U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Morgan, Oliver Perry (1835-1916) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley West Virginia Author: James Morton Callahan New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912 Volume III, Pages 954-955, Oliver Perry Morgan Oliver Perry, son of John Morgan [and Mary Wilson], was born in what is now Marion county, West Virginia, September 14, 1835. He was brought up on the old homestead, where he lived and labored until he reached man's estate, when he purchased a farm in the neighborhood and carried on farming and stock raising. During the civil war period he served in Company A, Sixth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry. He participated in several battles and skirmishes, and was also among the guards along the frontier. After two years' service he was wounded and honorably discharged. After the war he resumed farm life and continued there until 1895, when he engaged in the mercantile business, and later removed to Fairmont, where he is engaged in the real estate business. Politically he is a supporter of the Republican party, and in church affiliations is connected with the Methodist Episcopal denomination. August 19, 1860, he married Margaret, daughter of Bushrod W. and Sarah (Shaw) Vincent. The children of this union were: 1. John, a farmer who married and has five children: Wateman; Lester; Virgil; Bertha C.; and Roy. 2. Francis Lorenzo, a farmer, married and has two children. 3. Laura E., married James Carpenter, and they have three children. 4. Mollie, married O. S. Holland, and they have one child, Pearl. 5. Henry, married Alice Brown, and they have eight children. 6. Lee, married Nettie Vincent, and their children are Oliver and Mary. 7. Virginia, married Samuel H. Keener, and their children are Clarence, Opal and Ralph. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Information: --------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH REGISTER or DEATH CERTIFICATE Marion County WV, Death Register, page 117 Name: Oliver P. Morgan Died: June 29, 1916 (at age 87y-9m-15d) in Fairmont, Marion County WV Husband-of: Virginia Hitchcock Cause: Complications Marion County WV, Death Register, page 128, line 38 Name: Margaret Morgan Died: Oct 10, 1922 (at age 82) in Fairmont, Marion County WV Daughter-of: Bushrod Vincent Cause: Cerebral degeneration Burial: Mt Zion Cemetery Marion County WV, Death Certificate 7149 Name: John W. Morgan Died: May 24, 1946 in Catawba, Winfield District, Marion County WV Born: June 27, 1861 in Marion County WV Son-of: Oliver Perry Morgan & Margaret Vincent Husband-of: Permelia VanGilder Occupation: Farmer Cause: Coronary Thrombosis Burial: Mt Zion Cemetery Marion County WV, Death Certificate 6833 Name: Henry Morgan Died: May 26, 1938 (at age 66 years) in Fairmont, Marion County WV Son-of: Oliver P. Morgan & Margaret Vincent Husband-of: Alice Brown Morgan Occupation: Merchant Cause: Coronary Thrombosis Burial: Mt Zion Cemetery Marion County WV, Death Certificate 5437 Name: Lee Roy Morgan Died: March 14, 1940 in Fairmont, Union District, Marion County WV Born: Jan 14, 1876 in Marion County WV Son-of: Oliver Perry Morgan & Margaret Vincent Husband-of: Nettie Vincent Occupation: B & O Car Inspector, Railroad Cause: Angina Pectoris Burial: Mt Zion Cemetery Marion County WV, Death Certificate 3053 Name: Laura E. Carpenter Died: Aug 8, 1921 in Fairmont, Union District, Marion County WV Born: Oct 1, 1865 in West Virginia Daughter-of: O. Perry Morgan & Margaret Vincent Cause: Apoplexy, instant death Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery ---------------------------------------------------------------------