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Morgan, James Bright – Moriarty, James Joseph
Morgan, James Bright
soldier, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born March 14, 1835, in Lincoln county, Tenn. He was a member of the state senate of Mississippi in 1876-78; and in 1878 was appointed chancellor of the third chancery district, serving four years. He was grand master of masons in Mississippi; and in 1884 was elected a representative from Mississippi to the forty-ninth congress; and was re-elected to the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a democrat.
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Morgan, James Dady
soldier, was born Aug. 1, 1810, in Boston, Mass. 1861 he became lieutenant-colonel of the seventh Illinois regiment, and for meritorious services was promoted brigadiergeneral of volunteers in 1862. He was brevetted major-general of volunteers in 1865.
Morgan, James Henry
man-ofaffairs, was born Jan. 31, 1853, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He is the founder and secretary general of the Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States; and is president of the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York.
Morgan, John Hunt
soldier, was born June 1, 1826, in Huntsville, Ala.
He entered the confederate army as captain of the Kentucky volunteers; and in 1862 he was appointed major-general. He died Sept. 4, 1864, in Greenville, Tenn.
Morgan, John J
legislator, congressman, was born in 1769, in Queens county, N. Y. He was a member of the New York assembly; a representative in congress from that state from 1821 to 1825; and again in the assembly in 1836 and 1840. He died July 29, 1849.
Morgan, Lewis Henry
lawyer, author, was born Nov. 21, 1818, in Aurora, N. Y. He was a lawyer of Rochester, N. Y., widely known as an ethnologist, and the author of League of the Iroquois; Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family; The American Beaver and His Works; Ancient Society; and Horses and Horse Life of the American Aborigines. He died Dec. 17, 1881, in Rochester, N. Y.
Morgan, Morris Hicky
educator, author, was born in 1859 on Long Island.
He is a professor of Greek and Latin at Harvard university, and the author of De ignis eliciendi modis apud antiquos; Dictionary to Xenophon's Anabasis; and The Art of Horsemanship by Xenophon, a translation with Essays and Notes.
Morgan, Philip Hicky
lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 9, 1825, in Baton Rouge, La. He was elected judge of the second district court of New Orleans in 1855; and served by re-election until 1861.
He was appointed United States district attorney for the eastern district of Louisiana; resigned and was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of the state in 1873, serving until 1877.
Morgan, Thomas J
soldier, was born Aug. 17, 1839, in Franklin, Ind. He served through the civil war and attained the rank of brigadier-general. In 1891 he was elected commissioner of Indian affairs.
Morgan, William
public official, congressman, was born Sept. 7, 1801, in Virginia. He served as a representative in congress from Virginia from 1835 to 1839. In 1840 he was appointed a clerk in the house of representatives, from which position he was transferred to the legislature of Virginia, and declined a reelection. He was a democratic elector in 1844.
Morgan, William
artist, was born in 1826, in London, England. He is a member of the American Art union and the Artists' Fund society. His works include Emancipation; The Legend; Song without Words; Motherhood; Reverie; In the Hay-Loft; Summer; The Sortie; Andante; Blowing Bubbles; and La Mandolinata.
Moriarty, James Joseph
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 8, 1843, in Ireland. He was a Roman catholic clergyman of New York state; and the author of Wayside Pencillings; Stumbling Blocks made Stepping Stones on the Way to the Catholic Faith; All for Love; and The Keys of the Kingdom. He died Dec. 4, 1887, in Utica, N. Y.