Abraham MORGAN

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1841.

• Marriage Banns, 1848, Pontypool, Monmouthshire. Parish Church of Trevethin Pontypool 9.4.1848 Abraham Morgan ful age bachelor miner Pontypool James Morgan agent
Mary Phillips full age spinster Pontypool John Phillips deceased
Witnesses Joseph hayman and William Wynn

• Census, 1851, Newland, Gloucestershire. Stanton (Staunton??) Row collier with wife Mary and daughter Sarah Ann

• Marriage Banns, 1853, Newland, Gloucestershire. The Parish Church Newland 10 December 1853
Abraham Morgan age 34 widower miner Coleford James Morgan labourer
Eliza Morgan 25 spinster Coleford Thomas Morgan labourer
Witnesses Richard Morgan Edith Beach

• Immigration, 1856, Illinois, USA. Abraham, Eliza, Sarah and Isaac emigrated in 1856 Obit Issac Find a Grave

• Census, 1860, Sparta, Randolph, Illinois, USA. Collier

• Probate, 1872, Illinois, USA. left Real estate to the probble value of $1500 and personal property to the value of $500
7 September 1872 Wataga Knox County Illinois Petition of Elizabeth Morgan for probate of will for estate of Abraham Morgan
the deceased left surviving the petitioner and widow Sarah Ann Knight Isaac Morgan Joseph Morgan Benjamin Morgan and Minnie Morgan his children and heirs at law Knoxville 4 Octiber 1872

Abraham married Mary on 9 Apr 1848 in Pontypool, Monmouthshire. (Mary died in 1852 in Newland, Gloucestershire and was buried on 28 Feb 1852 in Newland, Gloucestershire.)

Abraham next married Eliza MORGAN on 10 Dec 1853 in Newland, Gloucestershire. (Eliza MORGAN was born in 1828 in Parkend, Gloucestershire, baptised on 16 Apr 1828 in Parkend, Gloucestershire, died in 1908 in Wataga, Illinois, USA and was buried in 1908 in Sparta, Randolph, Illinois, USA.)