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MRS. MARY R. MORGAN is the editor and manager of the Valley Beacon, published at Alma, Harlan county, Nebr. The paper was organized in 1888 and its first issue was April 6, that year. It is now in its third volume. It is published in the interest of prohibition and has done much in the furtherance of that cause. The financial standing of the paper is A No. 1. Mrs. Morran is the wife of J. F. Morgan, an old soldier and most estimable citizen, who owns and manages a large stock farm in the southwest part of the county. He and his wife came to Nebraska in 1878, settling in Alma, Harlan county, where they have since resided.

Mr. Morgan entered the Union army November 14, 1861, enlisting in Company A, Sixty-sixth Ohio. He was in the following battles, in addition to many less important engagements — Port Republic, Va., June 9, 1862; Cedar mountain, August 9, 1862; Antietam, September 17, 1862; Chancellorsville, May 1, 2 and 3, 1863; Gettysburg, July 1, 2 and 3, 1863; Lookout mountain, November 25, 1863; Missionary ridge, November 26, 1863; Ringgold, November 28, 1863; Resaca, May 2, 1864; and all the fighting around Atlanta. He was severely wounded at Antietam, being shot through the neck and the right shoulder. After he recovered sufficiently to take his place in the field, he was promoted to first duty sergeant and later to first-lieutenant of his company. He was honorably discharged at Louisville, Ky., July 20, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan were married November 14, 1865. Mrs. Morgan was superintendent of the public schools of Harlan county, from 1881 to the close of 1887. She is now serving her second term as president of the Woman’s Relief Corps, G. A. R., of Nebraska. Mr. Morgan is a member and past commander of Van Meter Post, G. A. R., No. 94, at Alma. Both are active and efficient workers in their respective organizations.