MORGAN, EVAN (1809 - 1853), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author

Born in 1809, son of Evan Morgan, an elder in the old Zion chapel at Cardiff. He and his brother, Thomas Morgan (1816-1858), were monumental masons.

He began to preach in 1830, at the same time as Edward Matthews who was a great friend of the family. In 1841 he was ordained at the Llangeitho association; he had already, in 1836, married Mary Morgan of Clun-hir, Pontardulais. He spent the whole of his life in Cardiff, and there was some pastoral connexion between him and Zion chapel. He published Tŵr y Praidd (two lectures) in 1851, and Boanerges: neu, Hanes Bywyd Morgan Howells (Morgan Howells), in 1853. He was a sick man when he began to write, and his death ended a promising literary career. He died 10 August 1853. His widow married Richard Lumley.

Edward Matthews published a memorial sermon to him in 1853 and a similar sermon (in Y Diacon) upon Thomas Morgan in 1859.

Author

• Reverend Gomer Morgan Roberts, (1904 - 1993)

Sources

• Y Drysorfa, 1835 (182), 1853 (316), 1858 (414)
• Y Cylchgrawn: sef cyfrwng gwybodaeth grefydol a buddiol ac hanesion eglwysig a gwladol, 1852 (21-22), 1853 (p.287)
• W. Evans, Cofiant y Parchedig William Evans, Tonyrefail, yn cynwys ei gynghorion gweinidogaethol, areithiau dirwestol, llythyrau, a nifeer o bregethau, gan ei wyr (1892), 148
• J. J. Morgan, Cofiant Edward Matthews, Ewenni (Yr Wyddgrug 1922), 307-18
• T. Bowen, Dinas Caerdydd a'i Methodistiaeth Calfinaidd (Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru) (Cardiff 1927), 17-22
• Yr Haul, i, 546

Further reading

• E. Matthews, Pregeth ar farwolaeth y Parch. E. Morgan, Caerdydd, a draddodwyd yn nghapel y Trefnyddion Calfinaidd yn y dref hono, ar nos Sul, Awst yr 28ain 1853 (Caerdydd 1853)
• Presentation of a Testimonial to Mr T. Morgan, Sculptor, Cardiff, Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian, 10 October 1857

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20733038

Published date: 1959

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