Born in 1814 in Fayette County, PA, to Zedoc and Eleanor Springer, Morgan flat-boated down the Mississippi River with James Frost, a friend, around 1840. A master carpenter, he soon acquired a lot on Jackson Street in Thibodaux. Frost and Springer constructed many building in the region and in 1848 designed the Guion Academy, Thibodaux's first public school. Springer served several terms as a Trustee of Thibodaux. In 1859-60, he and S.S, Evans erected the Greek Revival-Style Lafourche Parish Courthouse, designed by noted architect Henry Howard. In 1846 he married Azalie Bourg in St. John's Catholic Church, Thibodaux; at his death in 1861 springer had seven minor children. His estate was valued at over $22,000.
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