December 1, 1864

Tom P. Morgan was born in East Lyme, Connecticut. In his youth, he spent much of his time in the local newspaper office. He also joined a traveling dramatic company and a circus. These varied life experiences were the basis of much of his writing. By 1887, Morgan was a published author. After living in Kansas, he moved to Rogers (Benton County) in 1890. To many in Rogers, he was best known as a successful businessman who operated a downtown newsstand and bookstore. But Morgan was a nationally known writer whose work appeared in major publications such as Life and the Saturday Evening Post. Morgan’s gravestone in the Rogers Cemetery says simply, “Writer, Humorist, Philosopher.”