Charles Thompson Morgan was a pianist who played the piano and organ for the silent movies and performed in vaudeville. He met his wife-to-be, Helen Carter, when he was asked to play a piano (rented for the occasion) at the grand opening of her tea shop in Canton, Ohio.
A veteran of two World Wars, serving in the Army during World War I and in the Navy during World War II, he sold life insurance for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. He had an office at 31 Milk Street in Boston for many years.
He had a large wood shop in the basement of the family home at Windyhill, 114 Cochituate Road, Wayland, Massachusetts. There was a table saw, band saw, jig saw, lathe and vertical sander. A master craftsman, he made banjo clocks, two of which were completed before he died (with two more in progress in his work bench, one of which was later completed by a family friend for Allen Morgan to give his son, Charles Carter Morgan, as a wedding gift). He also made a table with turned-legs of Mahogany that stood in the front hall of the Windyhill home for many years.
He had a piano in the home at Windyhill that he would play for his grandchildren - Pop Goes The Weasel was a favorite because he would stick his thumb in his mouth and make a big "pop" sound when pulling it out - to the delight of the grandchild sitting next to him on the piano bench.
He died of an aortic aneurysm, an event that was predicted by medical reports shortly before he died. This was before the days of open-heart surgery and triple-bypass operations.
A veteran of two World Wars, serving in the Army during World War I and in the Navy during World War II, he sold life insurance for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. He had an office at 31 Milk Street in Boston for many years.
He had a large wood shop in the basement of the family home at Windyhill, 114 Cochituate Road, Wayland, Massachusetts. There was a table saw, band saw, jig saw, lathe and vertical sander. A master craftsman, he made banjo clocks, two of which were completed before he died (with two more in progress in his work bench, one of which was later completed by a family friend for Allen Morgan to give his son, Charles Carter Morgan, as a wedding gift). He also made a table with turned-legs of Mahogany that stood in the front hall of the Windyhill home for many years.
He had a piano in the home at Windyhill that he would play for his grandchildren - Pop Goes The Weasel was a favorite because he would stick his thumb in his mouth and make a big "pop" sound when pulling it out - to the delight of the grandchild sitting next to him on the piano bench.
He died of an aortic aneurysm, an event that was predicted by medical reports shortly before he died. This was before the days of open-heart surgery and triple-bypass operations.
Charles Thompson Morgan was a pianist who played the piano and organ for the silent movies and performed in vaudeville. He met his wife-to-be, Helen Carter, when he was asked to play a piano (rented for the occasion) at the grand opening of her tea shop in Canton, Ohio.
A veteran of two World Wars, serving in the Army during World War I and in the Navy during World War II, he sold life insurance for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. He had an office at 31 Milk Street in Boston for many years.
He had a large wood shop in the basement of the family home at Windyhill, 114 Cochituate Road, Wayland, Massachusetts. There was a table saw, band saw, jig saw, lathe and vertical sander. A master craftsman, he made banjo clocks, two of which were completed before he died (with two more in progress in his work bench, one of which was later completed by a family friend for Allen Morgan to give his son, Charles Carter Morgan, as a wedding gift). He also made a table with turned-legs of Mahogany that stood in the front hall of the Windyhill home for many years.
He had a piano in the home at Windyhill that he would play for his grandchildren - Pop Goes The Weasel was a favorite because he would stick his thumb in his mouth and make a big "pop" sound when pulling it out - to the delight of the grandchild sitting next to him on the piano bench.
He died of an aortic aneurysm, an event that was predicted by medical reports shortly before he died. This was before the days of open-heart surgery and triple-bypass operations.
A veteran of two World Wars, serving in the Army during World War I and in the Navy during World War II, he sold life insurance for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. He had an office at 31 Milk Street in Boston for many years.
He had a large wood shop in the basement of the family home at Windyhill, 114 Cochituate Road, Wayland, Massachusetts. There was a table saw, band saw, jig saw, lathe and vertical sander. A master craftsman, he made banjo clocks, two of which were completed before he died (with two more in progress in his work bench, one of which was later completed by a family friend for Allen Morgan to give his son, Charles Carter Morgan, as a wedding gift). He also made a table with turned-legs of Mahogany that stood in the front hall of the Windyhill home for many years.
He had a piano in the home at Windyhill that he would play for his grandchildren - Pop Goes The Weasel was a favorite because he would stick his thumb in his mouth and make a big "pop" sound when pulling it out - to the delight of the grandchild sitting next to him on the piano bench.
He died of an aortic aneurysm, an event that was predicted by medical reports shortly before he died. This was before the days of open-heart surgery and triple-bypass operations.
