Mary Frances Morgan

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ID: I0013

Name: Frances Irby

Sex: F

Birth: 31 JAN 1795 in Virginia

Death: 12 MAY 1857 in Macon Co., AL

Burial: Tuskegee City Cemetery, Tuskegee, AL

Note:

FRANCES IRBY, daughter of a VA Episcopalian clergyman. Frances possessed a phenomenal mind. Into the wilds of AL, then largely unsurveyed lands, she brought the works of great english authors, latin classics, and a large segment of the sermons of John Wesley; A deeply religion and intelligent woman, she educated all her children, who were, in turn, each very successful in life.

Frances' mother, Mary Tyler, was sister to Gov. of Virginia, John Tyler; and aunt to Pres. John Tyler.

Son Irby, a merchant of Nashville for 40 years; son, John Tyler Morgan, Lawyer and US Senator, Alabama for more than 30 years.

Some documents have her name as Mary Frances

Early Tuskaloosa Settlers: Reminiscences of a Long Life: Historical, Political, Personal and Literary By William Russell Smith

GEORGE MORGAN,

a native of Tennessee, who had settled for a time in Huntsville, came to Tuskaloosa in 1820. He

was a man of energy, well fitted for the life of a pioneer merchant. He built a one-story frame

store near or upon the spot where the brick storehouse of the late Daniel Clark is now located.

It was in this house that I first remember to have seen the sprightly and brilliant young man, John

Tyler Irby, to whom I have heretofore referred. Irby was a clerk in the establishment, and was

hrother to Mr. Morgan's wife. He was connected by blood with the Tylers of Virginia. He has the

credit of having established the first book-store in Tuskaloosa. This was begun as a branch of Mr.

Morgan's business, and was continued afterward under Mr. Irby's own name, as I learn from an advertisement in the Mirror of 1824. George Morgan was father to John T. Morgan, the distinguished Senator from Alabama.

It was in this house that I first remember to have seen the sprightly and brilliant young man, John Tyler Irby, to whom I have heretofore referred. Irby was a clerk in the establishment, and was hrother to Mr. Morgan's wife. He was connected by blood with the Tylers of Virginia. He has the credit of having established the first book-store in Tuskaloosa. This was begun as a branch of Mr. Morgan's business, and was continued afterward under Mr. Irby's own name, as I learn from an advertisement in the Mirror of 1824.

Father: William \Rev\ Irby b: ABT. 1745 in Charles City Co., Virginia

Mother: Mary Adelaide Tyler b: ABT. 1749 in Charles City Co. area, Virginia

Marriage 1 George Washington Morgan b: 9 JUL 1788 in Saratoga Springs, NY

Married: 16 NOV 1813 in Nashville, TN

Children

Mary Catherine Morgan b: 16 SEP 1814 in Nashville, Tenn

Musidora Chilton Morgan b: 28 MAR 1817 in Huntsville, AL
Irby Morgan , Sr. b: 10 JAN 1819 in Huntsville, AL
Lucy Ann Morgan b: 22 OCT 1821 in Tuscaloosa, AL
John Tyler Morgan , Sen. b: 20 JUN 1824 in Athens, Tenn
Elvira (Ella) Frances Morgan b: 10 DEC 1826 in Athens, McMinn Co., Tennessee
Philander Dean Morgan b: 4 AUG 1829 in Athens, TN
Cornelia Read Morgan b: 7 JUN 1832 in Athens, Tennessee
Lauretta Morgan b: 11 MAR 1836 in Benton Co. AL

Daughter of Rev. John Tyler Irby and Christina Tyler

Mother of

Mary Catherine Morgan
1814–1845 • L74Y-CMK​​

Musidora Morgan
1817–1907 • L74R-KJT​​

Irby Morgan
1819–1894 • LHWQ-MHY​​

Lucy Ann Morgan
1821–1915 • 99X1-YLX​​

Senator John Tyler Morgan
1824–1907 • L74Y-V4F​​

Elvia Frances Morgan
1826–1891 • LC7K-RCB​​

Dara Morgan
1828–Deceased • 93QR-RD3​​

Philander Dean Morgan
1829–1916 • LHRD-DFM​​

Ella Morgan
1830–Deceased • KCK6-M71​​

Mary Morgan
1832–Deceased • KZ59-13V​​

Cornelia Read Morgan
1832–1865 • L74Y-XB1​​

Lauretta Morgan
1836–1857 • KHMN-QNB

FRANCES IRBY, daughter of a VA Episcopalian clergyman. Frances possessed a phenomenal mind. Into the wilds of AL, then largely unsurveyed lands, she brought the works of great english authors, latin classics, and a large segment of the sermons of John Wesley; A deeply religion and intelligent woman, she educated all her children, who were, in turn, each very successful in life.
Frances' grandmother, Mary Tyler, was sister to Gov. of Virginia, John Tyler;
(Frances --> her father John Tyler Irby --> his father William Irby married Mary Tyler (the sister of Gov. of Virginia, John Tyler. This Gov. John Tyler was also the father of President Tyler)

and aunt to Pres. John Tyler. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bitgirl6&...

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