City: Memphis
MORGAN, Arthur Ernest, consulting engineer; born Cincinnati, O., June 20, 1878; English-Dutch-Scotch-Welsh-Irish-German-French descent; son of John D. and Anna T. (Wiley) MORGAN; father’s occupation, civil engineer; paternal grandfather Benjamin MORGAN, maternal grandfather Enos WILEY; educated University of Colorado; married Urania JONES in 1904; member of American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society for the Advancement of Science, Memphis City Club, Memphis Business Men’s Club; Progressive in politics; engaged in private practice as civil engineer, St. Cloud, Minn., 1902-1907; supervising engineer of U.S. drainage investigations, 1907-1910; planned reclamation project for St. Francis Valley, 1908-1910; acted as chief engineer or consulting engineer for drainage improvements in the South, Feb., 1910, to date; president Morgan Engineering Co. (Inc.), Memphis Tenn.; planning reclamation of swamp and overflowed lands; has published numerous articles on drainage and swamp land reclamation; at present chief engineer large drainage projects and consulting engineer U.S. government drainage investigators; member of Baptist Church.
