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From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 917
WILLIAM MORGAN (deceased) was long a popular and successful farmer in the town of Hazel Green, Grant county, where he was widely known and universally respected for his sterling worth and manly qualities. Mr. MORGAN was born in Monmouthshire, England, a son of Thomas MORGAN, a native of England, who died there when William was a small boy. Mr. MORGAN came to this country in 1850, and made his way to southwestern Wisconsin, where he worked for several years among the farmers. In 1860 he married Miss Margaret J. KITTO, of Hazel Green, who was born in England in 1828, a daughter of William and Mary KITTO, the former of whom died in his native land in 1832. The widowed mother came to this country, and settled at Hazel Green, Wis., soon after her husband's death and there Mrs. MORGAN was reared and educated. Mrs. KITTO brought six children with her to the New World: Elizabeth, born in England, married Richard WILLIAMS, and is now dead; William is a resident of Benton, Lafayette Co., Wis.; Jane married Joseph PASCOE of Illinois, and is now dead; John was one of the early California and Australia gold miners, and died unmarried in Hazel Green; Henry, deceased, married Miss Martha ANDREWS, and settled in Hazel Green, where he died, leaving two sons, William and Robert; Margaret J., wife of William MORGAN, had a district school education.
After marriage Mr. and Mrs. MORGAN settled on a farm in Benton, Lafayette county, where they lived twelve years. At the end of that time they sold out, and Mr. MORGAN bought a farm of seventy acres one mile south of Hazel Green, where they lived until 1886. That year Mr. MORGAN sold out, and bought a farm of 227 acres two miles west of Hazel Green, where they lived until the death of Mr. MORGAN, in December, 1897. Seven of their children lived to grow up: (1) Mary H., born in 1860, is the deceased wife of J. W. PASCOE, of Jo Daviess county, Ill., and left four children, who are being reared in the home of their grandmother, Mr. MORGAN. (2) Merib, born in 1862, is now the wife of William H. DECKER, who is a prominent attorney at Allen, Neb., and has three children, Berryl M., Lyman and R. (3) William B., born in 1864, married Miss Nettie MABE, and lives on the old homestead in Hazel Green. They have two children, Hannah and Elma L. (4) Thomas, born in 1866, married Miss Clara STOCK, of Galena, and is now living in Colorado, where they have three children: Elmer, Edith and Edna. (5) Gustavus C., born in 1871, had a high school education in Hazel Green, and is living unmarried at home. (6) Henry E., born in 1875, was a graduate of the high school at Hazel Green in 1897, and is living unmarried at home. (7) Roland L., born in 1877, is living unmarried at home.
Mr. MORGAN was identified with the Republican party. He began his career in Wisconsin with small means, and by his energy and indomitable will succeeded in amassing a considerable fortune, which provided nicely for his family after his demise. A record of his life in its detail would be that of character and integrity. The family are identified with the Methodist Church.
This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck