DAVID
MORGAN, head of the puddle mill of the Sharon Iron Works, was born in
Monmouthshire, South Wales, November 2, 1828, and is a son of
David and Mary (Leonard) Morgan, both of whom spent their lives in that
country. David learned the iron business in his native shire, and in
the fall of 1856 immigrated to Pittsburgh, Penn., and for about thirty
years was manager of iron mills in that city and other points. In
1872-73 Mr. Morgan built at Wellsville, Ohio, the first mill for the
manufacture of tin, and rolled the first tin-plate in the United
States. In April, 1887, he came to Sharon, and has since had charge of
the puddling department of the Sharon Iron Works. Mr. Morgan was
married in 1848, to Elizabeth Thomas, of South Wales, of which
union five children grew to maturity: James, Theo. D., Charles,
David and Elizabeth. His wife died November 15, 1869, and he was
again married, in 1870, to Mrs. Julia Russell, who had three children
by her first marriage: Matilda, deceased; Elizabeth and
Katie. Mrs. Morgan had no children by her second marriage, and died
January 16, 1887. In 1888 Mr. Morgan was again married, to Mrs.
Jannett Macaulay, who had borne two children to her first husband:
Alexander and Marian. Our subject is a Republican, and in the summer of
1861 enlisted as second lieutenant of Company K, First Virginia
Volunteers, and served about one year. He is a member of the Masonic
fraternity and K. of P., and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
History of Mercer County, 1888 pages 743-744; Transcribed and Submitted by Marjorie Henninge
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