Green County, Wisconsin - Biographical sketches (2 of 6 so headed), 1884

Danid II. Morgan. Daniel H. Morgan, superintendent of schools of Green county, was born in Brecksville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, June 27, 1822. His fathei-, Isaac M. Morgan, was born in Duchess Co., N. Y., May 29, 1777. His father (grand-father of Daniel H.,) was a physician and graduated at Yale College in 1762. He (Isaac M.,) studied with his father and attended an academy in Connecticut, where he studied the languages. He began the practice of medicine at Pawlingstown, Duchess county, and from there went to Bloomfield, Ontario county, where he practiced until 1818. He then removed to Brecksville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, where he practiced his profession for thirty years. He died there in August, 1849. He was married in Duchess county in 1800, to Sarah Harris, a native of Berkshire Co., Mass. They were the parents of nine children. The subject of this sketch, Daniel H. Morgan, was the youngest of the family and is the only one now living. He grew to manhood in his native town and there received his early education in the district school. He afterwards attended five terms in the Brooklyn Academy in Cuyahoga county and at Richfield Academy in Summit county. At the age of nineteen years he engaged in teaching school in his native town. He continued teaching there until 1852, when he came to Green Co., Wis., and taught two terms at Monroe. He then went to Jordan and purchased an interest in a saw-mill, also an interest in ninety acres of land. He followed agricultural pursuits and worked in the saw-mill there, then sold out and engaged in farming one year, in the town of Sylvester. In the spring of 1858, he bought land on section 36, of Mount Pleasant. There were thirteen acres broken, and a log cabin upon the place at the time of his purchase. He now has the land improved and fenced and other improvements consisting of good, substantial buildings, fruit, shade and ornamental trees. He was married, March 23, 1845, to Cordelia L. Walling, a native of the town of Charlotte, Chittenden Co., Vt., born Sept. 14, 1824. They have six children - Jennie M., Charles, Charlene, Hettie, Richard and Saxton. He was first elected to his present office in 1867, and served eight consecutive years. He was again elected in 1879, since which he has served continuously. He has also served eight years as county surveyor, and one term as register of deeds, in this county.