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Note for: H. Jay Morgan, 26 FEB 1882 -
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Event: Estero, Lee, Florida
Type: Census/1900
Date: 27 JUN 1900
Event: violin/clarinet/guitar
Type: Orchestra
Event: Clarinet instructor
Type: Pioneer Curriculum
Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: H. Jay Morgan
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready; Jay Morgan: "None of us remember much about Enoch as he was not there long after we came to Estero. Martha was a tiny thing. She died after leaving but asked beforehand that her body be cremated and the ashes brought back and scattered over the grounds at Estero, which was done. Jay was a talented musician and gave most of the rest of us music lessons when we first came to Estero."
U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida--1900; Enumeration date: 27 Jun 1900; Enumerator: A. A. Gardner; Microfilm number: 1240172; SD: 2; ED: 77; Sheet number: 16; Page number: 26; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff: H. J. Morgan; Relation to head of family: partner; Color: white; Sex: male; Born: Feb 1882; Age 18; Single; Place of birth: California; Place of birth of father: unknown; Place of birth of mother: New York; Occupation: assistant; No. of months not employed: nothing listed; No. of months attending school: 0; Can read and write: yes; Can speak English: yes.
THE PIONEER CURRICULUM: Clarinet Instructor, H. J. Morgan
MEMORIES, MEMORIES--DAYS OF LONG AGO chronicled by Marie McCready with participation by Lovelle McCready: Jay (not last name given, maybe H. Jay Morgan), guitar player--page 65. Jay gave music lessons to those who could not play an instrument.--Page 78. Jay Morgan played first violin--Page 78. When Lovelle McCready was promoted to first violin, Jay became clarinetist. Page 78
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Note for: David Morgan, -
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Individual Note: FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready; David Morgan: "None of us remember much about Enoch as he was not there long after we came to Estero. Martha was a tiny thing. She died after leaving but asked beforehand that her body be cremated and the ashes brought back and scattered over the grounds at Estero, which was done. Jay was a talented musician and gave most of the rest of us music lessons when we first came to Estero." (Possibly same person as Joseph Morgan)
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Note for: Ulysses Grant Morrow, 26 OCT 1864 - 11 SEP 1950
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Education: Place: Ph.D. from College of Higher Science, Chicago
Occupation: Editor of Flaming Sword
Event: Moved to New Orleans & became a Linotype operator
Type: Left K. U.
Date: 31 JAN 1909
Event: U. G. Morrow, Lecturer on Cosmogony
Type: Pioneer Curriculum
Event: Rectilineator
Type: Invented
Event: Part II of Cellular Cosmogony
Type: Author
Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Ulysses S.? Morrow; Born: 26 Oct 1864 in Barren Co., Kentucky; as a boy moved with his parents to Unionville, Missouri, in 1885. Had a Ph.D. from "College of Higher Science," Chicago; withdrew from the K.U. at Estero, January 31, 1909, Son of Alex Morrow
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Ulysses Morrow; "Professor Morrow was the first person I ever saw using a typewriter and it seemed impossible that he could hit the keys so fast and know what he was doing. Eva left, after many years there, to marry Louis Cole. Harry was one of the fishermen at the island after he grew up."
THE PIONEER CURRICULUM: The Lecture Courses--Cosmogony; Prof. U. G. Morrow.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ULYSSES GRANT MORROW by G. Earl Hay, Koreshan Volunteer 1995: Information compiled from various documents at Koreshan State Historic Site and verified by Lorraine Norton, granddaughter of U. S. Morrow, daughter of Harry Morrow.
1. Editor of "The Flaming Sword" in Estero. Had been publisher and editor of a paper in Allegheny region of Pennsylvania before joining Koreshans in Chicago.
2. Inventor of the Rectilineator and was in charge of the 1897 survey on Naples Beach where they proved to their satisfaction that the curvature of the earth was concave.
3. Authored part II of Cellular Cosmogony entitled "The New Geodesy".
4. Ulysses and Rosa Morrow left the Koreshan Unity 31 Jan 1909 after Koresh's death. They moved to New Orleans and he worked as a Linotype operator.
FLAMING SWORD, Vol. 50, No.3, March 1936, p.15 - Publishers' Department -- Allen Andrews, writing to the 'Item Tribune of New Orleans, refuting an article written about Prof. Morrow, says: "Away back in 1895 Ulysses G. Morrow (then a member of the C.T. Russell cult) was living in Allegheny Pa. where he published a monthly paper called the Herald..." The article also states that Morrow was then living in New Orleans.
THE AMERICAN EAGLE July-Aug 1980/Sept-Oct 1980//Nov-Dec 1980/Jan-Feb 1981: Reprint of letters in The American Eagle: Ulysses Morrow 1897 letters to Berthaldine and Evelyn re: Survey--curvature of the earth.--from Evelyn Horn collection.
1870 U.S Federal Census of Kentucky: Page 36; Glasgow district; Barren County; P. O.: Glasgow; Date of enumeration: 5 Jul 1870; Enumerator: James M. Simmons, asst. marshall. Name: Ulyssus G. Morrow; Age: 6; Sex: Male; Color: white; Place of birth: Kentucky.
1880 U.S. Federal Census; State: Kentucky; County: Metcalfe; Town: Sartain; Family History Library Film; 1254434; NA Film Number; T9-0434; Page number: 229C; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 21 Mar 2004; Name: Ulissus G. Morrow; Relation to head of family: son; Marital status: single; Gender: male; Race: white; Age: 15; Birthplace: Kentucky; Occupation: Works on farm; Father's Birthplace: Tennessee; Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky.
1910 U. S. Federal Census: State: Missouri; County: Adair; Town: Kirksville; Township: Benton; Enumeration date: 9 May 1910; Enumerator: Orville C. Wade; SD: 1; ED: 8; Ward: 4. Name: Ulysses G. Morrow; Relation to head of family: head; Sex: male; Color: white; Age: 45; Marital status: Married; Number of years married: 24; Place of birth: Kentucky; Place of birth of father: Kentucky; Place of birth of mother: Kentucky; Language spoken; English; Trade or profession: Printer; General nature of work: Weekly paper; Employer or worker: worker; Out of work April 15; no; Weeks out of work in 1909: 0; Can read and write: yes; Home owned or rented: Rented; Home or house: House.