The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: William
Surname: Morgan

Gender: Male

Birth date: 21 July 1803

Birth place: Whitchurch, Glamorganshire, Wales

Death date: March 1889

Death place: Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States

Burial date: March 1889

Burial place: Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States

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Father: William Morgan
Mother: Ann Morgan

Siblings

Mary Treharne (1806-1843)

Married 1835 in Glamorganshire, Wales

Children

Morgan, Edward

Williams, Martha (1813-1878)

Married 13 November 1855 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 26 February 1849 aboard the ship Buena Vista.
Arrived in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States on 19 April 1849.

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Morgan, William - Letter of 19 Jul 1850
Morgan, William - Letter of 20 Sep 1852
Morgan, William - Letter of 21 Jun 1848
Morgan, William - Letter of 22 Jun 1852
Morgan, William - Letter of 25 Dec 1849
Morgan, William - Letter of 25 Jun 1853
Morgan, William - Letter of 26 May 1850

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Morgan, William - Letter of 2 Sep 1849

William Morgan's first wife, Mary Treharne Morgan, died 11 Feb 1843 in Merthyr Tydfil, leaving him with an infant son Edward. William converted to Mormonism in 1846 and came to America in 1849. He presided over the Welsh Branch in Council Bluffs until 1852 when he crossed the plains to the Salt Lake Valley. On 13 Nov 1855 he married Martha Williams Howells, the widow of William Howells (the first Mormon missionary to France). William Morgan and Martha had two sons, Edmund and Joseph. They were later divorced. William Morgan died in 1889 in Willard, Utah.