Obituary of Anna Barrow Morgan


From: Susan Rezek
Obituary of Anna Barrow Morgan
Surnames: MORGAN, BARROW, MONTGOMERY, GREEN
The Evening Democrat, Ft. Madison, Lee Co., IA, Wednesday, May 21, 1902.

"MORGAN.--- At the home, No. 1008 Third street, Thursday, May 22, 1902, at 11:30 a. m., Mrs. Anna Morgan, wife of E. Morgan, aged 67 years and 17 days.

Miss Anna Barrow was born in Kent, England, and came to America when a child. She was reared at Harrison, Ohio, and was married to Elkanah Morgan in 1865. From this union two children were born, a son and daughter, the latter, Mrs. Mabel Montgomery of this city, surviving.

Mrs. Morgan moved with her husband from Harrison, Ohio, to St. Cloud, Minn., and five years later they came to Fort Madison, where they have lived for thirty-two years. Besides the husband and daughter the deceased is survived by two brothers and one sister, Mrs. E. W. Green of Wever, Iowa; Samuel Barrow of Harrison, Ohio, and John Barrow of near Farmington, Iowa, and a grand-daughter, Miss Beulah Montgomery.

Mrs. Morgan has been in ill health for a long time. She was a member of the First M. E. church, a faithful Christian, a loving wife and mother, and a kind neighbor, besides a prominent and tireless worker in the W. C. T. U., of which she was a member, and was love and respected by all who knew her.

Funeral from the home at 2 p. m., Friday, May 23, Rev. D. C. Bevan officiating. Interment in the city cemetery."


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