Elizabeth Morgan was born in Green County, Indiana, December 28, 1822, and is a daughter of John and Nancy (Dixon) Stafford, who came to Iowa in 1843, and settled in LeClaire Township. In 1842 she was married to William Morgan and nine children were born to them. John married Miss Matilda Du Boies; Clinton C. married Miss Jennie Thompson; Jasper married Miss Ettie Gibson; Mary E. married Henry Whitson; Martha married Isaac DeLaney; Amanda married Samuel Bammer and resides at the old homestead; Vester is unmarried, and two children, Cassius and Thornton, are dead.
Mrs. Morgan is a woman of first-class business qualifications and owns one hundred and sixty acres of valuable land, to the cultivation and management of which she has always given close attention. She is held in high esteem by her neighbors and friends.
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