Parsons, Col. William and Shiach, W. S.  "An Illustrated History of Umatilla
County and of Morrow County." Spokane, WA: W. H. Lever, 1902. p. 512.

MILTON R. MORGAN

     In this county of mammoth undertakings the strides in agriculture are inure
manifest perhaps than in any other line, and among the leading agriculturists is
the man whose name initiates this paragraph, and whose excellent achievements
within the borders of Morrow county have stamped  him as a man far above the
ordinary and possessed of capabilities and in executive force that place him in
the lead at once.
     He was born in Missouri on July 18, 1858, being the son of Thomas and
Elizabeth (Noble) Morgan, natives respectively of Kentucky and Indiana. At
twelve years of age he left Missouri and went to Kansas, in which two states he
received his educational training in the common schools. After spending ten
years in Kansas he came to Umatilla county, settling in Helix for two years
until he had thoroughly looked over the country, and then came to his present
location, ten miles south from lone. where he now lives. Here he took in 1882,
before Morrow county was organized, a homestead, a timber culture and a
pre-emption, and to the cultivation and improvement of this land he devoted
himself with energy, and the success that has attended him is the sure proof of
his ability. He now is the proprietor of a magnificent estate of sixteen hundred
acres of fine wheat land, which is averaging him a return of eighteen bushels to
the acre annually. The estate is finely improved and highly cultivated, having a
good and comfortable residence, together with orchard and other necessary and
convenient improvements that are essential to the proper manipulation of a
first-class ranch. When he first came to this county Mr. Morgan handled cattle
and horses, but retired from that business in favor of wheat growing.
     The marriage of Mr. Morgan and Miss Lizzie, daughter of A. C. and Minerva
(Neal) Crisman, was celebrated in 1888. The second marriage of our subject was
solemnized in 1899, on March 2, Miss Dora, daughter of J. M. and Sarah (McLeod)
Baker, becoming his wife at that time. He has three children, Ira M., Bertha and
James Edison. In fraternal affiliations Mr. Morgan is associated with the I. O.
O. F., and is a leading figure in these circles, as well as throughout the
county where he is known, having so demeaned himself that the confidence
and esteem of his fellows is freely bestowed upon him.


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Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.