DAVID MORGAN, Carbondale, Pennsylvania.
The career of David Morgan demonstrates clearly that success awaits every one who perseveres and who has constantly in mind the betterment of his station in life. The son of Griffith Morgan, a miner of Wales, he was born in that country, April 20, 1861. His father moved to the United States shortly after his birth, and David had the benefit of the public schools until he was 10 years of age. At that time he began work as a slate picker on the breakers for the Delaware & Hudson Coal Company at Carbondale, and worked in that capacity for four years. For the ensuing year he drove a mule in the mines, and then went to work for the Gravity Road as an oiler. Two years later he entered the service of the Delaware & Hudson, and for three years worked as a blacksmith and in other capacities. In 1881 he was employed by the Erie as a galvanizer, and after six months he was advanced to fireman. Having always made it a rule to do his work well, he carried this quality with. him in his new vocation, and after five years of efficient service he was promoted to engineer. Since the spring of 1886, or for the past thirteen years, he has run an engine in the freight service of the Erie on the Jefferson Division, and he is as competent and able a runner as any on the division.

He was united in marriage September 9, 1880, to Miss Libby A. Mathews, daughter of Peter Mathews, a farmer of Wayne County, Pennsylvania. They have one child, John M. Morgan, age 16, who is a clerk in a large clothing establishment at Carbondale. Mr. Morgan is a member of the B. of L. E., Division 468, and was Second Engineer of the division for two terms. He owns a fine residence on Salem avenue, and is one of Carbondale's most substantial citizens.


Excerpted from: "American Locomotive Engineers, Erie Railway Edition," H.R. Romans Editor; Crawford-Adsit Company Publishers, Chicago, IL 1899.