MORGAN FAMILY NOTES
NOTES ON RYAN MORGAN AND SON RYAN GILBERT MORGAN:

Ryan Morgan was born May 24th, 1836 in Springfield, Lee, Illinois and died
in Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa at age 77 years, 11 months and eight days on May 2nd, 1914. He was born to parents John (DOB October 22, 1805) and Nellie Eleanor “Nellie” Wilcockson Morgan (DOB April 26, 1813).

At age 23 Ryan was married to Amanda Malvira Robertson, Amanda was born on July 24th, 1839 in Oneida, Niagara County, New York and died on October 18th, 1891 in Kellogg, Jasper County, Iowa. Her parents were John Barker Robertson and Sarah Gilbert
Pinkerton Robertson.

Ryan and Amanda were married January 26th, 1860 in Jasper County, Iowa. Children: William Boone, Margery, Ida “Madge”, Ryan Gilbert born 1864, Edith, Arminta, Amanda Jane, Harriet Almeda, Fanny “Almira”, Mary Alma, Tama Rebecca an John Logan Morgan.

Ryan Morgan's wife, Amanda Malvira Morgan passed away on October 18th, 1891 and Ryan remarried to Alzada M. Smith Peacock, widow of Edmund Peacock, in 1902. 

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Notes from History of Jasper County, Iowa –
FEATURING RYAN MORGAN
From: The History of Jasper County, Iowa; publ. 1878; page 548
MORGAN, RYAN, farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Kellogg; born in Lee Co., Ill., in 1835;
moved to Poweshiek Co., Iowa, in 1855; located in the county in 1868. Married
Amanda Robertson in 1860; she was born in Niagara Co., N.Y. in 1839; their
children are William B., Margie I., Ryan G., Edith A., Amanda J., Harriet A.,
Fannie A., Mary A. and T.R. Mr. Morgan is Greenback in politics. He enlisted in
the 15th I.V.I., in 1864, Co. F; accompanied Sherman on his celebrated march to
the sea; was present at the grand review at Washington in May 24, 1865 (his own
birthday) and was mustered out in 1865 at Louisville, Ky. He owns 160 acres of
land, valued at $40 per acre Ryan also remarried Alzada M. Smith Peacock, widow of Edmund Peacock, in 1902 Ryan Morgan also served in the Civil War with the Co. F, 15th Iowa Regiment 1864-1865

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More information on the Greenback Party: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenback_Party


*Ryan Morgan served in the Civil War with the Co. F, 15th Iowa Regiment 1864-1865 for the Union.

Info on Ryan Morgan: http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldier_id=6b8f7abc-dc7a-df11-bf36-b8ac6f5d926a

UNION IOWA VOLUNTEERS: 15th REGIMENT, IOWA INFANTRY INFORMATION:  FROM: http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-regiments-detail.htm?regiment_id=UIA0015RI

Overview: Organized at Keokuk February 22, 1862. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., March 19; thence to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 6th Division, Army of Tennessee, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 6th Division, District of Corinth, Dept. of Tennessee, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 6th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 6th Division, 17th Corps, to September, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Corps, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Corps, to July, 1865.

Service: Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, 1862. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Duty at Corinth and Bolivar till November. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November 2, 1862, to January 12, 1863. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence to Lake Providence, La., January 18, and duty there till April. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1 (Reserve). Battles of Raymond May 12;Jackson May 14; Champion's Hill May 16; Big Black River Crossing May 17. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Expedition to Mechanicsburg May 26-June 4. Messenger's Ferry, Big Black, July 3 (Co. "G"). Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Guarding Ammunition and Subsistance trains. Duty at Vicksburg till February, 1864. Expedition to Monroe, La., August 20-September 2, 1863. Expedition to Canton October 14-20. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 6, 1864. Veterans on furlough March and April. Moved to Clifton, Tenn., thence march to Ackworth, Ga., via Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., and Rome, Ga., April 21-June 8. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign June 8 to September 8. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Bushy Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Leggett's, Bald Hill, July 20-21. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26. Snake Creek Gap October 15-16. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Pocotaligo, S. C., January 14-16. Salkehatchie Swamps February 3-5. Rivers' Bridge February 3. South Edisto River February 9. Orangeburg February 11-12. Columbia February 15-17. Cheraw March 3. Fayetteville, N. C., March 11. Battle of Bentonville March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June. Mustered out July 24, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 118 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 260 Enlisted men by disease. Total 387

*Check out these web sites for information on Sherman's March to the Sea that Ryan Morgan was a part of:
http://www.history.com/topics/shermans-march
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman%27s_March_to_the_Sea
http://www.ioweb.com/civilwar/html/marchtothesea.htm
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/shermans-march-to-the-sea.htm
http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories/docs/march_to_the_sea-174

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Ryan Morgan’s son, Ryan Gilbert Morgan was born in 1864 in Iowa.
Ryan Morgan's father, John Morgan, moved the Morgan family to Iowa.

1870 U.S. Census in Iowa shows the Ryan Morgan Household as follows:
Ryan Morgan Age 34,
Amanda Morgan Age 31
William Morgan Age 9
MJ Morgan Age 8
Ryan Gilbert Morgan Age 5
Edith Morgan Age 4
All children are listed as being born in Iowa.

This is the household makeup in the 1885 U.S. Census in Jasper County,
Iowa:
Ryan Morgan Age 48
Amanda Morgan Age 45
Margery J Morgan Age 22
Ryan Gilbert Morgan Age 20
Edith A Morgan Age 18
Amda J Morgan Age 15
Harriet A Morgan Age 14
Fanny Morgan Age 11
Mary A Morgan Age 8
Tama R Morgan Age 6
John L Morgan Age 4

The 1895 Census shows Ryan Gilbert Morgan, son of Ryan Morgan, as residing in Kellogg, Iowa.   Kellogg, Iowa is the birthplace of his son Robert Lee Morgan (DOB January 11 th 1900), father of Robert James Morgan. Robert Lee Morgan’s mother was Minnie Robinson. Minnie M. Robinson was born in 1868 and died in 1961, her father was born in Pennsylvania and her mother was born in Iowa. Robert Lee Morgan, at some point, moved to Minnesota with spouse Elizabeth Keavney. As of the 1930 U.S. Census both Minnie and Ryan Gilbert Morgan were still in Iowa. In 1941 their residence was listed as 106 10th Street, House #1106, in Des Moines.

As of the 1940 U.S. Census the makeup of the Robert Lee
Morgan and Elizabeth Keavney household in Minnesota was listed as:
Lee Morgan (Robert Lee) Age 44
Elizabeth Morgan Age 45
Donald Morgan Age 12
William Morgan Age 11
Robert Morgan Age 9
Kathleen Morgan Age 7
John Keavney Age 78
Jerome Keavney Age 33