Williams, Morgan B., 1831-1903

Biography

Morgan B. Williams was born in Rhandir-Mwyn, parish of Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn, Carmarthenshire, Wales, September 17, 1831. He attended public schools; travelled to Australia in 1856; returned to Wales in August 1861; immigrated to the United States in March 1862 and settled in Scranton, Pa., where he worked in the coal mines. Morgan moved to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in September 1865; was appointed superintendent for the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Co., which position he held for fourteen years; member of the school board and of the city council for twelve years; elected as a Republican to the State Senate, 1885-1888; member of the Chicago World’s Fair Commission; elected as a Republican to the U.S. House of Representatives, 1897-1899; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898 to Congress; engaged in coal mining, and was vice president and general manager of the Red Ash Coal Co.; died in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., October 13, 1903; interment in Hollenback Cemetery.