILLIAMS, and living in New Swindon, Wiltshire, England.  The
        mother died in Wales, Nov. 26, 1844.
           MR. MORGAN came to the United States in 1848. He settled in
        Pittsburg, Pa., where he followed his trade until 1851, coming
        thence to Detroit. He remained in the City of the Straits until
        1864, earning a wide and well deserved celebrity as a superior
        maker of coats.  Many of the prominent men of Michigan were among
        his patrous.  In 1864, he opened a tailoring and clothing esta-
        blishment at Wyandotte, Wayne Co., Mich., where he operated until
        1877, the year of his removal to Bad Axe.  He at once erected the
        building in which he now transacts his business, and established
        his trade. He is operating with satisfactory results.
           MR. MORGAN was a second time married in Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan.
        18, 1849, to SARAH DAVIS.  She was born March 26, 1823, in Wales
        and is the daughter of THOMAS and RACHEL DAVIS.  Her mother died in
        Wales, in 1827, and she came with her father to America in 1830.
        They settled in Ebensburg, Cambria Co., Pa.  Only three of eight
        children born of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. MORGAN are living,
        namely: MARY, RUTH and WILLIAM T.  The latter is the Deputy Regis-
        ter of Deeds of Huron County.  The family are members of the
        Presbyterian Church.

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