James Lorenzo Morgan

Capt James Lorenzo Morgan
BIRTH
22 Jul 1830
Campbell County, Virginia, USA
DEATH
17 Feb 1873 (aged 42)
Howard County, Missouri, USA
BURIAL
Washington Cemetery
Glasgow, Howard County, Missouri, USA
MEMORIAL ID
7123323 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 1
FLOWERS 2
James Lorenzo Morgan was the eldest son of Richard Morgan and Sophia W. Jones, and was raised at "Shady Grove" Plantation near the modern village of Gladys, Virginia. He came to Missouri as a young man in 1859, and worked as a tobacconist. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he served as the Captain of the Glasgow Guards, the local state militia unit. He commanded his men at a skirmish at nearby Fristoe's Farm, and was later ambushed while escorting Federal officers between Glasgow and the county seat at Fayette. After this, James Lorenzo took his family to live in Brooklyn, New York, and await the end of the war. When the fighting stopped, he returned to Glasgow and purchased a farm in rural Howard County where he died a relatively young man after a brief bout with pneumonia.

Family Members
Parents
Richard Morgan
Richard Morgan
1801–1877

Sophia Morgan
Sophia Weston Jones Morgan
1803–1885

Spouse
Martha Morgan
Martha Virginia Brown Morgan
1832–1892 (m. 1852)

Siblings
William Morgan
William Henry Morgan
1836–1920

George Morgan
George W. Morgan
1838–1893

Robert Morgan
Robert Withers Morgan
1844–1904

Taylor Morgan
1847–1902

Children
Roberta Strother
Roberta Morgan Strother
1858–1938

William Morgan
William Swinney Morgan
1863–1917

Charles Morgan
Charles McNair Morgan
1866–1934

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