Born in Plattsburg, New York, Morgan moved to Chicago in 1857. From there he went to Milwaukee, where he sought employment but had little success. Leaving Milwaukee, he finally found a position as a country schoolteacher in Hebron, Wisconsin. There he taught school for five months at the rate of one dollar per day. The following spring he became a clerk in a retail grocery store and later became bookkeeper and cashier of a wholesale dry goods house in Milwaukee. When this house failed in 1860 he went to Memphis, Tennessee, but was unsuccessful in finding employment. He then went to St. Louis, Missouri and became a bookkeeper and cashier of the commission house of J.G. Greer and Company. During the Civil War he was first orderly sergeant, then second lieutenant, and then captain of the Halleck Guards, which became Company B of the Seventh Regiment of the Missouri Militia of which Morgan was colonel. He served with this company in the expedition sent up the Missouri River by General Halleck on the steamer “John Warner” to open up communication with river towns, and was in active service on other occasions during the war. He continued in the employ of J.G. Greer & Company until 1865, when he was elected secretary of the Union Merchants’ Exchange. He held that position for more than 30 years and was recognized as the active executive officer of the leading commercial organization of St. Louis. Ready to contribute to the advancement of enterprises calculated to promote the growth and prosperity of St. Louis, he became secretary and treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce Association and was identified with other purely business enterprises as president of the Progressive Building & Loan Association, secretary of the St. Louis Provident Association, a director of the Hospital Saturday and Sunday Association, and a director and secretary of the Congregational City Missionary Society. In 1893 he was a delegate to the Water Commerce Congress, held in connection with the World’s Fair in Chicago where he read his carefully prepared paper on “The Commerce of the Mississippi River,” which attracted attention. He was a member of the Masonic order, the Legion of Honor, the Ransom Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was also a member of the New York Society and the Mercantile Club.
Born in Plattsburg, New York, Morgan moved to Chicago in 1857. From there he went to Milwaukee, where he sought employment but had little success. Leaving Milwaukee, he finally found a position as a country schoolteacher in Hebron, Wisconsin. There he taught school for five months at the rate of one dollar per day. The following spring he became a clerk in a retail grocery store and later became bookkeeper and cashier of a wholesale dry goods house in Milwaukee. When this house failed in 1860 he went to Memphis, Tennessee, but was unsuccessful in finding employment. He then went to St. Louis, Missouri and became a bookkeeper and cashier of the commission house of J.G. Greer and Company. During the Civil War he was first orderly sergeant, then second lieutenant, and then captain of the Halleck Guards, which became Company B of the Seventh Regiment of the Missouri Militia of which Morgan was colonel. He served with this company in the expedition sent up the Missouri River by General Halleck on the steamer “John Warner” to open up communication with river towns, and was in active service on other occasions during the war. He continued in the employ of J.G. Greer & Company until 1865, when he was elected secretary of the Union Merchants’ Exchange. He held that position for more than 30 years and was recognized as the active executive officer of the leading commercial organization of St. Louis. Ready to contribute to the advancement of enterprises calculated to promote the growth and prosperity of St. Louis, he became secretary and treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce Association and was identified with other purely business enterprises as president of the Progressive Building & Loan Association, secretary of the St. Louis Provident Association, a director of the Hospital Saturday and Sunday Association, and a director and secretary of the Congregational City Missionary Society. In 1893 he was a delegate to the Water Commerce Congress, held in connection with the World’s Fair in Chicago where he read his carefully prepared paper on “The Commerce of the Mississippi River,” which attracted attention. He was a member of the Masonic order, the Legion of Honor, the Ransom Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was also a member of the New York Society and the Mercantile Club.
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