THOMAS
,
THOMAS MORGAN
(
1828
-
1884
),
missionary
;
b. at
Llanharan, Glam.
,
13 March 1828
. He entered
Brecon College
in
1854
and was
ordained for the mission field
at
Cwm-bach
,
Aberdare
,
11 May 1858
. He m.
Anne
Morgan
, daughter of
Jonah
Morgan
,
pastor of the Congregational church
at
Cwm-bach
. In
June 1858
they sailed for
Matabele-land
,
South Africa
. In
1862
his wife died and he m.
Caroline Hutchinson
Elliott
, daughter of
William
Elliott
, a
missionary
in
South Africa
, in
1864
. He returned to
Wales
in
April 1871
and on account of a misunderstanding between him and the
London Missionary Society
he was dismissed the following Oct. In
June 1874
a sum of about one thousand pounds collected by the
Welsh
churches was presented to him and this enabled him to return to
Matabele-land
, independent of the
London Missionary Society
. He
published a few elementary books in the native language, including a book of hymns
. He also published a book both in
English
(and in
Welsh
) called
Eleven years in Central South Africa
(
London
,
1873
). He d.
8 Jan. 1884
.
Bibliography:
-
National Library of Wales Manuscript
9274 (380);
-
Notable Welshmen (1700–1900)
,
1908
, 378;
-
Cardiff Free Libraries, Catalogue of Printed
Literature in the Welsh Department
, 1898
,
1898
, 480;
-
G. Penar Griffith
,
Cenhadon Cymreig
, 78-85;
-
Y Diwygiwr
,
1873
(253-6),
1874
(196);
-
Tywysydd y Plant
, Llanelli
,
1873
, 86-90;
-
Y Tyst a'r Dydd
, Dolgellau / Merthyr
Tydfil, 1871-June 1872; July 1872-1891
,
25 April 1884
;
-
James Sibree
,
A Register of Missionaries, Deputations etc
from 1796 to 1885/1923
London Missionary Society, 1886
(Second edition), 1923 (Fourth edition)
, 71.
Author:
Miss Nansi Ceridwen Jones, Aberystwyth
