Biography

11/26/1784 - 09/05/1871

MORGAN, John, a Representative from Chester County; born, November 26, 1784 in Radnor, Delaware County, Pa.; carpenter; proprietor, Fountain Inn (1803-1810); proprietor, General Pike Hotel (1810-1818); postmaster, United States Postal Service, Charlestown (1812-1831); justice of the peace; farmer; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to serve the 1828-1829 and 1840 terms; director, Bank of Chester County; died, September 5, 1871 in Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; interred, Morris Cemetery, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania.