DAVID MORGAN, head of the
puddle mill of the Sharon Iron Works, was born in Monmouthshire, South
Wales, November 2, 1828, and is a son of David and Mary (Leonard)
Morgan, both of whom spent their lives in that country. David learned
the iron business in his native shire, and in the fall of 1856
immigrated to Pittsburgh, Penn., and for about thirty years was manager
of iron mills in that city and other points. In 1872-73 Mr. Morgan
built at Wellsville, Ohio, the first mill for the manufacture of tin,
and rolled the first tin-plate in the United States. In April, 1887, he
came to Sharon, and has since had charge of the puddling department of
the Sharon Iron Works. Mr. Morgan was married in 1848, to
Elizabeth Thomas, of South Wales, of which union five children grew to
maturity: James, Theo. D., Charles, David and Elizabeth.
His wife died November 15, 1869, and he was again married, in 1870, to
Mrs. Julia Russell, who had three children by her first marriage:
Matilda, deceased; Elizabeth and Katie. Mrs. Morgan had no
children by her second marriage, and died January 16, 1887. In 1888 Mr.
Morgan was again married, to Mrs. Jannett Macaulay, who had borne
two children to her first husband: Alexander and Marian. Our subject is
a Republican, and in the summer of 1861 enlisted as second lieutenant
of Company K, First Virginia Volunteers, and served about one year. He
is a member of the Masonic fraternity and K. of P., and belongs to the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: History of Mercer County, 1888 pages 743-744
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