Carey Morgan

Carey Elmore Morgan Jr. (1884–1960) was an American composer and Vaudeville producer during the 1900s. Throughout his career, he collaborated with various songwriters and performers including, L. Wolfe Gilbert, Charles McCarron, and Arthur Monday Swanstrom.

Early life According to Indiana birth records, Morgan was born on December 25, 1884. His World War I draft registration would list his date of birth as December 25, 1885. Morgan was born in Brownsburg, Indiana to Christian minister Dr. Carey Elmore Morgan Sr. (1860–1925) and Ella May (Mai) Dailey (1865–?). He was the eldest child. His siblings were Walter Dailey (1886–1963) and Ruth (1892–1947).

Due to his father's occupation, the family moved often. They lived in Indiana till late 1892 when Dr. Morgan was assigned to Portland Avenue Church of Christ in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1897, they returned to Indiana, but two years later they would move again. This time his father was assigned to serve at a church in Richmond, Virginia. In 1903, the family relocated to Paris, Kentucky.

Morgan's name is listed in the Kappa Sigma fraternity book of addresses. He attended Kentucky University.

Career In April 1904, Morgan moved back to Richmond, where he began a job as either a typewriter or salesman. In September 1907, he moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he worked as a representative of Oliver Typewriter Company. By 1910, he had returned to Paris, Kentucky, to live with his parents. He took job as a commercial traveler for wholesale shows, but soon moved to Kansas for another job. His title was Chief Quartermaster.

By 1925, Morgan was an employee of L.B. Typewriter Company of New York.

Personal life In 1918, Morgan married singer and actress, Madeline Florence Fliege in France. The couple had two children: Madeline Carey (1920–1996) and Carylin (1927–?).

The 1920 census showed Morgan living in New York, New York, with his wife and brother-in-law, Harold.

Census records listed the couple as living separately in 1940 and 1942. Morgan listed his home address in Manhattan, and his wife's address in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The two would remain married, but separated till Morgan's death.

Morgan died on either January 5 or 6, 1960, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His cause of death was congestive heart failure. He is buried at Hamilton Cemetery in Neptune Township, New Jersey.

Selected works "Sipping Cider Thru' a Straw". (1919). with Lee David. Joseph W. Stern & Co. "The Other Day I Met a Bear". (1919). with Lee David. "Our Country's in It Now! (We've Got to Win It Now)". (1918). with Arthur Guy Empey and Charles R. McCarron. Joseph W. Stern & Co. "Bugle Call Rag". with Eubie Blake.