John Tyler Morgan
Born: June 20, 1824
Birth Place: Athens, Tennessee
Father: George Washington Morgan 1788 – 1884
(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee)
Mother: Frances Irby 1795 – 1857
(Buried: Tuskegee City Cemetery, Tuskegee, Alabama)
Wife: Cornelia Willis 1827 – 1894
(Buried: Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama)
Children:
John Hollis Morgan 1842 – 1920
William Hardie “Willie” Morgan 1846 – 1849
(Buried: Thornhill Cemetery, Talladega, Alabama)
Rufus Byrd Morgan 1848 – 1848
(Buried: Thornhill Cemetery, Talladega, Alabama)
John Hardy Morgan 1849 – 1885
(Buried: Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama)
George Washington Morgan 1851 – 1923
(Buried: Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama)
Mary Ellen Morgan 1854 – 1909
(Buried: Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama)
Cornelia Irby Morgan 1860 – 1944
(Buried: Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama)
Education:
Attended Frontier Schools
Occupation before:
Attorney in Talladega, Alabama
Attorney in Selma & Cahaba, Alabama
1860: Democratic Party Presidential Elector
Civil War Career:
1861: Delegate to Alabama State Secession Convention
1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 5th Alabama Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1863: Colonel of 51st Alabama Partisan Rangers
1862 – 1863: Participated in the Battle of Murfreesboro
1863: Participated in the Battle of Chickamuga
1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Cavalry
1864: Participated in the Atlanta Campaign
1864 – 1865: Administrative Duty in Demopolis, Alabama
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1877: Attorney in Selma, Alabama
1876: Democratic Party Presidential Elector
1877 – 1907: United States Senator from Alabama
1879 – 1881: Senate Chairman of Rules Committee
1879 – 1883: Senate Chairman of Interoceanic Canals Committee
1893 – 1895: Senate Chairman of Foreign Relations Committee
1894: Chairman of Morgan Report Committee
1905 – 1907: Senate Chairman of Public Health and Quarantine
Died: June 11, 1907
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Cause of Death: Angina Pectoris, Syncope
Age at time of Death: 82 years old
Burial Place: Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama
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