James Harrison Morgan

Great-grandfather, James H. Morgan has been somewhat of a mystery for me in my geneology research. I've been looking for his background - his parents and siblings - every since I started researching the family tree back in the 1990's. He didn't seem to have a past. But with some luck and a little help from Aunt Jerri and Uncle Al, I was able to trace him through his brother, Winter Schwartz Morgan. Winter was listed in the 1900 census living in Ft. McKenzie, WY military base as a Pvt., born in Rockport, IL. That gave me a location to search prior census records for the rest of the family.

Here is the MORGAN tree as I have it so far:

Susan G. Ziegemeier Loftin
    +James V. Ziegemeier b. Nov. 17, 1930, St. Charles, MO d. Feb 15, 1997
      Mary J. Nemec b. Jan. 11, 1933 St. Louis
             Albert J. Ziegemeier Sr. b. Apr. 29, 1902, d. Oct. 5, 1970
             +Nellie Delora MORGAN b. Jan. 16, 1905, d. Oct 29, 1960
                        +James Harrison MORGAN b. dec. 6, 1874, IL; d. Feb 25, 1925 Lincoln Co., MO
                           Nellie Mae Crume b. July 4, 1880, Troy, MO; d. Nov. 29, 1951 Troy, MO
                                    +Daniel MORGAN b. Oct. 22, 1844 Pike Co., IL; d. Oct 1, 1886 Rockport, IL
                                       Matilda Smith b. Mar. 25, 1845; d. June 1, 1912, IL
                                             +John D. MORGAN b. abt. 1806, PA; d. IL
                                               Laura b. abt. 1817, NY

I found an interesting bit of information about the cemetary where Daniel and Matilda are buried - Bald Bluff Cemetary. You can read an article about the cemetary here. It is dated 2005 and I don't know if there is any updated information about it at this point in time.