Person Detail: Lewis Henry Morgan

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General Information:
Full Name: Lewis Henry Morgan
Biography: (1818-1881) Anthropologist, writer, Father of American anthropology. Lewis H. Morgan was born near Cayuga Lake. He was an adopted member of the Seneca Tribe. He collected and published under the name of Skenandoah, his adopted Seneca name; he lived in Cattaraugus County. He collected not only stories of the Iroquois but artifacts as well. He hired Ely S. Parker, a young teenager at the time, to work for him as a researcher and translator in order to write and publish, "League of the Iroquois" in 1851.
Native American Information:
Name: Tayadaowuhkuh/Skenandoah Tribe: Adopted Seneca
Author's Timeline:
1818		Cayuga County Lewis Henry Morgan was born near Aurora, New York, in 1818.
1840		Schenectady County Morgan graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, in 1840.
1881		Monroe County Lewis Henry Morgan died in Rochester, New York, in 1881.
1877		(Unknown) County Ancient Society (Pub: New York: Henry Holt. ISBN: ) Nonficition.
1959		(Unknown) County Indian Journals Nonfiction, edited by Leslie A. White and published in 1959.
1851		(Unknown) County League of the Ho-de-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois Nonfiction.
1844		Monroe County Morgan opened a law office in Rochester, New York in 1844.
1871		(Unknown) County Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family Nonfiction.
1881		(Unknown) County Houses and House-lives of the American Aborigines Nonfiction.
1881		Monroe County Lewis Henry Morgan was interred in the Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York.
?		Cattaraugus County Lewis H. Morgan lived in Cattaraugus County, New York.