Journal Report



Generation Three



4. Joseph Lewis3 Fiske (8) (David, #8)46,47,48,49 was born on 12 Apr 1824 at Fiskburg, Kentucky.50 He married Martha Ann Metcalfe (9) (see #5), daughter of Thomas Metcalfe (345) and Margaret Alsup Hutchinson (346), on 26 Jan 1845 at Covington, Kentucky.51 He died on 16 Jun 1905 at Carrollton, Missouri, at age 81.52 He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery and his 6 sons acted as pall bearers.53
His mother died when he was five years old.54 He ran a dry goods business near Covington, KY until 1854 when he followed his wife's brothers and moved to Adams Co., IL.55 In about 1873, he moved to Rea Twp, Carroll Co., MO where he farmed for the next thirty years. He was listed in the 6 Jun 1880 Census at Rea Twp., Carrol Co., Missouri.56 He and Martha Ann Metcalfe (9) resided in 1905 at N. Folger St., Carrollton, Missouri.57
Children of Joseph Lewis3 Fiske (8) and Martha Ann Metcalfe (9) (see #5) were as follows:

5. Martha Ann3 Metcalfe (9) (Thomas, #10)97,98,99 was born on 26 Mar 1828 at DeMossville, Kentucky.100 She married first James W. McClanahan (514) on 26 Jan 1843 at Covington, Kentucky.101,102 She married Joseph Lewis Fiske (8) (see #4), son of Dr. David Lewis Fiske (219) and Sarah Abercrombie (220), on 26 Jan 1845 at Covington, Kentucky.103 She died on 17 May 1912 at Severy, KS, at age 84 at the home of her daughter Nettie May Hurst.104
She and Joseph Lewis Fiske (8) resided in 1905 at N. Folger St., Carrollton, Missouri.105


6. David3 Morgan (52) (William, #12)106,107,108 was born on 15 Nov 1805 at Floyd Co., Kentucky.109,110,111,112 He married Eleanor Graham (987) (see #7), daughter of Judge John Graham (984) and Rebecca Witten (985), on 25 Dec 1825 at Floyd Co., Kentucky.113 He died on 27 Oct 1867 at Edgar Co., Illinois, at age 61.114 His estate was probated on 4 Jan 1868 at Edgar Co., Illinois.115
In 1814, after his father and grandfather were murdered, Patrick Cummings and Wm. J. Mayo were appointed his guardians.116 In 1817, the Kentucky State Legislature named William Mayo as guardian for the heirs of William Morgan.117 He acquired the estate of his deceased father on 22 Nov 1824.118 "He owned an entire county in Kentucky and he didn't do anything but run horse reaces, drink whiskey, and fight. He could knock a bull off a bridge with his fist.".119 He became fond of racing horses and family tradition holds that while he was away at the races a daughter was born. He felt so bad about missing her birth that he swore off drink and he freed his slaves. He was listed in the 2 Aug 1850 Census at Floyd Co., Kentucky, occupation farmer, no slaves.120 He moved in 1852 to Edgar Co., Illinois, where other members of the Morgan family had moved in the 1820's.121,122 When the family moved to Illinois, his eldest son, Thomas Graham Morgan, remained in Kentucky. In the Civil War, that son served in the Confederate Army while David, Jr. served in the Union Army.
Children of David3 Morgan (52) and Eleanor Graham (987) (see #7) were as follows:

7. Eleanor3 Graham (987) (John, #14)202,203,204 was born in 1810 at Kentucky.205 She married David Morgan (52) (see #6), son of William Morgan (2181) and Susannah Spurlock (3898), on 25 Dec 1825 at Floyd Co., Kentucky.206 She died circa 1905.207
Her nick name was Nelly (987). She was living on 4 Oct 1869 at Edgar Co., Illinois.208





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