Life
Anna Morgan was born on February 24, 1851, in Fleming, New York. She was the daughter of Mary Jane Thornton Morgan and Allen Denison Morgan, a gentleman farmer who served on the New York legislature in 1860-1861. She was the oldest child and had five siblings, two brothers and three sisters. They attended school in Auburn, New York until their father's death in 1876, when her mother moved the family to Chicago. In 1877, Morgan began her studies in elocution at the Hershey Music School.
She died at the age of 85.
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