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dier-general of volunteers, May 21, 1865, and was mustered out of the volunteer service, M&y 21, 1865. He was a member of the board for brevet promotions, 18G6, and on recruiting service, 1860- tt7 ; was promoted major, 4th artillery, Feb. 5, 1867 ; was in garrison at Fort Delaware, Del., 1867-69 ; at the artillery school for practice, Fort MonrcH', Va.. 1869-71 ; at Il^ileigh, N.C., 1871-72, and at Aloatraz Island, Cal., from 1872 until his death at that place. Dec. 20, 1875.

MORGAN, Charles Henry, representative, was born in Cuba, Allegany county, N. Y., July 5, 1848 ; son of Henry C. and Lurancy (Swift) Morgan and grandson of Col. Samuel H. Morgan, a native of Vermont, who settled in Allegany county in 1811. He removed to a farm in Wis- consin with his parents in early childhood, and was educated in the public schools and at the Fond-du-Lac high school. He enlisted as a pri- vate in the 1st Wisconsin infantry in 1801, and was sergeant and sergeant-major, and in 1862 was transferred to the 21st Wisconsin volunteers, where he rose to the rank of captain ; served with the Army of the Cumberland until taken prisoner at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863 ; escaped from prison five times, being recaptured four times and reaching the Union lines near Colum- bia, S.C., Feb. 22, 1865. He was graduated at the Albany, N.Y., Law school, in 1866 ; settled in practice in Lamar, Mo.; was prosecuting attorney of Barton county, 1868-72, and a representative in the state legislature, 1872-74. He was a Dem- ocratic representative from the twelfth district of Missouri in the 44th, 45th and 48th congresses, 1875-79 and 1883-85 ; and from the fifteenth dis- trict in the 53d congress, 1893-95 ; a delegate to the Democratic national convention of 1880, and a Democratic elector-at large for Missouri in 1888. He was lieutenant-colonel, 5th Mis- souri volunteer infantry, in the war with Spain, 1898.

MORGAN, Charles W., naval officer, was bom in New Jersey in 1790 ; he was a nephew of

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Gen. Daniel Morgan, and a grandson of James (an ironmaster) and Sarah Morgan of Wales, who immigrated to America previous to 1730 ; settled

in Bucks county, Penn., and afterward removed to New Jersey. He entered the U. S. navy from Virginia as a midshipman, Jan. 1, 1808; served in the war of 1812, and was promoted lieutenant, March 3, 1813. He was attached to the Constitu- tion, taking part in the fights with the Ouerriere and with the Java^ and for his gallantry and bravery in these engagements was presented with a sword by the Virginia legislature. He was promoted commander, April 15, 1820; cap- tain Feb. 21, 1881, and commanded the Mediter- ranean squadron, 1841-43. He died in Washing- ton, D. C, Jan. 3, IS-W.

MORGAN, Christopher, representative, was born in Aurora, N.Y,, June 4, 1808 ; son of Chris- topher and Nancy (Barber) Morgan ; grandson of Christopher and Deborah (Ledyard) Morgan, and of John Barber of Groton, Mass., and a de- scendant of James and Marjory (Hill) Morgan, New London, Conn., 1650. He was graduated at Yale in 1828, studied law in the office of William H. Seward, Auburn, N. Y.. and practised at Aurora. He was married Oct. 24, 1832, to Mary Pitney of Auburn. He was a representative in the 26th and 27th congresses, 1839-43, and was defeated for tiie 28th congress. He removed to Auburn in 1843, and practised with William H. Seward, Samuel Blatchford and Clarence Seward. He was secretary of the state of New York, 1848-52 ; superintendent of the public schools of the state, 1848-52; mayor of Auburn, 1860, and a trustee of the state lunatic asylum at Utica, N.Y. He died in Auburn, N. Y., April 3, 1877.

MORGAN, Daniel, soldier, was born in Hunt- erdon county, N. J., probably in 1738 ; of Welsh descent. He worked for his father on a herb farm and received no education. Upon a dis- agreement with his father he removed to Carlisle Pa., in 1753, and to Charlestown, Va., in 1754, where he obtained employ- ment on a farm, took charge of a saw-mill and became a teams- ter. He joined Gen- eral Braddock's army as a teamster in 1755, and at his defeat July 9, 1755, he trans-

homes. In the spring

of 1753 he was abused by a British oflicer, who struck him with a sword, and Morgan imme- diately knocked him down, his disrespect cost- ing him five hundred lashes laid on his bare back. The officer subsequently made a public