From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)
Morgan, Benjamin J.
(born: 1861 - died: 1915)Benjamin J. Morgan was born in Kentucky to Thomas Grayson and Amanda Christopher Morgan; he used his stepfather's last name (William Morgan).
Morgan worked at a real estate firm in Cincinnati, OH and later studied chiropody (podiatry). He then moved to Indianapolis, IN, where he opened a successful practice and was in great demand; one of his patients was Indiana Governor Claude Matthews. Morgan was also prominent in the African American community in Indianapolis.
Morgan died of Brights Disease in Indianapolis in 1915 [source: Indiana Certificate of Death]. For more see Slave and Freeman: the autobiography of George L. Knox, by G. L. Knox.