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MORGAN, Spencer Douglas 1 2 3 4 5 6
Records indicate Spencer emmigrated from Illinois to Iowa around 1871.
Spencer married Pluma WOOD about 1870 in Illinois or Iowa. (Pluma WOOD was born in Aug 1850 in Illinois.) |
1 1850 US Census (Palmyra, Lee County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Elizabeth, widow, (age 34, b. OH), and children Alphonso (age 12, b. IL), Jerome (age 9, b. IL), Spencer (age 6, b. IL), Charles (age 4, b. IL), Sidney S. (age 3, b. IL), and Florence S. (age 1, b. IL), living in Palmyra, Illinois.
2 1860 US Census (Palmyra, Lee County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Elizabeth [Shoemaker] Morgan, widow, (age 44, b. OH), and children Jerome (age 18, b. IL), Spencer (age 16, b. IL), Charles (age 14, b. IL), Sidney (age 13, b. IL), and Florence (age 11, b. IL) living in Palmyra, Illinois. Also in the household is Elizabeth's father, Michael Shoemaker (age 83, b. DE). Elizabeth is listed as a "seamstress." Jerome is listed as a "clerk." Spencer is listed as a "farm laborer."
3 1880 US Census (District 155, East River, Page County, Iowa). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Spencer Morgan (age 36, b. IL), wife Pluma (age 29, b. IL), and children Edna (age 8, b. IA), Maud (age 6, b. IA), and Roy (age 3, b. IA), living in East River, Iowa. Spencer is listed as a "farmer." He indicates that both his parents were born in Ohio. Pluma is listed as "keeping house," and indicates that her father was born in Massachusetts and her mother in New Hampshire.
4 1870 US Census (Buchanan, Page County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Spencer Morgan (age 27, b. IL) and his brother, Charles Morgan (age 25, b. IL), living in Buchanan, Iowa. They are living in the household of Robert Snodgrass (age 52, b. IN), wife Nancy [sp?] (age 46, b. IN), and children Esam [sp?] (age 21, b. IA), James (age 17, b. IA), Sarah J. (age 15, b. IA), and Robert (age 8, b. IA). Charles Morgan would eventually marry Sarah J. Snodgrass. Robert Snodgrass is listed as a "farmer." Spencer is listed as a "farm hand." Charles is listed as a "farmer."
5 1900 US Census (District 85, East River, Page County, Iowa). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Spencer Morgan [spelled S.D] (age 56, b. IL), wife Pluma (age 49, b. IL), and children Maude (age 25, b. IA), Roy (age 23, b. IA), Roy's wife, Bertha (age 23, b. OH), Sisle (age 18, b. IA), Eva (age 15, b. IA) and Lorena (age 10, b. IA), living in East River, Iowa. Also in the household is Spencer's mother, Elizabeth [Shoemaker] Morgan (age 84, b. OH). Spencer is listed as a "farmer." Roy is also listed as a "farmer." Sisle is listed as a "school teacher." The record indicates that Roy and Bertha have no children at this time, Spencer and Pluma have had 8 children, 6 of which are living, and Elizabeth has had 7 children, 4 of which are living. Spencer indicates that both his parents were born in Ohio. Pluma indicates that her father was born in Massachusetts and her mother in New Hampshire. Elizabeth indicates that her parents were both born in New York [info probably provided by son or daughter-in-law, as this is incorrect]. Bertha indicates that both her parents were born in Ohio.
6 1920 US Census (District 97, Amity, Page County, Iowa). Surety: 4. Lists Lisle [Morgan] Smith (age 38, b. IA), widowed, and her children Leland (age 16, b. IA), Neil (age 12, b. IA), and Lorene (age 10, b. IA), living in Amity, Iowa. Also in the household are Lisle's parents, Spencer D. Morgan (age 76, b. IL) and Pluma Morgan (age 64, b. IL). Lisle is listed as a "farmer."
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