Individual Details
Morgan J. Smith
(25 Mar 1840 - 7 Jan 1908)
16th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in Civil War. Also found as Co. I, 16th Wisconsin Infantry. Wounded at Shiloh. Mustered out 20 December 1864 Term Expired.
Morgan's Civil War Pension file states he worked as a school teacher. He was wounded at the Battle of Pittsburg Landing or Shiloh. He was wounded in the left cheek and shoulder by a gunshot.
On 1880 Census of Jamestown, Grant Co., Wisconsin with wife Elizabeth, sister Almira (spelled Elmira) Eliot, and her children, Jane, Milton, and Byron Eliot. Also Henry Shuta, laborer.
On 1890 Veteran Schedule census for Grant Co., Wisconsin.
U. S. Census of 1900 at Jamestown, Grant Co., Wisconsin, Morgan listed as widower with children Willy, Mable and Ethel. Morgan's occupation is farmer.
Obituary not found at chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, July 3, 2018.
Morgan's Civil War Pension file states he worked as a school teacher. He was wounded at the Battle of Pittsburg Landing or Shiloh. He was wounded in the left cheek and shoulder by a gunshot.
On 1880 Census of Jamestown, Grant Co., Wisconsin with wife Elizabeth, sister Almira (spelled Elmira) Eliot, and her children, Jane, Milton, and Byron Eliot. Also Henry Shuta, laborer.
On 1890 Veteran Schedule census for Grant Co., Wisconsin.
U. S. Census of 1900 at Jamestown, Grant Co., Wisconsin, Morgan listed as widower with children Willy, Mable and Ethel. Morgan's occupation is farmer.
Obituary not found at chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, July 3, 2018.
Events
| Birth | 25 Mar 1840 | Mercer Co., Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Marriage | 6 Jun 1880 | Georgetown, Grant Co., Wisconsin - Mary Elizabeth Carns | | ||
| Death | 7 Jan 1908 | Dubuque Co., Iowa | | ||
| Burial | Fairplay Cemetery, Grant Co., Wisconsin | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Elizabeth Carns (1852 - 1896) |
| Child | Wiley S. Smith (1881 - 1947) |
| Child | Mabel L. Smith (1883 - 1975) |
| Child | Ethel E. Smith (1886 - 1974) |
| Child | Wesley Cecil Smith (1890 - 1895) |
| Father | Edward Smith (1799 - 1870) |
| Mother | Jane Johnson (1804 - 1881) |
| Sibling | Ira Edward Smith (1831 - 1901) |
| Sibling | Jarrett J. Smith (1833 - 1905) |
| Sibling | Huldah A. Smith (1835 - 1868) |
| Sibling | Ara "Edward" Smith (1835 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Sarah Jane Smith (1837 - 1895) |
| Sibling | Charlotte "Lottie" E. Smith (1839 - 1915) |
| Sibling | Almira Smith (1842 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Ruth D. Smith (1843 - 1920) |
| Sibling | John Jasper Smith (1844 - 1931) |
| Sibling | William Wayne Smith (1849 - 1923) |
Endnotes
1. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 231.
2. E-Mail from James L. Carns, September 2000.
3. Grant County Genealogical Society, Platteville, Wisconsin, Page 45, Feb. 2005, Vol. 28, No. 4.
4. Marriage Index: Michigan and Wisconsin, 1830-1900, Family Tree Maker Marriage Index CD 251.
5. Grant County Genealogical Society, Platteville, Wisconsin.
6. Civil War Pension File.
7. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 231.
8. E-Mail from James L. Carns, September 2000.
9. Grant County Genealogical Society, Platteville, Wisconsin.
10. Grant County Genealogical Society, Platteville, Wisconsin.