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Below is a family biography included in The History of Madison County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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William H. Morgan, justice of the peace of Independence Township, was born in Clinton County, Ky., February 17, 1841, and is the son of Henry and Millie (Guffee) Morgan, natives of White County, Tenn. They are now living, and are residents of Madison County, Ark. The father is eighty-three years of age and the mother eighty, and both have been members of the regular Baptist Church for forty years. When a young man the father went Kentucky, was married here, and then went to Overton County, Tenn., where they lived for some time, and then moved back to Kentucky, and from there, in 1880, to Franklin County, Ark., and in 1884 to Madison County, where they since reside. The father has farmed all his life, is a Republican in politics, and served sixty days in the Union army during the late war. Twelve children were born to their marriage, eleven now living, and William H. being the third child. He received an ordinary English education in Overton County, Tenn., and December 17, 1862, he left home and enlisted in Company E., Thirty-second Infantry, Volunteers, Union army, served nine months, and was honorably discharged. He soon enlisted in Company G, Forty-ninth Regiment, Federal army, and served twelve months longer, most of his service being in Kentucky. After the war he remained at home two years, and was here married to Miss Pricey A. Cain, daughter of Leonard Cain, and a native of Whitley County, Ky., born January 24, 1850. This union has been blessed by the birth of ten children: John L., Minerva E., Henry N., Millie C. D., Lucinda J., Joseph M., Dina M., William H., James H. and George W. Three years after his marriage Mr. Morgan moved to Crawford County, Ark., where he resided three years, and then moved to Franklin County, of the same Sate, where they lived ten years. In 1884 they moved to their present location, where they have a good home. In 1886 Mr. Morgan was elected justice of the peace, and is one of the enterprising citizens of the county. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, is a member of the K. of H., and he and wife are members of the Regular Baptist Church, of which he is deacon and clerk. He, like his father, is a Republican in politics, but votes for the man rather than the party.

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This family biography is one of 99 biographies included in The History of Madison County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Madison County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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