DIED AT AGE OF EIGHTY-ONE
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John Morgan, Believed to be the Pioneer Coal Miner of Coal Creek District, is Dead
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John Morgan, a well known Welsh citizen of Rockholds, Ky., and a pioneer miner of the Coal Creek district, died at his residence in Rockholds, Thursday morning at 7:30 o'clock December 3rd. His death was due to old age, and a general breaking down, he being eighty-one years of age.
Mr. Morgan was well and favorably known in the coal regions of Coal Creek and Rockholds, being a practical and expert coal man of some forty years experience. For twenty years he engaged his vocation in the mines at Coal Creek and by his thrift and saving habits had amassed quite a small fortune with which he enjoyed the later years of his life. He was a man of rugged honesty, prominent in church work and well respected by a large circle of close friends. He engaged n the battles of the Civil War on the Union side, losing a limb in the service of his country. He came originally from Wales and settled in Pennsylvania, coming later to Tennessee with the Richards brothers, Joseph and "Uncle Davy". He located at Coal Creek and resided there until a few years ago when he moved with his son, John, to Rockholds, Ky.
For years he was a deacon and prominent leader in the little Welsh church organized some thirty years ago at Coal Creek and took an active part in good works. He was a member of the Golden Cross, and GAR. He leaves behind him three grown children, John and Dan Morgan and Mrs. J.C. Hoskins, wife of Magager Hoskins of the Imperial Coal Co. located at Rockholds, Ky. His body will arrive this morning over L. & N. and be taken to the Welsh Congregational church on Adkins street, now used by the United Brethren and the funeral services will be held this Saturday morning, 10:30 a.m., Rev. Gives, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. W.A. Atchley of the Broadway Baptist officiating.
The interment will be in Old Gray Cemetery, where his body will be laid beside that of his wife.
The Knoxville Journal & Tribune (December 5, 1908)
John Morgan served in Company K of the 142nd Pennsylvania Infantry (Union Army) from August 12, 1862-June 22, 1863. He lost a leg.
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John Morgan, Believed to be the Pioneer Coal Miner of Coal Creek District, is Dead
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John Morgan, a well known Welsh citizen of Rockholds, Ky., and a pioneer miner of the Coal Creek district, died at his residence in Rockholds, Thursday morning at 7:30 o'clock December 3rd. His death was due to old age, and a general breaking down, he being eighty-one years of age.
Mr. Morgan was well and favorably known in the coal regions of Coal Creek and Rockholds, being a practical and expert coal man of some forty years experience. For twenty years he engaged his vocation in the mines at Coal Creek and by his thrift and saving habits had amassed quite a small fortune with which he enjoyed the later years of his life. He was a man of rugged honesty, prominent in church work and well respected by a large circle of close friends. He engaged n the battles of the Civil War on the Union side, losing a limb in the service of his country. He came originally from Wales and settled in Pennsylvania, coming later to Tennessee with the Richards brothers, Joseph and "Uncle Davy". He located at Coal Creek and resided there until a few years ago when he moved with his son, John, to Rockholds, Ky.
For years he was a deacon and prominent leader in the little Welsh church organized some thirty years ago at Coal Creek and took an active part in good works. He was a member of the Golden Cross, and GAR. He leaves behind him three grown children, John and Dan Morgan and Mrs. J.C. Hoskins, wife of Magager Hoskins of the Imperial Coal Co. located at Rockholds, Ky. His body will arrive this morning over L. & N. and be taken to the Welsh Congregational church on Adkins street, now used by the United Brethren and the funeral services will be held this Saturday morning, 10:30 a.m., Rev. Gives, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. W.A. Atchley of the Broadway Baptist officiating.
The interment will be in Old Gray Cemetery, where his body will be laid beside that of his wife.
The Knoxville Journal & Tribune (December 5, 1908)
John Morgan served in Company K of the 142nd Pennsylvania Infantry (Union Army) from August 12, 1862-June 22, 1863. He lost a leg.
DIED AT AGE OF EIGHTY-ONE
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John Morgan, Believed to be the Pioneer Coal Miner of Coal Creek District, is Dead
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John Morgan, a well known Welsh citizen of Rockholds, Ky., and a pioneer miner of the Coal Creek district, died at his residence in Rockholds, Thursday morning at 7:30 o'clock December 3rd. His death was due to old age, and a general breaking down, he being eighty-one years of age.
Mr. Morgan was well and favorably known in the coal regions of Coal Creek and Rockholds, being a practical and expert coal man of some forty years experience. For twenty years he engaged his vocation in the mines at Coal Creek and by his thrift and saving habits had amassed quite a small fortune with which he enjoyed the later years of his life. He was a man of rugged honesty, prominent in church work and well respected by a large circle of close friends. He engaged n the battles of the Civil War on the Union side, losing a limb in the service of his country. He came originally from Wales and settled in Pennsylvania, coming later to Tennessee with the Richards brothers, Joseph and "Uncle Davy". He located at Coal Creek and resided there until a few years ago when he moved with his son, John, to Rockholds, Ky.
For years he was a deacon and prominent leader in the little Welsh church organized some thirty years ago at Coal Creek and took an active part in good works. He was a member of the Golden Cross, and GAR. He leaves behind him three grown children, John and Dan Morgan and Mrs. J.C. Hoskins, wife of Magager Hoskins of the Imperial Coal Co. located at Rockholds, Ky. His body will arrive this morning over L. & N. and be taken to the Welsh Congregational church on Adkins street, now used by the United Brethren and the funeral services will be held this Saturday morning, 10:30 a.m., Rev. Gives, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. W.A. Atchley of the Broadway Baptist officiating.
The interment will be in Old Gray Cemetery, where his body will be laid beside that of his wife.
The Knoxville Journal & Tribune (December 5, 1908)
John Morgan served in Company K of the 142nd Pennsylvania Infantry (Union Army) from August 12, 1862-June 22, 1863. He lost a leg.
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John Morgan, Believed to be the Pioneer Coal Miner of Coal Creek District, is Dead
_____________________________
John Morgan, a well known Welsh citizen of Rockholds, Ky., and a pioneer miner of the Coal Creek district, died at his residence in Rockholds, Thursday morning at 7:30 o'clock December 3rd. His death was due to old age, and a general breaking down, he being eighty-one years of age.
Mr. Morgan was well and favorably known in the coal regions of Coal Creek and Rockholds, being a practical and expert coal man of some forty years experience. For twenty years he engaged his vocation in the mines at Coal Creek and by his thrift and saving habits had amassed quite a small fortune with which he enjoyed the later years of his life. He was a man of rugged honesty, prominent in church work and well respected by a large circle of close friends. He engaged n the battles of the Civil War on the Union side, losing a limb in the service of his country. He came originally from Wales and settled in Pennsylvania, coming later to Tennessee with the Richards brothers, Joseph and "Uncle Davy". He located at Coal Creek and resided there until a few years ago when he moved with his son, John, to Rockholds, Ky.
For years he was a deacon and prominent leader in the little Welsh church organized some thirty years ago at Coal Creek and took an active part in good works. He was a member of the Golden Cross, and GAR. He leaves behind him three grown children, John and Dan Morgan and Mrs. J.C. Hoskins, wife of Magager Hoskins of the Imperial Coal Co. located at Rockholds, Ky. His body will arrive this morning over L. & N. and be taken to the Welsh Congregational church on Adkins street, now used by the United Brethren and the funeral services will be held this Saturday morning, 10:30 a.m., Rev. Gives, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. W.A. Atchley of the Broadway Baptist officiating.
The interment will be in Old Gray Cemetery, where his body will be laid beside that of his wife.
The Knoxville Journal & Tribune (December 5, 1908)
John Morgan served in Company K of the 142nd Pennsylvania Infantry (Union Army) from August 12, 1862-June 22, 1863. He lost a leg.
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