Jedediah Morgan [SEP] position held
, and they had five children. On January 26, 1812, he married Harriet Steele, and they had eight children, among them the pioneering anthropologist, social theorist and state legislator, Lewis H. Morgan (1818–1881).
In 1822, he left the farm, and went to live in the Village of Aurora. In 1823, he was elected Supervisor of the Town of Ledyard, New York.
Jedediah Morgan was a member of the New York State Senate (7th D.) from 1824 to 1826, sitting
Jedediah Morgan
Jedediah Morgan (March 14, 1774 North Groton, New London County, Connecticut – December 10, 1826 Aurora, Cayuga County, New York) was an American farmer and politician from New York.
Life.
He was the son of Thomas Morgan (1742–1815) and Sarah (Leeds) Morgan (1744–1832). In 1792, he removed with his father to a farm about 3 miles south of the Village of Aurora, NY. In 1797, he married Amanda M. Stanton (d. 1811)