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From: <JeaFreeMan(a)aol.com>
To: <INMARTIN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: [INMARTIN] Burr Morris
Hi Nancy,
Thank you for the response. I do have this information, but I appreciate
hearing from you. I would like to learn about his other children,
Rebecca,
Mary, Moriah, and John T.
Jeanne
Hi Jeanne,
This is what I found on the Morris family. J. T. Morris
died 6-23-1935 in Shoals. he was son of Robert & Bethia Cannon Morris. He
married Louisa Wilking, 13
Sept 1894. He was a graduate of Southern Normal College, Mitchell, IN. He
was admitted to the bar when a young man but never actively followed the
practice of law.
He was the Martin Co. Superintendant of Schools for 10
years. He was emplyed by the Indiana State Board of
Acoounts when he died.
He is survived by his wife, Louisa Wilking Morris, and daughter, Lenna Ruth
Morris.
Others survivors are: Wm. H. Morris, of Vincennes, Mrs.
Eliza Kelly, of Rutherford Twp., Mrs. Ellen Hembree and
Mrs. Clara Chandler, both of Shoals. Two brothers & one sister proceeded him
in death. Funeral was held at
Shoals Christian Church. Burial in Spring Hill Cemetery,
Shoals, IN. (Lenna Morris married Roy Gaddis) No
children.
I did not find anything on the other children you named.
Here is the family in 1880 census of Rutherford Twp.
# 202
Robert Morris, 45, OH VA PA
Bethenia, 44, IN VA IN
Eliza, 19, IN OH IN
John T. 17, IN OH IN
Ellen, 15, IN OH IN
Hiram, 13, IN OH IN
Wm. B. 11, IN OH IN
Clarinda, 8, IN OH IN
Robert A. 6, IN OH IN
Emma, 3, IN OH IN
Francis M. 6 months, IN OH IN
Good luck,
Nancy Baker
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