... On July 4, 1776, an eventful day in American history, the birth of Luther Morgan occurred in Saratoga, New York. He accompanied his parents to Virginia, and after attaining manhood was for a number of years a commission merchant in New Orleans, being a dealer in cotton. He subsequently settled in Huntsville, Alabama, where he founded a substantial mercantile business. He was an ardent sportsman, and while on a hunting trip in Texas died near Nacogdoches. He married Ann Cameron Dold, whose father was a planter near Charlottesville, Virginia. She survived him several years, dying while en route to Hot Springs, Arkansas, whither she was being taken by private conveyance in order to be treated for rheumatism, with which she suffered severely. Of their union three sons were born, as follows: Samuel Dold ; Alexander Gatewood and Calvin Cogswell, twins. ...
