THE MORGAN FAMILIES

Samuel Morgan Family
Compiled by Nancy Puckett
Information from Mrs Mary Campbell, Mrs Irene Smotherman
and Mrs Minnie Westbrooks

Samuel Morgan was born about 1815 in North Carolina. He married 17 Apr 1839 in Williamson County, Tennessee, Martha Carson. They had twelve children:

1 Mary Morgan

2 Martha Morgan married a Little and moved to Texas

3 Frank Morgan, born 16 Sept 1852, married Georgia Ann Pinson and had five children: Martha, Jessee, Alice, Susie and Julia.

4 Jim Morgan married a Hendrix.

5 William Allen Morgan (26 Feb 1846-18 May 1924), married 31 Dec 1873, Frances Argon Burns (19 Dec 1853-10 Sept 1927), daughter of I.P. and Julia Ann Burns. They lived near Jackson Ridge and are buried in the Taylor Cemetery on Taylor Road. Their eleven children are:

a Francis Arthur Morgan (14 Dec 1874-28 Dec 1951)
b Thomas Monroe Morgan, born 21 March 1877, married Evie Campbell.
c William Sanford Morgan (born and died 19 Sept 1878).
d Minnie Lee Morgan (5 Aug 1880-4 March 1956) married Clotho Westbrooks
e Leonard Morgan, born 12 Dec 1882, married 1st Lillie May Carlton, 2nd Lula May Henson.
f Richard Frazier Morgan (6 June 1885-1978), married Mattie Pate
g Ivie Samuel Morgan (14 Feb 1888-15 Sept 1907)
h Mary Alice Morgan, born 6 Dec 1890, married Clarence Campbell.
i Mannie Idella Morgan, born 3 Dec 1892, married Harrison Taylor.
j Infant girl Morgan (4 Dec 1895)
k Daniel Herbert Morgan born 5 June 1897.


Thomas Marion Morgan Family By Ruby Beasley Leverette

Thomas Marion "Tom" Morgan family and Susie Featherston, moved into the Versailles area about 1830. The Morgan home was a log house on the left side of Haunt Hollow Road about a half mile south of the Mt Pleasant Church. The six children were:

1 Thomas Marion "Chess" Morgan , Jr (1865-21 Dec 1950)

2 Lee Roy Morgan (12 Oct 1877-9 Feb 1958)

3 Ed Morgan married Sally Pope.

4 Nick Morgan born 15 March 1875, married Ida Edwards and had four daughters:

a Betty Sue Marion, born 1901, married John Thomas Beasley (1889-1949). They had six children:

(1) Irene Beasley Redmon Lorance lives in Murfreesboro
(2) Ruby Beasley, born 3 Feb 1923, married 13 June 1941, Hermand Leverette. The Leverettes five children: Thelma, Maranda, Betty, Recia and Gary
(3) John Marvin Beasley married Frances Bolden and lives at Lavergne
(4) Jimmie D Beasley is deceased.
(5) & (6) Sammie Lee Beasley and Estelle Beasley live with their mother, in the old Tom Johnson home on Bunker Hill Road
b Minnie Belle Marion, deceased
c Estelle Marion, deceased.
d Annie Marion married Mathew Hasnick.

5 Micky Morgan died at age nineteen 6 Minnie Morgan, married Weldon Edwards, a carpenter. He and Tom Morgan, also a carpenter, built many houses in the Tenth District, including the first unit of the one at Concord now belonging to Bill Morgan. Minnie and Weldon had five children in Nashville:

a Robert Welden Edwards
b Bertha Edwards Holton
c Florence Edwards Tanksley
d Ruth Edwards Boone
e Elizabeth Edwards, who taught in the schools of Pennsylvania and New York State. She held her ties to the Versailles Community bu making money contributions to the Mt Pleasant Church and retaining membership. When death came on 20 Dec 1980, by life-long request, she was buried beside her ancestors in the Mt Pleasant Church Cemetery.

Chess and Lee Morgan were best know in Versailles as the "Morgan Boys", and lived put their lives in the frame house at the same location as the log house. Chess and Lee were farmers and day laborers much in demand for hire. Cattle and mules were raised on their farm. Often the animals were retained from birth to death rather than marketed because of their attachment to them, and often pay for labor was accepted in feed for the animals. The "Boys" were considered by some as slaves to their animals because of this attachment. Chess and Lee were well known for their dialect, which placed an "a" before almost every word in the sentence, for their love of coffee to drink, for their votes at an election, and best of all for making their own was through life.

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