Henry Morgan, great grandson of Zackquill Morgan, began publishing the Morgantown Post newspaper in 1864. The newspaper publishing business continued in the family until 1905 when it was sold.
Mrs. Eugene L. (Arthelia Morgan) Mathers of Morgantown, W. Va.
Description:
Wife of Eugene L. Mathers, mother of Max Mathers,and grandmother of Margaret Mathers Barrick. Mrs. Arthelia Mathers died at her home on Front Street in Morgantown, November 3, 1908.
Waitman T. Mathers of Harrisville, Ritchie County, W. Va.
Date:
ca, 1900
Description:
Waitman T. Mathers started a newspaper in Morgantown during the Civil War in 1863, called the "Morgantown Herald". The newspaper had a short life of only a few weeks. "Factional strife" was responsible for its failure. Mr. Mathers died in Harrisville in 1909.