Re: Sarah (Morgan) Moulton
BARSTOW, MORGAN, MOULTON, DOUGLAS, DOUGLASS
Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email) In Response To: Sarah (Morgan) Moulton (David Sedgley)
Date: 6/26/2011 at 19:27:11
My research shows that William B. Morgan was married to Sarah Douglas and not Sarah Barstow. However, it appears that William and Sarah were divorced in the 1870's since Sarah Morgan married Simon Moulton in Delhi, Delaware County, Iowa on October 21, 1879 and Simon and Sarah are enumerated together in 1880 living next door to Charles and James Morgan, her sons. This is contrary to the biographical sketch of William B. Morgan in which it states that his wife Sarah (Douglas) Morgan died in 1885 and William remarried to Mary E. Getchell. Simon and Sarah Douglas Morgan Moulton are still enumerated in the 1900 and 1910 censuses long after 1885. William B. was born October 27, 1830 and died in 1922 [tombstone]. Sarah Douglas was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Douglas.
William and his second wife, Mary E. Getchell Morgan are enumerated in 1900 [married 15 years in census] in Bloomington, Franklin County, Nebraska and in 1910 and 1920 in Delaware County, Iowa. From the biographical sketch it appears that he left after the divorce for awhile -- "During one period of his life he moved from place to place a great deal, homesteading in Nebraska, living for two years in California and for six years in Oregon"
Sources:
Delaware County, Iowa Marriage Records:
William B. Morgan (age 23) to Sarah Douglass (age 18) on December 21, 1854;Simon Moulton to Sarah Morgan on October 21, 1879.
1925 Iowa State Census for sons James D. Morgan and Charles C. Morgan list their mother as Sarah Douglas.
Obituaries list mother as Sarah Douglas:
Monticello Express, [Iowa] -- September 12, 1929 for James D. Morgan [April 25, 1856 - September 6, 1929]
Monticello Express, [Iowa] -- June 13, 1920 for Charles C. Morgan [March 31, 1858 - June 10, 1929]Biographical Sketch from the History of Delaware County, Iowa and its People - v. II, 1914, pages 196-197:
"William B. Morgan, one of the first settlers of Hopkinton and the first deputy sheriff of Delaware county, is now living in honorable retirement respected by all who know him. He was born in New York state, October 27, 1830, and came to Iowa in 1844 with his parents, James and Margaret (Boyd) Morgan. He received his early education in the public schools and for three months studied at La Salle Academy, La Salle, Illinois, when a youth of about sixteen years, then living with and working for an uncle, but he later returned home and assisted his father in the cultivation of the home farm. When about twenty-one years of age he built the first house in Hopkinton, as he was by trade a carpenter and joiner. Previous to this he had worked as a millwright for some time. The new town of Hopkinton grew rapidly and as the settlers came in Mr. Morgan was kept busy building stores and residences for them. He has engaged a number of different occupations during his lifetime and at one time was the proprietor of a grocery store. He has owned several farms in Iowa and Nebraska, but has now sold all of these. During one period of his life he moved from place to place a great deal, homesteading in Nebraska, living for two years in California and for six years in Oregon, but he eventually returned to Hopkinton and is now living here retired, enjoying the comforts of life.
Mr. Morgan was married in 1854, Miss Sarah Douglas becoming his wife, and to them were born two sons: James D., now fifty-eight years of age, who keeps a livery and garage in Hopkinton and is married; and Charles C,. a grocer of Hopkinton, who is married and has one child. The mother passed away in 1885. Mr. Morgan married Miss Mary E. Getchell, a great granddaughter of the first settler of Hopkinton, Thomas Nicholson. Mrs. Morgan was born in Minnesota. Mr. Morgan has an honorable military record, as in 1861 he enlisted in Company K, Twelfth Iowa Volunteer Infantry and served for one year in the Union army. He took part in several skirmishes and battles and was slightly wounded on one occasion by a shrapnel shell. After one year he received his honorable discharge and returned home. He is a member of Antietam Post, No. 131, G. A. R., of Bloomington, Nebraska, and is as loyal to the best interests of the nation in time of peace as he was upon the battlefields of the south."
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