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
----- Original Message ----- From: <JeaFreeMan@aol.com> To: <INMARTIN-L@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 > > > ==== INMARTIN Mailing List ==== > Martin County, Indiana GenConnect Boards: http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/IN/Martin/ > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog