Emily Malbone Morgan

Emily Malbon Morgan (December 10, 1862 - February 27, 1937) was a prominent social and religious leader in the Episcopal Church in the United States, who helped found the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross, as well as Colonel Daniel. Putnam Association. Emily Malbon Morgan, born in Hartford, Connecticut, was the youngest child and only daughter born to merchant Henry Kirke Morgan (1819-1911) and his devout wife, former Emily Malbon Brinley (1824-1907). Emily Morgan was never married and eventually outlived all of her brothers: Edward (1857-1874), Henry (1854-1931), William (1850-?), And George (1848-1908). Her parents could trace their origins to colonial times, and her brother George became a prominent bishop priest and rector of the Church of Christ in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1887 (a post he held until his death in a car accident two decades later). The house in which she was born and raised previously belonged to the parents of J. Pierpont Morgan. Mostly Emily studied at home with her mother (including thanks to a trip to Europe), and throughout her life she underwent many operations on the thyroid gland and other diseases, but became known for her good mood and gifts of management. The family belonged to the Trinity Church in Hartford, and her mother corresponded with some in the Oxford Movement. Emily attended Miss Haines' school in Hartford for a short while. As a teenager, Emily became interested in writing, and also became involved in girls' clubs and an organization called United Workers.