Named after his father, but always went by
Morgan. Son of John Morgan Messmore Sr.
and Sarah Rex.
Married in the early 1870s to Melissa J.
Hibbs (Nov. 1852-aft.1900) daughter of
Aaron and Eliza (Whitehill) Hibbs.
Morgan and Melissa had a daughter named
Georgia/Georgiana, born about 1873.
About 1884 Melissa, now a widow, married
Benjamin O. Brown. By 1900 she is again
a widow living with her sister, Anna E.
Miller and husband, Oliver, in Bridgeport,
with two sons from second marriage named
Ray H. and Lacey S. It says she has had
four children in all but by 1900 only
two were living.
Morgan met a tragic end by being clubbed
to death and fell into a coal mine shaft
in Leith.
Morgan. Son of John Morgan Messmore Sr.
and Sarah Rex.
Married in the early 1870s to Melissa J.
Hibbs (Nov. 1852-aft.1900) daughter of
Aaron and Eliza (Whitehill) Hibbs.
Morgan and Melissa had a daughter named
Georgia/Georgiana, born about 1873.
About 1884 Melissa, now a widow, married
Benjamin O. Brown. By 1900 she is again
a widow living with her sister, Anna E.
Miller and husband, Oliver, in Bridgeport,
with two sons from second marriage named
Ray H. and Lacey S. It says she has had
four children in all but by 1900 only
two were living.
Morgan met a tragic end by being clubbed
to death and fell into a coal mine shaft
in Leith.
Named after his father, but always went by
Morgan. Son of John Morgan Messmore Sr.
and Sarah Rex.
Married in the early 1870s to Melissa J.
Hibbs (Nov. 1852-aft.1900) daughter of
Aaron and Eliza (Whitehill) Hibbs.
Morgan and Melissa had a daughter named
Georgia/Georgiana, born about 1873.
About 1884 Melissa, now a widow, married
Benjamin O. Brown. By 1900 she is again
a widow living with her sister, Anna E.
Miller and husband, Oliver, in Bridgeport,
with two sons from second marriage named
Ray H. and Lacey S. It says she has had
four children in all but by 1900 only
two were living.
Morgan met a tragic end by being clubbed
to death and fell into a coal mine shaft
in Leith.
Morgan. Son of John Morgan Messmore Sr.
and Sarah Rex.
Married in the early 1870s to Melissa J.
Hibbs (Nov. 1852-aft.1900) daughter of
Aaron and Eliza (Whitehill) Hibbs.
Morgan and Melissa had a daughter named
Georgia/Georgiana, born about 1873.
About 1884 Melissa, now a widow, married
Benjamin O. Brown. By 1900 she is again
a widow living with her sister, Anna E.
Miller and husband, Oliver, in Bridgeport,
with two sons from second marriage named
Ray H. and Lacey S. It says she has had
four children in all but by 1900 only
two were living.
Morgan met a tragic end by being clubbed
to death and fell into a coal mine shaft
in Leith.
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