Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-28
END OF A PURE AND USE
Full LIFE.
Death of Il. G.. Morgan, Esq, at
Bellaire.

By the death of f.. G.. Morgan, Esq,
the city of Bellaire loses a citizen who
has done more for the advancement Of
the city, probably, than any other man.
Mr.. Morgan was well known in this city,
having had extensive dealings with
many of our business establishments.
He was the father of Mrs. Sue Berger,
who resides with her husband on the
Island, and it was through her that the
first intelligence OF his death was re-
ceived in Wheeling. The news caused
universal feeling of regret among his
numerous friends here, feeling which
was intensified by the shocking sudden
ness with which he was called away.
The circumstances of his death will be
found in our Bellaire letter this morn
ing.
Mr.. Morgan has been prominently
identified with the welfare of Bellaire
ever since the infancy of the city.
Scarcely step has been taken III her
progress in which he had no instrument
tality. His name was foremost in the
lists OF all public subscriptions, and his
advice and assistance was always at the
disposal of the managers of any charity.
In the industrial progress OF Bellaire
he has also had leading part. He has
been a large stakeholder in near
" all the prominent man
ufacturing establishments, and
was several times President of
the Belmont Glass Works. He was at
the time of his death, if we mistake not,
President OF the Goblet Works Com
pany. He took an active part in the
organization OF the Bellaire and South
western Railroad Company, and served
as President one year, and would have
been reelected had he not peremptorily
declined. He was also President OF the
Street Railway Company for several
wears, and to his personal exertions the
success Of the road was due. The gas
company was another of his enterprises,
and he was recently its President-we
think at his death. As member OF the
CITY Council, he was instrumental more
than any other one person IN securing
the water works. AS member OF the
school board, he gave his attention to
every detail connected with the manage
ment of the city schools, procured the
erection OF the excellent Third and
Fourth ward Union school house,
and perfected the system under
which the institutions are now con-
Quoted. But any thorough statement of
his numerous achievements and perfOr-
mances for the good Of the community
in which he lived was not intended in
the outset, nor will it be attempted.
Suffice il to say, as we have intimated
already, that by his death Bellaire has
1o..t N citizap vhpSa Dlaca she will have
hard work to fill, and large circle OF
acuuaintances has been deprived of
friend whom they will not soon cease to
mourn.
Personally, he was esteemed by stran-
gers or casual acquaintance, cold and
unapproachable. But those who knew
him best found q warm side to his ma
ture, and were attracted by the depth
of lofty sentiment which they
knew found harbor in his
heart. He united with keen foresight
and an impartial judgment an indomita-
BILE firmness of purpose and an indie
pendence of criticism that tended TO
embitter his opponents. Yet all who
knew him respected him, and it was one
of his best traits that many ofthOse who
liked him least respected him most.
And il may be said OF him as it can be
said of few men in such life, thatin all
his long and active public career, where
his interests must Oftentimes clash with
those of others, no attempt was ever
made TO impeach his integrity, and no
breath OF suspicion was ever breathed
in connection with his name.