MORGAN-WELLS

William Henry Morgan, was born December 19, 1904, Holmes, Randolph Co, Arkansas, the son of Benjamin Tillman Pryor Morgan and Minnie Bell Parks. He married Mae Wells, on March 11, 1923, in Evening Star, Greene Co, Arkansas. Mae was born April 19, 1902, near Mt. Vernon, in Faulkner Co, Arkansas, the daughter of John Calvin Breckenridge Wells and Mona Lester. Henry and Mae spent almost their entire married life in Randolph Co, except for about a span of three years when they moved to Phillips County, and lived near Helena. On December 24, 1950, Henry quit farming and he and Mae, along with the three youngest unmarried daughters left Randolph Co, and moved to Lake Co, Illinois to make their home. Henry died at Long Grove, Illinois on June 4, 1954 after a long struggle with cancer. He was buried in Coulterville Cemetery in Coulterville, Illinois near the home of his daughter Juanita Thomas. After Henry's death, Mae then moved to Des Plaines, in Cook Co, and remained until she gave up her home in the early 1960's and moved to Coulterville to live with her daughter Juanita. Mae was a faithful member of the Coulterville Methodist Church until her health failed her. She died November 9, 1995 in a nursing home at Sparta, Illinois, and was buried beside her husband in the Coulterville Cemetery. Two children and three grandchildren, Janet Morgan, Craig Thomas and Stephen Alsup preceded her in death.

Henry and Mae were the parents of eight children:

1. Charles William Morgan, born January 30, 1924, Fender, Arkansas. He married (1) Edna Louise Judd. Divorced. Nine children, Bill, Gary, Carol, David, Judy, Dennis, Cathy, Linda and Janet Morgan. He married (2) Maureen Patricia Vieser, and had one son, Charles Morgan, Jr.

2. Gleaston Juanita Morgan, born December 20, 1926, Fender, Arkansas. Juanita died December 29 2002 in St. Elizabeth Hospital in Belleville, Illinois and was buried in the Coulterville Cemetery along side her parents. She married Ralph Homer Thomas and had three sons, Craig, Larry and Jerry Thomas.

3. Reba Rae Morgan, born October 26, 1929, Fender, Arkansas. She married James Warren Alsup and had six children, Michael, Phil, Stephen, John, Ruth and Joseph Alsup.

4. Benjamin Wells Morgan, born August 11, 1931, Delaplaine, Greene Co, Arkansas. He died October 13, 1937, near Helena, Arkansas and was buried Modoc Cemetery.

5. Annie Dell Morgan, born February 2, 1934, O'kean, Arkansas. Annie died September 22, 2002 in a nursing home at Coulterville, Illinois and was buried in the Coulterville, Cemetery. She married (1) George James Janetzke. (Name changed to George and Annie Carey, May 1972). George died December 23, 1981, St. Augustine, Florida. Four children, George Janetzke, Jr., Gayle, James and Geni Carey. Annie married (2) Helmuth Gaiser. He died October 28, 1999, Chicago, Illinois and was buried in Ridgewood Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois. No issue.

6. Noah Othaniel Morgan, born November 2, 1936, O'kean, Arkansas. She married William August Hahnfeldt and had three children, Willie, Anne and Amy Hahnfeldt.

7. Grace Lee Morgan, born January 6, 1939, Helena, Arkansas. Died May 1, 1940, O'kean, Arkansas. Buried Sharum Cemetery.

8. Bonnie Fay Morgan, born May 6, 1941, O'kean, Arkansas. She married (1) Lincoln Oneal Haynes. Divorced. Three children, Debbie, David and Sherrie Haynes. Bonnie married (2) Ralph Anthony Jakovec. Divorced, no issue. She married (3) James Vincent Lombardi. Divorced, no issue.

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Submitted by: Reba (Morgan) Alsup, Monument, Colorado