Biographical Sketches of Monroe County Residents

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Louis W. MAIER

pages 825-826

Louis W. MAIER, who for many years was associated with the business interests of Rochester, was perhaps even better known through his connection with public affairs of the city. He possessed a kindly spirit and generosity that made him most widely known, his beneficence being one of his strong and salient characteristics. His birth occurred in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1836, and when nine years of age he was brought to the United States by his parents in company with five sisters and one brother, while one brother remained in Germany. The family home was established in Rochester, where he acquired his education in the public schools and was reared.

When he arrived at years of maturity Mr. MAIER was united in marriage to Miss Anna Mary KIEFER, of Rochester, a daughter of William F. and Salome (OBERST) KIEFER, who were natives of Prussia and of Switzerland respectively, and in early manhood and womanhood came to America. They were married in Rochester and unto them were born five children, of whom Mrs. Louis W. MAIER was the second in order of birth. Both Mr. and Mrs. KIEFER were members of the Catholic church and died in that faith, the former at the age of fifty-three years and the latter at the age of fifty-eight, their remains being interred in Holy Sepulcher cemetery at Rochester, New York. Unto Mr. and Mrs. MAIER were born seven children, of whom two died in early life: Frank J., who passed away in 1876; and Lewis V., who died in 1895. The others are William F., Edward J., Fred J., Mrs. Joseph T. and Otto and Eloise.

The father was very prominent in public affairs in Rochester and at one time he was foreman of the chair factory of the WERSTERN HOUSE OF REFUGE. He was a director of ST. JOSEPH'S ORPHAN ASYLUM for many years, in which connection he did much to improve the condition of the children who were left to depend upon the world's bounty. He belonged to the CATHOLIC MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION and also to the CATHOLIC BENEVOLENT LEGION. He was widely known for his charity and beneficence, being prompted in much that he did by a spirit of broad humanitarianism.

In his business life Louis W. MAIER was well known. He engaged here in the undertaking business and was one of the first men of the city to do any embalming. In 1875 he formed a partnership with Valentine FOEHNER in the undertaking business at No. 5 North Clinton street and in 1884 purchased his partner's interest. He erected his place of business at No. 150 Clinton avenue North in 1893 and since his death the business has been conducted by his sons, William F. and Edward J.

In 1874 he built a home at No. 50 Buchan Park, where he resided up to the time of his death, which occurred on the 20th of September, 1902, and Rochester mourned the loss of a citizen whom it had come to know and honor. His name became synonymous with good works and kind deeds, and he found his happiness to a large extent in providing for the welfare and comfort of others. Surely he realized in full measure the biblical truth "It is more blessed to give than to receive." Those with whom he came in contact in social relations found him a faithful friend, while to his family he was a devoted husband and father, and it was at his own fireside that his loss was most deeply felt, although his death was the occasion of widespread regret to all who knew him.

William F. MAIER

page 1336

William F. MAIER, who is engaged in the undertaking business in Rochester, his native city, was born January 26, 1869, and is one of the seven children of Louis W. MAIER, for many years a prominent and well known resident of Monroe county. He completed his education as a high-school student in Rochester and afterward joined his father in business at No. 150 Clinton avenue North. Upon the father's death he and his brother Edward J. succeeded to the business, which they are now successfully conducting. The latter is a graduate of the Conesius College of Buffalo. He was married in 1899 to Miss Elizabeth REICHERT, of this city, and they have three children.

It was on the 6th of June, 1895, that William F. MAIER was united in marriage to Miss Lula MICHAEL, of Rochester, and unto them have been born five children. The brothers are both men of well known business ability and are thoroughly maintaining the excellent reputation which has been borne by the house since its establishment in 1872. The mother still survives and is yet financially interested in the business. The sons, too, are not unmindful of the excellent example set them by their father in charitable and benevolent work and have not withheld their aid from many worthy public movements.

August J. MAY

page 635

August J. MAY, who for two years has been deputy collector of internal revenue at Rochester, was born in the old eleventh ward, now the twentieth ward, of this city, on the 30th of August, 1863. His parents were Adam and Rosa (EISMAN) MAY, both of whom were natives of Germany, the former born in Baden and the latter in Bavaria. Coming to America in early life, however, they were married in this country. After reaching the new world Adam MAY engaged in blacksmithing but in his later years carried on the grocery business. He is now deceased but the mother still survives. In the family were three sons and two daughters.

August J. MAY has spent his entire life in Rochester and in St. Peter's and Paul's parish school he acquired his education. In early life he learned blacksmithing and followed that trade for ten years in the employ of JAMES CUNNINGHAM, SON & COMPANY. He afterward became connected with merchandising as a member of the firm of WICK & MAY, proprietors of a grocery and restaurant. They conducted the business for ten years, after which Mr. MAY purchased his partner's interest and carried on the business for seven years alone at the corner of Jay and Child streets. He prospered as a merchant, having a good patronage and thereby winning a gratifying measure of success. For the past two years he has been deputy collector of internal revenue and has proved most faithful in the office. Other official service has been promptly executed by him. In 1900 he was elected alderman of the twentieth ward and was re-elected in 1902 and again in 1906, so that he is now serving for the third term. He is a stalwart champion of republican principles, being in thorough sympathy with the policy and the platform of the party.

Mr. MAY was married on the 15th of October, 1902, to Miss Louise BUSH, and they have two children: John A. and Lauretta. The family home is at No. 398 Brown street.

Casper MEISENZAHL

page 1391

In the history of Rochester's successful business men, mention should be made of Casper MEISENZAHL, one of the successful German-American born citizens, who is now extensively engaged in coal trade. He had no financial assistance when he started on his business career, but his spirit and strong determination have enabled him to surmount difficulties and overcome obstacles, and as a coal merchant he is now conducting a large and profitable business.

He was born in Penfield, Monroe county, March 7, 1854, and is a son of Karl J. and Barbara K. (GRIM) MEISENZAHL, who emigrated here from Beirn, Germany, in the year of 1848, and at that time resided on William street, Rochester, and the father worked in a stove foundry. City life not being to his liking, he removed to Penfield and worked for Mr. BARNES for one year. After that he bought a farm in Penfield flats, which he sold later on and moved his family to Irondequoit. His family consisted of five boys and three girls. Casper MEISENZAHL was the third son and worked for his father on the farm until he reached the age of twenty-two years. In those days they did not get the education that they are giving children nowadays. His schooling consisted of two years at St. Joseph's School, Rochester, and two winters at Irondequoit.

In 1876 he was married to Mary A. STREB. She was the daughter of John STREB, who was the manager of W. B. MORSE lumberyard for thirty years and died at the age of ninety-two years. After he was married he started in the dairy business, which he conducted at Portland avenue successfully for eleven years. As he believed he could better his financial condition in other lines of business he disposed of his cows and milk route and went with S. B. STUART, coal company, in 1886. He furnished teams and men for delivering the company's coal for seventeen years, and was very successful in managing the business. He started with fourteen horses and seven wagons, and at the seventeenth year had fifty horses and twenty-five wagons.

His industry and careful expenditure brought him the capital which enabled him to engage in the same line of business on his own account, and he is now numbered among the leading coal merchants of Rochester. From the beginning he met with success, and his increasing sales have brought his trade up to eighteen thousand to twenty thousand tons of coal in the past year. He employs at present fifteen men and thirty horses for hauling purposes, and the business is steadily growing.

His family consists of ten children, four boys and six girls. He owns considerable property throughout the city, having made judicious investments in realty, and in 1907 was elected president of the ONTARIO AND HUMMING-BIRD MINING COMPANY at Colorado Springs. The peaceful, quiet walks of business life are more to his liking than political conquest, and he has found therein the true sphere of his usefulness and success. His present home is at 736 Portland avenue, where he has resided ever since his marriage.

Christopher Henry METCALFE

page 1353

Christopher Henry METCALFE, a gardener of Irondequoit township, conducting a successful and growing business, was born in England in 1860 and was reared in his native country, but when a young man of twenty-two years he determined to try his fortune in the new world and in 1882 bade adieu to friends and native land. He then crossed the Atlantic and later was followed by five of his brothers, four of whom are still living in Monroe county. Christopher H. METCALFE arrived in the United States with a cash capital of but twenty-five dollars and at once started to work his way upward in the world. That he has succeeded is indicated by the fact that he now owns a fine place, which he purchased in 1902. He also owned a small place prior to that time, which he sold. He has built a beautiful residence, large and commodious greenhouses and substantial barns, and now has a place excellently well equipped for the conduct of his business. He has thirteen acres of land with gravel beds of about twenty feet underneath most of it, and he sells thousands of loads of gravel each year. He is also engaged in the raising and sale of garden produce, keeping a wagon for the delivery of such goods.

Mr. METCALFE has been married twice and by his first union had two daughters, Ethel and Rose. His present wife bore the maiden name of Miss Stella BROWN and was a resident of Penfield, Monroe county. In his political views Mr. METCALFE is independent. His time and energies have been largely concentrated upon his business affairs, in which he has done well, and he is now numbered among the thrifty, industrious and prosperous residents of Irondequoit.

Dayton Samuel MORGAN

pages 598-600

Dayton Samuel MORGAN was born in the town of Ogden, Monroe county, New York, November 19, 1819, and died in Brockport, this county, April 9, 1890. He was the sixth in descent from James MORGAN, the first American ancestor of the family, who was born in Wales, in 1607, and with two younger brothers, John and Miles, sailed from their native country and arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, in April, 1637. John, the next younger brother, was a high churchman, and disliking the austerity of the Puritans, left Boston in disgust for more congenial society and settled in Virginia. Miles, the youngest brother, who was born in 1615, soon after arrival associated himself with a party of which Colonel William PYNCHEON was the head and founded the settlement of Springfield, Massachusetts.

James MORGAN, the first American ancestor, finally located in the settlement of Pequot, which by an act of the general court or colonial assembly at Hartford, March 11, 1657, was named "New London, in memory of ye renowned city of London." making his final abode on the east side of the Thames river, in what has since been named the town of Groton. He was one of the townsmen or selectmen for several years, and one of the first deputies sent from New London plantations to the general court at Hartford, May session, in 1657, and was nine times afterward chosen a member of that grave and important assembly, the last in 1670. His associates and compeers composing the general court or colonial assembly in May 1857, when he was first chosen, as shown by the family records, were:

John WINTHROP, of Pequot, governor.

Thomas WELLES, of Hartford, deputy governor.

Magistrates - John WEBSTER of Hartford; Captain John MCCULLICK, of Hartford; Samuel WYLLYS, Hartford; Captain John TALCOTT, Hartford; Major John MASON, Saybrook; Daniel CLARK, Windsor; Nathan GOULD, Fairfield; John GOSMORE, Southampton, L. I.; John OGDEN, Southampton, L. I.

Deputies - George STEELE, of Hartford; John WELLES, Hartford; Richard BUTLER, Hartford; William PHELPS, Windsor; Richard TROTT, Wethersfield; John DEMING, Wethersfield; Jonathan BREWSTER, Pequot; James MORGAN, Pequot; Mathew CANFIELD, Norwalk.

James MORGAN seems to have impressed this carefully selected body of men with a high sense of his sterling honesty and integrity of character, as it appears that in a controversy between the general court and the New London plantations regarding boundaries and jurisdiction it was ordered that the matter should be submitted to three arbiters, mutually agreed upon. New London at once named its townsman, James MORGAN, really a party in its own interests, but nevertheless, the general court as promptly accepted him and without naming another agreed to submit to his sole decision, which, when made, seemed to have satisfied all parties.

The father of Dayton S. MORGAN, Samuel MORGAN, married Sara DAYTON in 1816, of the New Jersey family of that name. He settled in the town of Ogden, Monroe county, being a prosperous miller and farmer. Here Dayton S. MORGAN was born, being the only son of these parents, his mother dying soon thereafter. In the financial reaction of 1836, Samuel MORGAN became overwhelmed and lost his property. He also became broken in health and survived but a short time. Dayton S. MORGAN was then seventeen years of age and was obliged to make his own career. He had secured such educational benefits as could be obtained from the district schools of that time. After his father's financial reverses, by in turn teaching district school and studying hard at night, with great struggle and deprivation he finally obtained a course at Brockport Collegiate Institute, which institution later became transformed into what is now the Brockport State Normal School.

Dayton S. MORGAN secured his first regular employment as clerk in the Erie Canal collector's office. It was his first intention to prepare for a legal profession but finally decided it would take too many years of unprofitable application, being obliged to earn his own living. In 1840 he decided to adopt a business career and in 1841 secured his first position. The following year he became associated with E. WHITNEY, a merchant of Brockport, who for those times was doing an extensive business, retailing dry goods, buying grain, etc. His ambition to succeed and his perseverance and application had gained for him a reputation as "a young man who was bound to succeed, " to the extent that in the spring of 1844 he was invited to enter into partnership with William H. SEYMOUR, a merchant of Brockport, and one of the wealthiest men of that section at that period. Mr. MORGAN had been able to save only a few hundred dollars and stated this fact in answer to Mr. SEYMOUR'S proposition but the reply was that it was not his money that was sought but rather his ability and application. The firm of SEYMOUR & MORGAN was then founded and in connection with a large mercantile business established the GLOBE IRON WORKS in Brockport and began the manufacture of stoves and agricultural implements. In the following year, the Hon. E.B. HOLMES of Brockport, member of congress, while in Washington, met Cyrus H. MCCORMICK, of Walnut Grove, Virginia, who was attending to the taking out of patents on a reaping machine of his invention and told him of the GLOBE IRON WORKS of Brockport and the character of the men in charge, advising him to go there. This he did, bringing for the inspection of SEYMOUR & MORGAN his reaping machine. It was extremely crude, having no driver's seat, the plan for raking off the grain being by a man who should walk beside the platform of the machine. The gearing for operating was very imperfect and the cutting sickle was but a thin strip of steel on the front edge of the platform, serrated reversely every four or five inches of its length; yet though so crude, immature and imperfect, it was a machine with which it was possible to cut grain when all conditions were favorable. Trials were made which suggested various improvements. The machine was cut down here and strengthened there and generally brought into better form. A saddle was provided for the men to sit astride, who used an ordinary hand rake in removing the grain from the platform but the driver walked or rode a horse alongside the machine. The experiments and negotiations resulted in an arrangement whereby SEYMOUR & MORGAN engaged themselves to build a quantity of Mr. MCCORMICK'S reapers, as improved, for the harvest of the following year. In pursuance there were built at the GLOBE IRON WORKS by SEYMOUR & MORGAN, one hundred of these reapers for the harvest of 1846, the first quantity of harvesting machines ever built by one concern, put upon the market and sold, and thus the historical fact was established that the old GLOBE IRON WORKS at Brockport, Monroe county, New York, became the first reaper factory in the world.

The firm continued the manufacture of these machines until 1848. They then introduced a machine of their own design, known as the "New Yorker," which gained a world-wide reputation. For the harvest of 1851 they ventured to make five hundred of these machines and the people then wondered how and where they could all possibly be sold. At this time Mr. MORGAN purchased Mr. SEYMOUR'S interest in the patents that controlled this reaper and licensed other manufacturers to build for specified territory. The quadrant shaped platform, today still universally used on reaping machines, was brought out by the firm and other manufacturers licensed. In connection with it and other inventions Mr. MORGAN was obliged to bring several suits for infringement, some of which became famous, involving very large sums of money, and were not finally determined until reaching the United States supreme court at Washington. In these litigations wide attention was attracted. Men of prominence, some of whom became particularly so in the affairs of the nation, were associated as counsel. Among these were Abraham LINCOLN, Edward M. STANTON, who became secretary of war during the war of the Rebellion; William SEWARD, who was New York's whig governor in 1838; Judge Henry R. SELDEN of Rochester, and others.

In all these patent litigations Mr. MORGAN was finally successful. Eventually Mr. MORGAN became sole owner of the concern, which was subsequently incorporated under the name of D.S. MORGAN & COMPANY, and continued as its president and active head up to the time of his death. A few years thereafter this large company, the outgrowth of the pioneer of its kind, bowed to the march of progress of the day and became absorbed by combination with other interests. After disposing of its manufacturing interests the corporation which Mr. MORGAN founded erected in the heart of the city of Buffalo, New York, the first so-called steel constructed office building built in that city, one of the most complete in the country, known as the D.S. MORGAN building.

Mr. MORGAN also became interested in various railroads, and at one time served as vice president of the central branch of the UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. He was also one of those originally interested in organizing in 1869 the CENTRAL CROSSTOWN STREET RAILROAD in New York city. He was a large and judicious investor in real estate and acquired much farming, timber and city property. Convinced of the future of the city of Chicago, he purchased in 1872 the five hundred acres of land upon which that city's suburb, West Pullman, is now built.

Personally, Mr. MORGAN was quiet and unassuming in manner, refusing political preferment and avoiding publicity. While a man of great dignity, he was affable and approachable and always glad to receive suggestions from any one in his employ. He possessed unusual will power, undaunted tenacity and a high order of business talent, with honesty and pureness of purpose. At the time of his death he was president of the Brockport State Normal School board, a vestryman at St. Luke's Episcopal church at Brockport, and a member of the Rochester Historical Society. During his lifetime he performed without ostentation, avoiding publicity, and many important acts of consideration for others were unknown until revealed after his death by those benefited. Indicative of his character, when he had acquired a competence, many years after his father's financial reverses and death, he reimbursed to those the losses which had been incurred through his father's misfortune.

In 1864 Mr. MORGAN was married to Miss Susan M. JOSLYN, of Brockport, who survives him and resides in The Homestead, the old family residence in that village. Their children are George D. MORGAN, William P. MORGAN, Sara MORGAN MANNING, Susan MORGAN MACY, Henry MORGAN, Gifford MORGAN and Gladys E. MORGAN.

**PLEASE NOTE: This biography has been transcibed EXACTLY as it appears in the book. Any errors, especially one that appears in the second paragraph in reference to a date, are the fault of the publishers of this work.**

Gifford MORGAN

pages 1416-1417

Gifford MORGAN, with business investments in Buffalo and Brockport and in farming property in Monroe county, is well known as a representative of a prominent family and as one of the country's native sons. He was born in Brockport - the present place of his residence - in June, 1873, a son of Dayton S. MORGAN, for years a prominent merchant, inventor and manufacturer of the county, of whom extended mention is made on another page of this work.

In the public schools of Brockport Gifford MORGAN acquired his preliminary education, which was supplemented by study in Canandaigua Academy and later at Union College. His education was liberal and his training and experiences in the affairs of the world have been broad. He is now associated with various business investments, being one of the owners of the D.S. MORGAN office building, at the corner of Niagara and Pearl streets in Buffalo, and also owner of two valuable farming properties in the town of Clarkson. He is president of the ROCHESTER WHEEL COMPANY, of Brockport, and from his various properties, well managed, he is deriving a substantial income.

Mr. MORGAN was married to Miss Fannie Rose BALDWIN, who was born in Orange, New Jersey, where she acquired her education while spending her girlhood days in the home of her parents, Frank W. and Fannie E. (LOVE) BALDWIN. The mother died many years ago, and the father afterward married again. The three sons of his first marriage are Ernest, Victor and Frank BALDWIN. The father is now publisher of the ORANGE (New Jersey) CHRONICLE. Unto Mr. and Mrs. MORGAN have been born two children, Frances & Jocelyn.

Always interested in the welfare of Brockport, Mr. MORGAN, from his boyhood days, has been an earnest champion of many progressive public measures. He is now an exempt member of the SILSBY HOSE COMPANY, of Brockport, and his fraternal and social relations extend to the Masonic lodge of Brockport, the Saturn Club of Buffalo, the Genesee Valley Club and the Friars Club of Rochester and the Rochester Yacht Club. In politics he is a republican.

The family residence is a beautiful home at the north edge of Brockport, in the town of Clarkson, tastefully, attractively and comfortably furnished. Without ostentation or display, Gifford MORGAN, in the county of his nativity, commands universal friendship and regard.

Hon. Henry MORGAN

pages 1413-1414

Hon. Henry MORGAN, attorney at law of Brockport, his native city, was born August 23, 1872, a son of Dayton S. and Susan (JOSLIN) MORGAN, both of whom were natives of Monroe county. For a number of years the father was engaged in the agricultural implement business under the firm name of D.S. MORGAN & COMPANY and was the pioneer manufacturer of farming implements in the United States. He manufactured the first farm machinery for Cyrus MCCORMICK and he erected large factories in Brockport, which he conducted for some time. He became one of the best known men in the United States in his line of business and his enterprise and discriminating judgment brought to him a goodly measure of prosperity. His death occurred in Brockport, April 24, 1890.

Reared under the parental roof and enjoying in youth the advantages of education afforded by the public schools, Henry MORGAN afterward became a student in the State Normal School, from which he graduated. He prepared for his profession in Yale Law School and was graduated in 1894. After a brief interval he was admitted to the bar in Rochester and began practice in Brockport, where he has since continued, being a member of the firm of MORGAN & PALLACE. His knowledge is continually being promoted by his investigation and broad study. He prepares his cases with great care and precision and his legal analysis is followed by logical deduction and marked by clear reasoning. He is a member of the State Bar Association and of the Monroe County Bar Association.

Mr. MORGAN has for a number of years been regarded as one of the leaders in republican circles in Monroe county and his opinions carry weight in the councils of his party. In the fall of 1906 he was elected to represent his district in the general assembly and is now serving on the committees on water, gas, electricity and public education. He has given close study to the questions and issues of the day and is well informed concerning the positions of both parties.

In June, 1895, occurred the marriage of Mr. MORGAN and Miss E. May KINGSBURY of Brockport. They have four children: Dorothy, Martha, Dayton and Emily. In the city of his residence, where he has spent his entire life, Mr. MORGAN has a very wide and favorable acquaintance, his warmest friends being among those who have known him from his boyhood to the present time. He is a member of the Genesee Valley Club, of the Rochester Whist Club and the Rochester Yacht Club and possesses a social nature that makes him popular in private life as well as in professional and political circles.

Joseph A. MORGAN

pages 1100 & 1103

Joseph A. MORGAN, of Chili township, where he is extensively engaged in raising potatoes, is one of the native sons of Monroe county and a representative of an old colonial family which was founded in Massachusetts at an early day. His great-grandfather served as one of LAFAYETTE'S body guards. He removed from Massachusetts to New York and settled in Rush. His son, Joseph, the grandfather of our subject, was the first male white child born in Monroe county. Here he spent his entire life and served his country as a soldier of the war of 1812. He built a log house and was connected with the pioneer development of this part of the state, becoming one of the historic characters of western New York. On one occasion he acted as host to a daughter of Aaron BURR, who was then on a mission to this district. His son, George W. MORGAN, was the father of Joseph A. MORGAN.

The subject of this sketch, born December 20, 1846, was educated in the district schools and was reared to the occupation of farming, early becoming familiar with the varied interests of agricultural life. In December, 1874, he was united in marriage to Miss Maria BULLARD, a daughter of William BULLARD, who was an old settler of Henrietta, a farmer by occupation and a prominent member of the Baptist church. Unto Mr. and Mrs. MORGAN have been born two sons and a daughter, namely: George W., who lives on the home farm with our subject, married Lillian CROWLEY, of Rochester, and has two children, Earl and William. Edwin J. is attending Oberlin College. Elsie G. is at home.

Throughout his active business life Mr. MORGAN has carried on agricultural pursuits and has increased his farm from seventy acres to one hundred and forty-four acres. He and his son George are engaged largely in raising potatoes and in the year 1906 gathered six thousand bushels. They produce tubers of the finest variety and for the product find a ready sale on the market. Mr. MORGAN is a member of the State Grange and interested in all that pertains to the agricultural or horticultural development in New York. In his religious faith he is a Presbyterian. As a representative of an old and prominent pioneer family he well deserves mention in this volume and his own life has reflected credit upon an untarnished family name.

William P. MORGAN

page 979

William P. MORGAN, a dealer in coal in Rochester and one of the officials of the city, representing the tenth ward as alderman, was born in Galesburg, Illinois, October 21, 1865. His parents, Daniel S. and Sarah M. (REQUA) MORGAN, were natives of Steuben county, New York. The father was a grain merchant and for some time lived in Rochester, while later he removed to Galesburg, Illinois, where he engaged in the grain trade until 1881. He then returned to Rochester, where he has since made his home and he is now enjoying a hale and hearty old age, having passed the ninetieth milestone on life's journey.

William P. MORGAN pursued his education in the public schools of Galesburg to the time he came to Rochester with his parents. He was engaged in various business pursuits here for a number of years and in 1898 he embarked in the coal trade, which he has since carried on. He has built up a good business, securing many patrons who recognize his reliable business methods and his earnest desire to give satisfaction to his customers.

Mr. MORGAN was married in the year 1895 to Miss Jennie DOLLOFF, a native of Vermont, and they have a wide circle of friends in Rochester. Mr. MORGAN gives his political allegiance to the Republican party and is much interested in the public questions and issues of the day connected with local advancement and national welfare. In the fall of 1903 he was elected alderman from the tenth ward and served so acceptably that in 1905 he was re-elected. He is now chairman of the city property committees, and he exercises his official prerogatives in support of progressive municipal interests. For several years he has been on the ward committee and puts forth effective effort for the welfare of his party.