Finding Aid to A Treatise on the Teeth

JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VA 24501
(434) 846-0501
A TREATISE ON THE TEETH (1882)
The booklet, written by Dr. Robert Withers Morgan of Lynchburg, provides the public
with general information on the development and care of the teeth.

ROBERT WITHERS MORGAN (1844-1904)
Robert Withers Morgan, son of Richard Terrell Morgan and Sophia Weston Jones, was
born 16 June 1844 in Campbell County, Virginia. He volunteered in the Confederate army as a
member of Co. E, 11th Virginia Regiment. He was wounded and became a prisoner of war in
Point Lookout, Maryland. After the war, he operated a store in Floyd County with his brother.
He was troubled by the lack of dental care for soldiers. He returned to Lynchburg, Va., in 1873
and studied dentistry with Dr. Robert T. Lemon. Morgan was a dentist in Lynchburg for many
years.
During the 18802, he formulated dental hygiene products, including Dental Chewing
Gum, Dental Chewing Tobacco, and Dental Scotch Snuff, all manufactured in Lynchburg.
Morgan worked with Representative Peter Otey in drafting preliminary legislation in
1901 for contract dentists for the army. He was one of three members appointed to the Board of
Dentist Examiners for the army. He spent time with the troops in Cuba in connection with the
work.
Robert Withers Morgan married Mary Jane Moorman of Campbell County, Va. He died
8 August 1904 and was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg.

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