Frieda M. Morgan

     Frieda M. Morgan was born, 4 November 1901, in Wellsville, Columbiana, Ohio, USA.¹

The attached photo of Frieda was taken, circa 1905.

Maribel Morgan, Frieda M. Morgan, Wilmer Morgan and Etta Morgan were listed as children in the household of Lou Morgan on the 1910 United States Census, at 1329 Main Street, in Wellsville, Columbiana, Ohio, USA. She was also listed as having attended school.²

Photo taken about 1910, Alpheus, far right, Freida Morgan (the older girl), Etta Morgan, lodgers at Lou Eaton's boarding house and Tippy, the dog.

Maribel Morgan, Frieda M. Morgan, Maurice Wilmer Morgan, Alice Etta Morgan and Alpha Mae Eaton were listed as children in the household of Lou Eaton on the 1920 United States Census, at Harper Street, in Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, USA. She was also listed as "in training for nursing".³

In 1921, Lou and her daughter, Alpha, moved to Morgantown, West Virginia. They remained there only 2 or 3 months. The other children stayed in Clarksburg. Lou worked as a cook, at a boarding-house owned by one of the coal mining companies. This was at a time of labor unrest. The miners were on strike there. The Miners Union was headed by the firebrand, John L. Lewis. The union had threatened to blow up the house. This was because the mine was providing the house to the strike-breakers.

During this time of separation the other three daughters, Maribel, Frieda and Etta, lived in an apartment on Main Street, near Parson-Souders Department Store, in Clarksburg. Maribel was working at Clarksburg Wholesale Company, Frieda was in training to become a Registered Nurse and Etta was still attending Washington Irving High School.

After Lucy came back from Morgantown, about 1922, all the girls lived with her, on Chapel Street, behind the Methodist Church. Across the street lived the family of the future Senator Claude Pepper of Florida. Etta had typhoid fever while here. They moved to the house next door. Then to School Street, for 4-5 years. Freida died there, after being bed-ridden for two years, in 1924.

They next moved to 614 West Pike Street, still in Clarksburg, where Lucy rented out rooms. During this time Alpha worked at the Clarksburg Dairy, where she worked a total of nine years. Both Etta and Alpha later married routemen who also worked at the dairy.

Frieda was in Nurse training in 1921, and lived with her two oldest sisters, while her mother was in Morgantown. She worked at Haymaker's Drug Store to earn the money for her later Nursing School. She contracted TB while in Nursing School. She pleaded with them to allow her to graduate, which they did. After becoming a Registered Nurse, she worked at Mason's Hospital, who also knew of her disease. She was a visiting nurse for Metropolitan Insurance Company and would call on her patient in their homes. She owned an open Model T Ford automobile and would drive it on her rounds. Sometimes in freezing rain and snow.
She had a boyfriend, Eddie Caswell, until her death. He would sometimes drive her car for her on her rounds.
She was forced into the hospital, because they thought that Lucy would not be careful enough about washing dishes, linens, etc.. She died in the hospital, unmarried, in 1922, at age 21, in Clarksburg.

Frieda M. Morgan died 26 March 1924 of pulmonary tuberculosis at Mason Hospital in Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, USA. She was a registered nurse at Mason Hospital. Her mother recorded the death and both parents were named.⁴