Person:James Morgan (110)

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Dr. James Appleton Morgan, Esq.
b.2 Oct 1845 Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
d.16 Aug 1928 Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
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m. 9 Nov 1843
  1. Dr. James Appleton Morgan, Esq.1845 - 1928
  2. Anna Randolph Morgan1854 - 1861
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Dr. James Appleton Morgan, Esq.1845 - 1928
  • W.  Olive MorseAbt 1857 - 1895
m. 27 Mar 1877
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Facts and Events
Name Dr. James Appleton Morgan, Esq.
Gender Male
Birth[1] 2 Oct 1845 Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Education[1] 1867 Racine, Wisconsin, United StatesRacine College Class of 1867
Education[1] 1869 Columbia, Herkimer, New York, United StatesColumbia Law School Class of 1869
Marriage 27 Mar 1877 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United Statesto Olive Morse
Death[2] 16 Aug 1928 Manhattan, New York, New York, United Statesage 83 - died at St. Lukes Hospital
Burial? Greenwood Cemetery
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Research Notes

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 VII. 1. James Appleton Morgan, in Morgan, Appleton. A history of the family of Morgan, from the year 1089 to present times. (New York: Published for subscribers only, 1902)
    p 54-55.

    ... 1. Appleton (baptized James Appleton), b. Portland, Oct. 2, 1845. ... Appleton married, March 27, 1877, in New Orleans, Olive Morse. She died January 8, 1895. ...

    ... Appleton Morgan, born October 2, 1845, was graduated at Racine College, Sept. 1867 ; at Columbia Law School, 1869 ; member of the New York Bar ; author of
    "Macaronic Poetry," 1 vol., 1870 ;
    "Guaranty and Suretyship," 1 vol., 1872:
    "The Law of Literature," 2 vols, 1874 ;
    "American Edition of Addison on Contracts," 3 vols, 1875 ;
    "American Edition of Best on the Principles of Evidence," 2 vols, 1875 ;
    "American Edition of Forsythe on Trial by Jury," 1 vol., 1876 ;
    "International Copyright," 1 vol, 1876 ;
    "Anglo-American International Copyright," 1 vol, 1877 ;
    "Legal Maxims," 1 vol., 1878 ;
    "The Shakesperean Myth," 1 vol., 1880 ;
    "Venus and Adonis, a Study in the Warwickshire Dialect," 1 vol., 1885 ;
    "Shakespeare in Fact and in Criticism," 1 vol., 1888 ;
    edition of "The Bankside Shakespeare," 37 vols., 1888.

    President of New York and Palisade Railroad Company, 1886 ; President New York Shakespeare Society, 1885-1886 ; Vice-President Society of the War of 1812, 1890-1896 ; member Society of Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars. ...
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    [Note: Appleton Morgan is the author of this "autobiography".]

  2. ↑ Obituary, in Brooklyn Standard Union (Brooklyn, New York).

    16 Aug 1928 - JAMES A. MORGAN DIES; Lawyer Was Founder of Shakespeare Society.
    Funeral services will be held at 11 A.M. to-morrow at the
    Home for Old Men and Aged Couples, 1060 Amsterdam avenue, Manhattan,
    for James Appleton MORGAN, retired lawyer, writer and founder-president
    of the Shakespeare Society, who died yesterday in his eighty-third year ,
    in St. Luke's Hospital, Manhattan.
    Mr. MORGAN contended that the Shakespeare plays as printed in 1623 were
    not the work of Shakespeare alone and he founded the Shakespeare Society
    in 1888. He was a graduate of Racine College, class of 1867, and
    Columbia University Law School, class of '69. He was for many years
    associate counsel for various railroads.
    Interment will be at Greenwood Cemetery.

    James Appleton Morgan, Esq.
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