Thomas Robert Morgan was born on 24 November 1863 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to John Morgan and Lydia Ann (Davidson) Jagger Morgan. His father, who was a shoemaker, died about 1875, and Lydia was unable to take care of her three sons. So she ended up putting them in an orphanage in Cincinnati (which has subsequently burned down). The boys, though, ran away from the orphanage, and in 1878, Thomas, who had followed the railroad tracks, ended up in Hillsboro, Ohio, where he met a gentleman named Henry Hook. Henry invited Thomas back to his home and gave him a place to stay (even listed him as his "adopted" son on the 1880 census, which lists Thomas by his middle name, Robert Morgan).
Thomas lived with Henry Hook and his wife until after he married a local girl, Martha Ellen Elizabeth Walker, the daughter of Daniel Walker and Rebecca Jane (Guthrie) Cox Walker, on 29 Aug 1885 in Highland Co., Ohio. Then he purchased the farm next to Henry's, where he and his wife raised their family and lived the rest of their lives. This farm was located on what is now known as Hook-Morgan Road, just to the west of Fairfax, Highland Co., Ohio.
Thomas and Martha had nine children: Esta Otto (1886-1918); Vallie Dell (1888-1974); John Wesley (1891-1978); Clara Jane (1893-1978); Anna Grace (1896-1992); Mary R. (1898-1987); Charles Luther (1901-1986); Frederick Pearl (1904-1994); and Edward Earl (1904-1983). Several of their children went by their middle names (Luther, Pearl and Earl), and those names appear on later records.
Thomas broke his arm at one point, and learned to write with his other hand while it healed, and thereafter could write with either hand. He also apparently had a glass eye, according to my dad.
Back around the turn of the 20th century, Thomas and Martha gladly took in anyone who needed a place to stay -- be they a neighbor's kid who just wanted to get away from their own house for awhile or a complete stranger. Martha often went to bed not knowing how many people she would be cooking breakfast for the next morning. The only thing they asked of these people who stayed over was that they help with the chores on the farm.
Thomas was an extremely well liked man (he had over 400 people attend his funeral service, according to my dad). He died on 30 September 1948 in Concord Twp., Highland Co., Ohio, and was buried at Fairfax Cemetery.
Thomas lived with Henry Hook and his wife until after he married a local girl, Martha Ellen Elizabeth Walker, the daughter of Daniel Walker and Rebecca Jane (Guthrie) Cox Walker, on 29 Aug 1885 in Highland Co., Ohio. Then he purchased the farm next to Henry's, where he and his wife raised their family and lived the rest of their lives. This farm was located on what is now known as Hook-Morgan Road, just to the west of Fairfax, Highland Co., Ohio.
Thomas and Martha had nine children: Esta Otto (1886-1918); Vallie Dell (1888-1974); John Wesley (1891-1978); Clara Jane (1893-1978); Anna Grace (1896-1992); Mary R. (1898-1987); Charles Luther (1901-1986); Frederick Pearl (1904-1994); and Edward Earl (1904-1983). Several of their children went by their middle names (Luther, Pearl and Earl), and those names appear on later records.
Thomas broke his arm at one point, and learned to write with his other hand while it healed, and thereafter could write with either hand. He also apparently had a glass eye, according to my dad.
Back around the turn of the 20th century, Thomas and Martha gladly took in anyone who needed a place to stay -- be they a neighbor's kid who just wanted to get away from their own house for awhile or a complete stranger. Martha often went to bed not knowing how many people she would be cooking breakfast for the next morning. The only thing they asked of these people who stayed over was that they help with the chores on the farm.
Thomas was an extremely well liked man (he had over 400 people attend his funeral service, according to my dad). He died on 30 September 1948 in Concord Twp., Highland Co., Ohio, and was buried at Fairfax Cemetery.
Thomas Robert Morgan was born on 24 November 1863 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to John Morgan and Lydia Ann (Davidson) Jagger Morgan. His father, who was a shoemaker, died about 1875, and Lydia was unable to take care of her three sons. So she ended up putting them in an orphanage in Cincinnati (which has subsequently burned down). The boys, though, ran away from the orphanage, and in 1878, Thomas, who had followed the railroad tracks, ended up in Hillsboro, Ohio, where he met a gentleman named Henry Hook. Henry invited Thomas back to his home and gave him a place to stay (even listed him as his "adopted" son on the 1880 census, which lists Thomas by his middle name, Robert Morgan).
Thomas lived with Henry Hook and his wife until after he married a local girl, Martha Ellen Elizabeth Walker, the daughter of Daniel Walker and Rebecca Jane (Guthrie) Cox Walker, on 29 Aug 1885 in Highland Co., Ohio. Then he purchased the farm next to Henry's, where he and his wife raised their family and lived the rest of their lives. This farm was located on what is now known as Hook-Morgan Road, just to the west of Fairfax, Highland Co., Ohio.
Thomas and Martha had nine children: Esta Otto (1886-1918); Vallie Dell (1888-1974); John Wesley (1891-1978); Clara Jane (1893-1978); Anna Grace (1896-1992); Mary R. (1898-1987); Charles Luther (1901-1986); Frederick Pearl (1904-1994); and Edward Earl (1904-1983). Several of their children went by their middle names (Luther, Pearl and Earl), and those names appear on later records.
Thomas broke his arm at one point, and learned to write with his other hand while it healed, and thereafter could write with either hand. He also apparently had a glass eye, according to my dad.
Back around the turn of the 20th century, Thomas and Martha gladly took in anyone who needed a place to stay -- be they a neighbor's kid who just wanted to get away from their own house for awhile or a complete stranger. Martha often went to bed not knowing how many people she would be cooking breakfast for the next morning. The only thing they asked of these people who stayed over was that they help with the chores on the farm.
Thomas was an extremely well liked man (he had over 400 people attend his funeral service, according to my dad). He died on 30 September 1948 in Concord Twp., Highland Co., Ohio, and was buried at Fairfax Cemetery.
Thomas lived with Henry Hook and his wife until after he married a local girl, Martha Ellen Elizabeth Walker, the daughter of Daniel Walker and Rebecca Jane (Guthrie) Cox Walker, on 29 Aug 1885 in Highland Co., Ohio. Then he purchased the farm next to Henry's, where he and his wife raised their family and lived the rest of their lives. This farm was located on what is now known as Hook-Morgan Road, just to the west of Fairfax, Highland Co., Ohio.
Thomas and Martha had nine children: Esta Otto (1886-1918); Vallie Dell (1888-1974); John Wesley (1891-1978); Clara Jane (1893-1978); Anna Grace (1896-1992); Mary R. (1898-1987); Charles Luther (1901-1986); Frederick Pearl (1904-1994); and Edward Earl (1904-1983). Several of their children went by their middle names (Luther, Pearl and Earl), and those names appear on later records.
Thomas broke his arm at one point, and learned to write with his other hand while it healed, and thereafter could write with either hand. He also apparently had a glass eye, according to my dad.
Back around the turn of the 20th century, Thomas and Martha gladly took in anyone who needed a place to stay -- be they a neighbor's kid who just wanted to get away from their own house for awhile or a complete stranger. Martha often went to bed not knowing how many people she would be cooking breakfast for the next morning. The only thing they asked of these people who stayed over was that they help with the chores on the farm.
Thomas was an extremely well liked man (he had over 400 people attend his funeral service, according to my dad). He died on 30 September 1948 in Concord Twp., Highland Co., Ohio, and was buried at Fairfax Cemetery.
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