Garrett Morgan

Born to Sydney and Elizabeth Morgan.

In 1895, he left Cincinnati for Cleveland, where he settled, married, and spent the rest of his life.

Morgan was able to open a shop that sold and repaired sewing machines.

Morgan owned and operated a tailoring shop that employed 32 people and manufactured dresses, suits, and coats.

Morgan filed a patent application for another invention he had been working on. which he called a "breathing device." (gas mask)

He set up the G.A. Morgan Refining Company to produce the product.(hair straightener)

Morgan was granted US patent 1,113,675 for his invention.(gas mask)

Cleveland, Ohio from two years of illness

Forty-two years after his death, Morgan was inducted into the National Inventions Hall of Fame.