N.C. Morgan was educated in the schools of his native village and spent the days of his boyhood and youth under the parental roof.  When he had attained his majority he embarked in business for himself as a general merchant of Northport, and carried on operations there until May, 1887, when he came to Sault de Ste. Marie and open a store stocked with meats and groceries at No. 113 Ashmun Street. He has ever since carried on the business and has now an excellent trade, which has steadily grown from the beginning.  He is fair and honorable in all transactions and his earnest desire to please his customer, and his courteous gentlemanly deportment, has made him one of the leading merchants in his line in this city.

On the 25th of December 1879, Mr. Morgan married Miss Abbie Voice, of Northport, whose father, William Voice, was a lumber manufacturer of that place.  He was born in England, and on coming to the United States settled first in Chicago, removing later to Michigan, where he died in 1893, at the age of seventy-five years.  His wife bore the first name of Fannie, and by their marriage were born four children: Martha, wife of W.F. Steele; Albert, George and Abbie.  Mr. and Mrs. Morgan have no children of their own, but are rearing an adopted daughter, Louise Hazen.  The family is widely known in this community and its members hold high rank in social circles.  Mr. Morgan is an active Republican in politics, is a leading member of the Moral Reform Association, of which he has served as president, and in the Congregational Church he holds his ecclesiastical membership.  Of the last named he is now a Deacon, and is also Superintendent of the Sunday-school.  He takes a deep and abiding interest in every good cause that is calculated to prove of benefit to the educational or moral welfare of the community and is a man of broad sympathy, which is manifested more by deeds than words, the poor and needy finding in him a true friend.