Reuben Mardis MORGAN

1838 - 1922  (84 years)

• Name	Reuben Mardis MORGAN  [1]
  Birth	8 Mar 1838	Blountsville, Blount County, AL   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 May 1922	Alabama   [1]
  Burial	Davis Cemetery Dora, Walker County, AL   [1]
  Person ID	I7944	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Ezekial MORGAN,   b. 21 Aug 1797, Raleigh, Orange County, NC d. 26 Nov 1880, Dora, Walker County, AL (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Linnie BRANTLEY,   b. 28 Feb 1802, Raleigh, Orange County, NC d. 27 Dec 1874, Dora, Walker County, AL (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1820	Raleigh, Orange County, NC   [1]
  Family ID	F3178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Elizabeth HOLLEY,   b. 18 Apr 1842   d. 5 Jul 1914 (Age 72 years)
  Children	+ 1. Della MORGAN  [Father: natural] + 2. Ida (Sidney) MORGAN,   b. 13 Jun 1862, Walker County, AL d. 30 Nov 1950, Dora, Walker County, AL (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Hennretia "Etta" MORGAN,   b. 3 Jul 1864   d. 17 Aug 1940, Dora, Walker County, AL (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural] + 4. Alma MORGAN,   b. 7 Aug 1865   d. 18 Jun 1941 (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural] + 5. Octavia MORGAN,   b. 2 May 1867   d. 6 Aug 1950, Walker County, AL (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural] + 6. John Perry MORGAN,   b. 26 Jan 1869   d. 9 Oct 1926 (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural] + 7. Deller Harrison MORGAN,   b. 14 Oct 1872   d. 14 Jul 1939 (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural] + 8. Alta "Shug" MORGAN,   b. 1875   d. 1917 (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]   9. James H. MORGAN,   b. Jul 1880  [Father: natural] + 10. Hugh H. MORGAN,   b. 21 Jul 1881   d. 27 Dec 1939 (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural] + 11. Ada MORGAN,   b. 1885  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F3049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  In January, Reuben Mardis MORGAN enlisted at Jasper as a private in Company F, 28th AL Infantry under Captain Gamble and served until the close of the war. Reuben was among the first to realize the potential wealth in coal and to file claim to the mineral rights to all the land he owned. Reuben played an important role in the development of the town. Reuben and his wife Martha (HOLLEY) had 11 children, nine of which survived infancy. Source: Walker Co., AL 1907 Census of confederate Soldiers pg. 30. Census: June 28, 1862, On deserters list in Tupelo, MS.

  
  

• Sources

  [S163] Joyce Wood's research.