Mr. Morgan was born in New York city, on the 26th of August, 1853, and is of English and Irish ancestry. His parents were James Edward and Caroline Catharine Morgan, the former a native of England, while the latter was born in the Empire state. James E. Morgan was a member of the volunteer fire department of New York and was killed in 1862 while actively engaged in the service. His good wife survived him for some time and lived to the age of sixty-two years, her remains being interred in the cemetery at Virginia City. There were two children of that marriage, the daughter being Ida E., who is now the wife of J. W. Eckley, the manager of the California Bank Agency at Virginia City. The mother married a second time, and by that union had a daughter who is now Mrs. William McCann.

George A. Morgan was a youth of nine years when he arrived in Virginia City, and in its public schools he pursued his literary education. He then learned telegraphy and became a telegraph operator, acting in that capacity until he was promoted to a clerkship; in the bank, while later his ability won recognition by appointment to the office of cashier, which he is now satisfactorily filling. He has thoroughly mastered the details of the banking business and thus qualified himself to meet the responsible duties which devolve upon him. He is known as a systematic and correct business man, and his unfailing courtesy and agreeable manner have made him popular with the many patrons of the institution.

In 1887 was celebrated the marriage which united the destinies of George A. Morgan and Miss Nellie M. Kaneen, a native daughter of Virginia City. They have two children: George A., who was born in Los Angeles, and Maud S., whose birth occurred in Virginia City, Nevada. In his fraternal relations Mr. Morgan is a Mason and has taken all of the degrees of the York Rite. He is a past master of the blue lodge, past high priest of the chapter and past eminent commander of the commandery. He is likewise past grand master of the grand lodge of the state, and is now treasurer if the grand lodge and of the grand chapter of Nevada. Holding membership in the Mystic Shrine, he crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of Islam Temple, of San Francisco. In his political views he is a stanch Republican, with firm faith in the principles of the party. He takes a deep and helpful interest in educational affairs of the city, doing everything in his power to advance the cause of the schools, and he is widely recognized as one of the representative men of this portion of the state, whose upright life well entitles him the high esteem in which he is uniformly held. Affable and genial in manner he has a circle of friends that is almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintance.

Source:
A History of the State of Nevada: Its Resources and People
By Thomas Wren, Lewis Publishing Company
Published by The Lewis publishing company, 1904