tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7599495787360701515.post7227427318873683394..comments2023-11-20T10:29:44.798-08:00Comments on Ancestral Ties: John Morgan attends the G. A. R., Grand Army of the Republic, Parade in Washington DC, September 20, 1892.Bessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00932924864316918530noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7599495787360701515.post-86645195846124983362010-06-04T21:33:49.510-07:002010-06-04T21:33:49.510-07:00Bless you cousin Karen.Bless you cousin Karen.Flora Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564638407796573273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7599495787360701515.post-24924622852990253612010-06-01T07:55:38.908-07:002010-06-01T07:55:38.908-07:00Thank you Amy and Flora Lee for your comments.
I ...Thank you Amy and Flora Lee for your comments.<br /><br />I too find John Morgan’s journal extremely interesting. I’m grateful to his son, Nicholas Groesbeck Morgan, Sr., who preserved it, at a time when it otherwise would have been thrown out. According to his granddaughter, my dear new found cousin Karen, Nicholas spent years gathering his father’s writings, and studying his life and times. Unable to complete the volume of history he envisioned writing himself, he employed Arthur Richardson to complete the project, "The Life and Ministry of John Morgan; For a Wise and Glorious Purpose."<br /> <br />Upon his passing, his library was passed to his daughter, Marjorie. She continued the family’s research, and at the appropriate time donated her father’s collection, and the copy he’d made of John Morgan’s journals to the Marriott Library. So descendants and historians could access it. <br /><br />Cousin Karen now has her grandfather Nick’s (NGM, Sr.) remaining library. Sadly, a copy of John Morgan’s journal wasn’t made before it was donated to the Marriott. She has neither the originals, nor a copy. She does, however, have a vast knowledge of the family, and is locating, identifying, and preserving the remaining books and papers in her possession.Bessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00932924864316918530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7599495787360701515.post-23427345492869645072010-06-01T07:50:23.797-07:002010-06-01T07:50:23.797-07:00A friend with insight and knowledge of the GAR wro...A friend with insight and knowledge of the GAR wrote: By this time, the GAR was just about the most powerful organization in the country, rivaling even Congress in some respects, so it's interesting that JM went/was sent to Washington then. EVERYbody would have been there, so it would have been a good time for him to pull any strings he had to help the church.Bessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00932924864316918530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7599495787360701515.post-25471976847602059812010-05-31T01:51:12.739-07:002010-05-31T01:51:12.739-07:00This post was really a good idea, especially on Me...This post was really a good idea, especially on Memorial Day weekend. He did lead an interesting life. Thanks for "digging" these things out of his journalFlora Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564638407796573273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7599495787360701515.post-70985742185987348052010-05-29T05:26:07.417-07:002010-05-29T05:26:07.417-07:00What an interesting life John Morgan led. Thank yo...What an interesting life John Morgan led. Thank you for posting his diary. It is so interesting. Are you thinking of publishing his diary? I don't recall if you've mentioned if you know who owns the original, if it still exists.Amy Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037263182287268748noreply@blogger.com