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"Memoirs of Georgia", Historical and Biographical Sketches, by S. Emmett Lucas, Jr., published in 1896

Benjamin F. Morgan, farmer, Buchanan, Haralson Co., Ga., son of William M. and Eady M. (Austin) Morgan, was born in

Polk county, Ga., Nov. 23, 1859. Mr. Morgan’s father was born in Gwinnett county in 1815, and was married in Walton

county, Ga., in 1842 to Miss Eady M., daughter of J. M. Austin. He went to Polk County, Ga., in1840,and thence

to middle Tennessee in1859. He was a soldier during the Florida war, and enlisted in the late war between the states.

He was taken sick with the dysentery about the time of the battle of Shiloh, and came home on furlough , but was never

able to return to the army. He was a farmer and mechanic, started in life with about $2,000, and did well until the war: when

 it closed he found himself ruined. Mr. Morgan began life without a dollar, and uneducated, as his father was too poor to give

him any schooling.   But he has been exceptionally successful in all his undertakings. He is a man of great enterprise,

sagacious in planning, energetic in execution and decidedly progressive in everything. From a most inauspicious,

unpromising beginning , without means, he has become one of the most promising and one of the wealthiest citizens in

Haralson county. He is a young man yet, and in view of what he has already accomplished, one cannot forecast-possessing

the pluck, push and progressiveness he does-what he may accomplish or attain to in the futures During the years

1888-89-90 he was engaged in merchandising at Temple, Ga., but since then has been engaged in farming and extensive

saw-milling Mr. Morgan was married March 19, 1885 to Miss Sallie L. , daughter of William L. Moseley, of Douglas

County, Ga. Five children have blessed this union: Effie Odessa, deceased; William Emory; John Robert.; Benjamin Franklin;

Pearlie Estorie. Mr. Morgan is a master Mason, and his family are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.

(Note 2/5/2003: Buried at Piney Woods Cemetery, born Nov 23, 1859, died June 10, 1934. Wife Sallie born Nov. 25,

 1867, died Oct. 13, 1941)

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