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         DAVID MORGAN, deceased, an early settler of Wapello, Iowa, was born in Hagerstown, Md. He learned the harness and saddler trade in his native town, and moved to Xenia, Ohio, where he was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Davison, and seven children were born of their union, six sons and one daughter, all born in Ohio: Nathaniel, the eldest, who wedded Miss Mary Joiner, was a harness-maker by trade, and died in May, 1886, at Wapello; Ben- . . .

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. . . jamin is a harness-maker, and resides in Missouri; Mary died in childhood; Cyrus married Miss Clarissa Drake, and is a hardware merchant of Wapello, Iowa; Rodney F. married Miss Mary McCoy, now deceased, and lives in Holden, Johnson Co., Mo.; Richard, a member of the 19th Iowa Infantry during the late war, was killed at the battle of Prairie Grove; William, who is single, is engaged in the harness business with his brother at Holden, Mo.

Mr. Morgan emigrated to Iowa, and located at Wapello in 1858, where he opened a harness-shop, but lived only a short time, his death occurring in October, 1859. His wife survived him many years, and died Dec. 11, 1886. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he of the Lutheran Church, and both were worthy people and highly respected.