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Morgan, Katie, 1896-1976

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1897-

Biographical History

Katie Jones (1897-) was a deaf woman and partner in a Utah shoe repair business. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Kate Jones was born in Malad, Idaho in 1897. At three years old she contracted scarlet fever which caused her to lose her hearing and was deaf the remainder of her life. She attended the Utah School for the Deaf and Blind in Ogden, Utah, graduating from the eighth grade in 1915 and from high school in 1919.

She married Grant Morgan, with whom she had attended school. Together they owned and ran a shoe repair shop in Spanish Fork, Utah before moving the shop to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1944.

Death date unknown.

Citation:
UPB files, 27 May 2014 (Katie Morgan; born in Malad, Idaho; contracted scarlet fever and lost hearing; attended Utah School for the Deaf and Blind; graduated eighth grade in 1915; graduated high school in 1919; married Grant Morgan; ran shoe repair shop with husband in Spanish Fork, Utah; moved shop to Salt Lake City, Utah)

familysearch.org via WWW, 27 May 2014 (born Catherine Evans Jones on 26 March 1896 in Malad, Idaho; died 3 September 1976 in Provo, Utah)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Grant Morgan papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8305
Scope and Contents

Materials include publications from the Utah School for the Deaf and Blind and photographs relating to Morgan's childhood, time at school, and later life with his wife, Kate Jones Morgan. Materials also include documents and photographs relating to Morgan's activity in the deaf community including his participation in the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf and other family papers. Dated 1900-1964.

Dates: 1900-1964
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Grant Morgan papers

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