Brooks Morgan ¹

  Death Notes:

Name: Brooks Morgan
Death Date: 21 Mar 1950
Death Place: Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia
Gender: Male
Age: 75 years
Estimated Birth Year: 16 May 1874
Birth Place: W. Va.
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: Ezra Morgan
Mother's Name: Susan Swisher
Occupation: Methodist Minister
Cemetery: Mt. Zion
Burial Place: Marion Co., West Virginia
Burial Date: 24 Mar 1950
Film Number: 834819
Digital Folder Number: 4229121
Image Number: 125
Source: County Records
Reference Number: v 9 p 132
Collection: West Virginia Deaths, 1853-1970
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He was buried on 24 March 1950 in the Mount Zion Cemetery in , Marion County, WV.

Brooks married Helen Van Gilder, daughter of Martin Steenrod Van Gilder and Rebecca Ellen Fast, about 1901. (Helen Van Gilder was born on 13 May 1877 in , Marion County, WV ^{1 2} and died on 15 January 1960 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

1900 US Census
page 11A, ED 64, Dwg 178, Family 178
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
21 June 1900
married 2 years; 0 children; farm owned with mortgage
Brooks Morgan...Head..May 1876..24..WV..WV-WV..Farmer
Helen Morgan...Wife..May 1877..23..WV..WV-WV




1920 US Census
page 9
, Marion County, West Virginia
Brooks Morgan...Self..45..WV..WV-WV
Helen Morgan...Wife..42..WV..WV-WV
Almeda M. Morgan...Dau..17..WV..WV-WV
B*By B [Ruby] Morgan...Dau..9..WV..WV-WV
Eva Grace Morgan...Dau..5..WV..WV-WV