From Who's Who in Topeka, 1905
Albaugh, Morton--Born, Shoals, Ind., Feb. 10, 1862, son of Samuel and Mary (Slates) Albaugh; educated, Southern Indiana Normal Coll.; married, 1890, to Eula L. Houghton, Loogootee, Ind.; to Kansas, 1883; owner and publisher of Kingman Leader-Courier since 1887; pres. St. Bd. of Charities, 1895-96; chm. Repub. St. Com., campaigns, 1898, 1900 and 1902; bank commr., 1901-04; apptd. clerk of U.S. Dist. Ct., Nov. 29, 1904; Res. 1024 Harrison.
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Morton Albaugh
in the Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941
Name: Morton Albaugh
Spouse Name: Eula L Houghton
Marriage Date: 25 Sep 1890
Marriage County: Martin

Home in 1910: Topeka Ward 3, Shawnee, Kansas
Morton Allbaugh, 48 Head
Eulah Allbaugh, 44 Wife
Houghton Allbaugh, 16 Son
Kathryn Allbaugh, 14 Daughter

Home in 1880: Center, Martin, Indiana, USA
Samuel Albaugh 52
Leah Albaugh 48
William C. Albaugh 22
Oscar Albaugh 20
Morton Albaugh 18
Martha Albaugh 16
Emmie Albaugh 13
Mary Albaugh 10

Topeka Daily Capital, Sunday, Feb. 10, 1918, page 1:
Death Comes To Morton Albaugh
A State Mourns
A Veteran Political Leader is a Victim of Pneumonia After an Illness of Less Than One Week.
Led Red Cross Membership Drive
Career Crowned by a Patriotic Service in Which He Took Pride -- One of the State's Strong Figures
(followed by an eight line poem titled "Adieu, Friend Mort" by Burton Home Pugh.)
Morton Albaugh, clerk of the United States district court for Kansas and one of the most widely known political leaders in Kansas, died early yesterday morning at his home, 1331 Harrison street. Death followed an illness of less than a week, and was caused by pneumonia. He was taken to his home last Monday, and altho he had been confined to his bed since that time, his condition had not been regarded as serious. The news of his death came as a great shock to his many Topeka friends and his thousands of acquaintances and friends in every part of the state.

Morton Albaugh was born on a farm in Martin county, Indiana, February 10, 1862. He was named for Indiana's great war governor, Oliver P. Morton. He was a son of Samuel and Leah (Slates) Albaugh, both of whom were natives of Carroll county, Ohio, and were married there in 1852, removing to Martin county, Indiana in 1853. The mother died in 1910, and the father passed away last year.

Widow and Two Children Survive
Morton Albaugh is survived by his wife, a son, Houghton Albaugh, a student of the state university. and a daughter, Miss Katheryn Albaugh, an instructor in the Pittsburg Manuel Training Normal school. Four sisters and two brothers survive the deceased. They are: Mrs. Emma Truax, who resides in Breckenridge, Colo.; John Perry, a general merchant at Shoals; Jane, who is Mrs. Jacob Ruggles, of Shoals; Oscar, Martha, who is Mrs. Charles Dowell, and Mary, who is Mrs. James Williams. All but Mrs. Truax reside in Martin county, Indiana.

Morton Albaugh was educated in the district schools of Martin county and in the Southwestern Normal college at Mitchell, Ind. In early manhood he taught five terms of district school, beginning that vocation at the age of 16. When 19 years of age he became principal of the schools at Amo, Ind., and served as such for two years, after which, in 1883, when 21 years of age, he came to Kansas, and for one year was principal of the schools at Kingman.

An Editor for Twenty Years
Mr. Albaugh then turned his attention to the newspaper business. He purchased the Saratoga Sun, which he published for three years, during the bitter county seat fight in Pratt county. He then returned to Kingman and purchased the Leader. A year later, he bought the Courier of the same place and consolidated them under the same name, Leader-Courier. Mr. Albaugh continued the active management of this strong Republican newspaper until he was appointed clerk of the United States district court by Judge John C. Pollock fourteen years ago.

Thru all the years of his life in Kansas, Morton Albaugh was a leader in the Republican party. He took a lively interest in politics from the time he came to Kansas, and was always recognized as the best informed man on political conditions in this state. He was a member of the Republican state central committee for eighteen years, and was its chairman six years. In 1894 he was one of the active supporters of E.N. Morrill for governor, and after the latter's election Mr. Albaugh was made president of the state board of charities, serving the state for two years. In 1898 he was chosen to lead the Republican forces as chairman of the state committee, when Gov. W.E. Stanley and the entire Republican state ticket was returned to power. In 1900 he was re-electedas chairman of the state committee. He had charge of W.J. Bailey's campaign for governor in 1902, which resulted in the election of the latter. Again Mr. Albaugh was elected chairman of the Republican state committee, it being the only instance in the history of the state when any citizen was thus honored with this position for a third term. In 1990 he was appointed state bank commissioner a Governor Stanley and served in that capacity nearly four years, and until he was appointed clerk of the federal court for the district of Kansas by Judge Pollock.

In 1890 Morton Albaugh was united in marriage to Miss Eula L. Houghton, of Loogootee, Ind. Mr. Albaugh was a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and a Knight Templar. He also was a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

Two Bits of His Philosophy
"The only way to make this government a complete and perfect success is for the poorest man to think as much of his manhood as the millionaire does of his wealth."
"To work for others is, in reality, the only way a man can work for himself."
These two quoted sentences contain the gist of Morton Albaugh's last and best service to his home community, his state and his country. In future years it will be lovingly said of him that a long and useful life as a citizen was prolonged by the Grim Reaper to give him opportunity to render one's greatest service to humanity. Mortin Albaugh's leadership in the Red Cross membership drive in Shawnee county was crowning service of one who may well be willing to lay down the burdens of life and rest.

To a friend Mr. Albaugh talked of the Red Cross membership campaign and his willingness to give his time and best thought to the state. "I am glad," he said, "to have this opportunity to help so good a cause. I am too old to enter the army, but I am young enough to give to my country, my state and my home city the best there is in me" -- for it was the heart-side, the home-side and the humanitarian side of Morton Albaugh. These activities but revealed the true character of a man beloved and mourned in every community in Kansas.

There is added sorrow and affliction in the Albaugh home because of memories of this day and an event that it was to commemorate. This date would have been the fifty-sixth birthday of Morton Albaugh. Because of his special activities in the Red Cross and other war work, the members of his immediate family, Mrs. Albaugh and the son and daughter, Houghton and Kathryn, had planned to present to him as a home-token of love and appreciation, a beautiful gift to be kept and treasured in future years. It was to add to his joy and happiness in the knowledge that he had done his part, and that soon he would give his boy to the service of his country. To these joys would come to him the happy thought that his daughter, too, had fitted herself for a life of usefulness in educational work. But all these hopes have been turned into a day of sorrow and affliction, in bearing which great burden Mrs. Albaugh and the children will have the sympathy of thousands of friends who, too, have heavy hearts.

The funeral services for Mr. Albaugh will be held at the First M.E. church Monday at 2:30 o'clock. Dr. Edmund J. Kulp will preach the sermon. Interment in Mount Hope cemetery.