Mrs. Rebecca Morgan, widow of the late Edwin Morgan, resides on the beautiful and well located farm of 120 acres, situated in section 1, Waterford Township, Oakland County, which was owned by her late husband. She enjoys the distinction of being one of the most energetic and best liked residence of her Township.

Edwin Morgan was born in Tompkins County, New York, in 1831 and was a son of Charles A. Morgan and Phebe Gibbs. Charles A. Morgan, who is a native of New York, came to Michigan in 1845 and located on the farm and Waterford Township, now the home of our subject, and filed the pursuits over general firmer. He married Phebe Gibbs , who is a native of New Jersey, and a reared for children, namely: John, who resides in Independence Township, Oakland County; Edwin, deceased; William, deceased; and Lewis of Pontiac Township, Oakland County.

Edwin Morgan came to Oakland County with his parents when 14 years of age, and nearly all of the subsequent life was spent in this section. His boyhood days were spent on the farm, but when 25 years of rage is venture some ideas led him to believe they could obtain fortune in a newly discovered goldfields of the Pacific Coast, and he drove all the way to California, but the expedition proved fruitless and he returned home and began what proved to be a successful career as an agriculturalists. His younger years he also filed a trade of a cooper to some extent. he died November 8, 1900. He was a Republican, a member of the Presbyterian Church in a quiet home man, hospitable, kind and well-liked.

In 1863 Mr. Morgan was married to Rebecca Cool, who was born in Independence Township, Warren County, New Jersey, June 26, 1840, is a daughter of Charles P. Cool and Susan Thatcher, and came to Michigan with her parents when she was 14 years of age. Charles P. Cool , who was the son of Peter Cool, a farmer in Independence Township, Warren County, New Jersey. In 1854 if you move to Oakland County, Michigan, and security farm in Springfield Township, where he engaged in agricultural operations until his death. He was a fine conversationalist, quite a public spirited citizen and in politics, a Democrat. religiously, he was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in a class leader for many years. He married Susan Thatcher, also a native of New Jersey, and he reared 10 children namely: Anna M. ( Beardslee), of Cedar Springs, Michigan; Jershua (Gale), a resident of White Lake Township, Oakland County; Lonata (Starkweather), a wealthy resident of Davisburg, Oakland County; Peter, a resident of Kalamazoo Michigan; Mary (Smith), of Grand Rapids, Michigan; Eli and David, both residing on the old homestead in Springfield Township, Oakland County; Ella, deceased; and Orilla (Enright), a resident of Toledo, Ohio.

Mrs. Rebecca Morgan and her two sons, William, born October 3, 1872, and Charles C., Born December 19, 1881, and married to Helen Klein, keep up the farm of 120 acres which previous to the death of her husband consisted of 240 acres. William is an inventor and has a patent on a machine for making wire fence known as the "Morgan Weaver."