In (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 131: Lyle and the Morgan Girls, I speculated that the Morgan family may have been related to my grandfather, Lyle Lawrence Carringer. Alternatively, were they just friends of the Devier Smith family?
In my post, I found the Morgan family in the 1910 and 1920 census records, but didn't go any further back to find their ancestral families, nor did I go forward to see if I could find the next generation - after all, there were four young ladies in the picture of marriageable age. There is, of course, the possibility that a descendant of the Morgans reads this post and finds a great picture of their great-grandmother and her sisters, and their mother.
I went back in time fairly quickly. Here's the 1900 US census entry:
I n the 1900 US Census, the Nelson Morgan family resided in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado (1900 US Census, population schedule, Ouray township, Ouray County, Colorado, ED 83, Page 19B, Dwelling #548, Family #549, accessed on http://www.ancestry.com/, citing National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 127). The household included:
* Nelson Morgan - head, white, male, born Apr 1861, age 39, married, for 15 years, born IA, parents born IL/OH, a carpenter, rents a home.
* Susie Morgan - wife, white, female, born Mar 1866, age 34, married, for 15 years, 6 children born, 5 living, born KS, parents born IL/KY
* Maud Morgan - daughter, white, female, born Jan 1886, age 14, single, born KS, parents born IA/KS, at school
* Clyde Morgan - son, white, male, born Dec 1887, age 12, single, born KS, parents born IA/KS, at school
* Park Morgan - son, white, male, born May 1891, age 9, single, born CO, parents born IA/KS, at school
* Nellie Morgan - daughter, white, female, born Feb 1893, age 7, single, born CO, parents born IA/KS, at school
* Martha Morgan - daughter, white, female, born Mar 1896, age 4, single, born CO, parents born IA/KS.
This census provides the name of the husband and two sons of Susie Morgan. Thar enables us to look further in earlier census and other records.
If the 1890 US Census was available, we might be able to identify the child from this family that was probably born in 1889 and was deceased by the 1900 census.
In the 1880 US Census, the probable family of Nelson Morgan was found:
In the 1880 US Census, the William Morgan family resided in Sibley township, Cloud County, Kansas (1880 US Census, population schedule, Sibley township, Cloud County, Kansas, ED 36, Page 171A, Dwelling #211, Family #214, accessed on http://www.ancestry.com/, citing National Archives Microfilm Series T9, Roll 376). The household included:
* William Morgan - white, male, age 51, married, farming, born IL, parents born OH/OH
* Nancy Morgan - white, female, age 42, wife, married, keeping house, born OH/parents born NY/OH
* Mary Morgan - white, female, age 23, daughter, single, at home, born IA, parents born IL/OH
* Lucy Morgan - white, female, age 21, daughter, single, at home, born IA, parents born IL/OH
* Nelson Morgan - white, male, age 19, son, single, at home, born IA, parents born IL/OH
* Lizzie Morgan - white, female, age 16, daughter, single, at home, born IA, parents born IL/OH
* Minnie Morgan - white, female, age 11, daughter, single, at school, born IA, parents born IL/OH
* Katie Morgan - white, female, age 7, daughter, single, at school, born IA, parents born IL/OH
I did not know Susie's maiden name, so since Nelson Morgan was in Cloud County, Kansas in 1880, I figured that Susie and her family might also be there. So I searched for a FirstName = "Sus*" and BirthYear = "1866 plus/minus 2 years" and BirthPlace = "Illinois, USA" - marking all of them as exact, and then selecting ResidedIn = "Cloud County, Kansas, USA."
With the search above, there was only one match. I found this family that I am fairly certain is Susie's birth family:
In the 1880 US Census, the Noah H. Eaves family resided in Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas (1880 US Census, population schedule, Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas, ED 40, Page 216B, Dwelling #261, Family #261, accessed on http://www.ancestry.com/, citing National Archives Microfilm Series T9, Roll 376). The household included:
* Noah H. Eaves - white, male, age 59, married, a carpenter, born IL, parents born ME/PA
* Jane Eaves - white, female, age 50, wife, married, keeping house, born KY, parents born KY/KY
* Herbert Eaves - white, male, age 21, son, single, grocery, born IL, parents born IL/KY
* Susan Eaves - white, female, age 14, daughter, single, grocery, born IL, parents born IL/KY
* William T. Eaves - white, male, age 8, son, single, grocery, born IL, parents born IL/KY
* William Morgan - white, male, age 52, boarder, married, laborer, born IL, parents born IL/IL.
Well, lookee there. Is the boarder William Morgan in the Eaves household the William Morgan who is the father of Nelson Morgan? The age and parents birthplaces are inconsistent, but this cannot be a coincidence, right? I'm almost positive that it is, and that cinches a connection between Susan Eaves and Nelson Morgan, the son of William Morgan, the boarder.
I haven't gone back further to try to identify where in Iowa and Illinois these Morgan and Eaves families were from, but I don't recall that Devier Smith. Abigail (Vaux) Smith, David Jackson Carringer, or Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer having a sibling named Nancy (born in Ohio) or Jane (born in Kentucky).
I think it is most likely that Susie (Eaves) Morgan was a schoolmate of either Della (Smith) Carringer or more likely, her sister Matie (Smith) (Chenery) (Cramer) Morrill, in Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas. My Devier Smith family resided in Concordia until 1885 when they moved to McCook, Nebraska. I have Della's scrapbook and an autograph book, and will have to look for a picture or signature of Susie Eaves.
There may be a family tree online that will provide more information to researchers about these families.
I'll work on the Morgan family after 1920 in another post.
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