L. M. MORGAN was born September 18, 1853, on the farm in Mt. Pleasant township which is yet his home, the youngest child of R. M. and Mary (Martin) Morgan. The mother was born on the farm where Peter Martin is now living, and both parents were natives of Chartiers township. After their marriage they settled near Sugar Grove, this county, and in 1845 located in Mt. Pleasant township on the farm now known as the Rev. Slater farm, and in 1851 bought the present homestead, a partially improved farm of 210 acres, which they cleared and cultivated, and on which they erected a good brick house and fine barn. The farm was originally a portion of the George Washington survey. In 1880 the family moved to Canonsburg. R. M. Morgan was an ardent Democrat in politics, serving as supervisor of the township, as member of the school board, and various other positions. He and his wife were members of the Miller's Run Presbyterian Church, in which he was ruling elder for many years. He died in January, 1891, having been preceded by his wife in March, 1889. Their children were Nancy Jane (living in Canonsburg), Emeline (deceased in 1846), Ellen (deceased in 1872), Anna Mary (wife of J. L. Cockins, of Canonsburg), twin sons who died in infancy in 1851, Sarah Bell (married to R. D. Hamilton, of Chartiers township) and L. M. (a twin of Sarah Bell). L. M. Morgan passed his boyhood on the home farm, and received his education in the district schools of Mt. Pleasant township. On November 18, 1880, he was united in marriage with Minerva Shelley, a native of Jefferson county, Ohio. a daughter of David and Jane (White) Shelley, the father a native of Jefferson county, Ohio, and the mother born in Chartiers township. The parents located in Jefferson county, Ohio, many years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan settled on the old homestead, containing 210 acres of good land. He is an active Democrat, and a member of the school board. He and his wife are united with the Mt. Pleasant U. P. Church, of which he is a trustee. They have had five children, namely: Maud Alice, Leroy Shelley, Nina Blanche, Mary E., and one deceased in infancy.

Text taken from page 564 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed September 1997 by Paula Talbert of Caldwell, OH as part of the Beers Project. Published September 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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