Morgan died in Cleveland and was buried in LAKE VIEW CEMETERY. He had three children, John P., Garrett A., Jr., and Cosmo H. Morgan married Madge Nelson in 1896 they were divorced in 1898. In 1923 he bought a farm near Wakeman, Ohio, establishing the black Wakeman Country Club.
Morgan in 1920 founded the Cleveland Call, a weekly newspaper, and in 1908 helped found the CLEVELAND ASSOC. Morgan's other major invention, a traffic light (1923), was important in that it used a third, cautionary signal between "stop" and "go." Morgan sold his traffic light to General Electric Co. 120+ Gas Mask HD Wallpapers and Backgrounds Gas Mask Wallpapers Favorite 120+ Dare to be bold with our stunning collection of HD computer wallpapers featuring dark gas masks. Morgan invented a safety helmet to protect the wearer from smoke and ammonia, introducing his "Breathing Device" in 1912, patenting it in 1914, and using it to descend into the gas-filled tunnel beneath Lake Erie to rescue workers and retrieve bodies after the Cleveland Waterworks explosion (see WATERWORKS TUNNEL DISASTERS) on 25 July 1916. This company soon offered a complete line of hair-care products. to market a hair-straightening solution he had discovered by accident in 1905. In 1909 he opened a tailoring shop with 32 employees, he manufactured suits, dresses, and coats. After various positions as a sewing-machine adjuster for clothing manufacturers, Morgan went into business for himself in 1907, establishing a shop on W. He has long been believed to be the grandson of Confederate John Hunt Morgan, though there are no historical documents to prove this assertion, and census data makes it unlikely. Born in Paris, Ky., to Sydney and Eliza Reed, both former enslaved people, Morgan received 6 years of education before leaving home at age 14 for Cincinnati where he worked and hired a tutor to continue his education. Among his most notable inventions were an early gas mask and a traffic light. 1877 -27 July 1963), was an important inventor and businessman active in the affairs of Cleveland's black community.
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