About William McKendree Morgan
Lived 1869 – 1942 (aged 72). William McKendree Morgan was an American lawyer, judge and politician.
William McKendree Morgan (December 2, 1869 – October 16, 1942) was an American judge, lawyer and politician who served for two separate periods on the Idaho Supreme Court.
Life Morgan was born in Adams County, Illinois to John Milton and Mary ( Gooding) Morgan. He was educated in the country schools of Bourbon County, Kansas, later attending the Kansas Normal College at Fort Scott. In 1890, when twenty years of age, he set out to win a fortune in the far west. Making his way to Idaho, he located at Moscow in Latah County and secured employment on ranches in that vicinity. and served until his death at age 72 in 1942.
Family Morgan married Emma May Friedline of Moscow on July 22, 1895. They had two daughters, Pearl and Grace, and a son, Arthur Percival, who died at the age of seventeen months.
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American judge (1869–1942)
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William McKendree Morgan was born on 2 December 1869.
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William McKendree Morgan died on 16 October 1942.
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William McKendree Morgan was a lawyer, judge and politician.
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