Thanks so much for sharing this information with me. My husband descends from Samuel's sister, Rebecca Morris who married Amziah Meek. Here is what I have for them. Descendants of Rebecca A. Morris 1 Rebecca A. Morris b: Abt. January 1826 in Lawrence County, Alabama d: 24 November 1904 in Tennessee .. +Amziah Meek b: 13 January 1812 in South Carolina m: 18 September 1844 in Hardin County, Tennessee d: 4 February 1882 in Tennessee Father: Adam Edward Meek Mother: Mary Jane Black .. 2 Nancy Jane Meek b: Abt. 1847 in Adamsville, McNairy County, Tennessee d: WFT Est. 1890-1895 in Chester County, Tennessee ...... +Calvin T. Staton b: Abt. 1837 in Anson County, North Carolina m: 31 July 1866 in McNairy County, Tennessee d: WFT Est. 1895-1899 in Chester County, Tennessee Father: James (A.or S.?) Staton Mother: Maniza Staton ...... 3 Virginia Izola Staton b: 31 May 1868 in McNairy County, Tennessee d: 8 November 1943 .......... +Anguish Brownloe Davis b: 23 March 1867 m: Bef. 1890 d: 18 April 1951 ...... 3 Rettie E. Staton b: 5 May 1869 in McNairy County, Tennessee d: 8 January 1948 .......... +W. Jeff Cash b: 25 February 1868 m: 8 September 1901 d: 6 March 1946 ...... 3 Laury Etter Staton b: 12 May 1871 in McNairy County, Tennessee d: 22 June 1931 .......... +James R. Young b: 16 May 1840 in Tennessee m: Abt. 1900 d: 20 May 1925 ...... 3 Vroner Welton Staton b: 16 December 1874 in McNairy County, Tennessee d: 28 December 1961 in Chester County, Tennessee .......... +Lula Virginia Plunk b: 10 December 1885 in McNairy County, Tennessee m: 16 February 1905 in McNairy County, Tennessee d: 4 March 1943 in McNairy County, Tennessee Father: Nathaniel A. Plunk Mother: Margret LeAnn Harris ...... 3 Washie Estella Staton b: 6 June 1877 in McNairy County, Tennessee d: 24 December 1950 .......... +Samuel H. Bullman b: 6 May 1872 in Tennessee m: Bef. 1897 d: 8 January 1928 Father: G. Newton Bullman Mother: Sarah E. ...... 3 Thomas Calvin Staton b: 8 July 1880 in McNairy County, Tennessee d: 24 July 1962 in McNairy County, Tennessee ...... 3 Ora Staton b: Abt. 1881 in McNairy County, Tennessee d: Abt. 1964 in McNairy County, Tennessee .......... +John Rube Rankin b: Abt. December 1870 m: 23 October 1902 in McNairy County, Tennessee d: Abt. 1928 in McNairy County, Tennessee Father: Robert N. Rankin Mother: Lucy Josephine Long ...... 3 Nancy Jane Staton b: Abt. 1887 in McNairy County, Tennessee d: 6 February 1920 in maybe in Arkansas .......... +John C. Moore b: 7 June 1884 m: Bef. 1908 d: 18 May 1966 Father: Millard N. Moore Mother: Mary V. Benson .. 2 Mary D. Meek b: 18 September 1849 in McNairy County, Tennessee d: 5 July 1928 ...... +Joseph L. Hamilton b: 5 August 1848 m: 4 March 1869 d: 18 March 1907 ...... 3 William Franklin Hamilton b: 18 December 1869 d: Abt. 1939 .......... +Cora Scott b: Unknown m: 4 November 1895 d: Unknown ...... 3 Annie Gertrude Hamilton b: 20 January 1873 d: 11 February 1961 .......... +W. H. Foster b: 5 November 1868 m: Unknown d: 30 June 1939 ...... 3 James Edward Hamilton b: 19 February 1877 d: 5 January 1949 .......... +Bertie Wilson b: 14 August 1877 m: 3 April 1899 d: 10 April 1961 ...... 3 Ira J. Hamilton b: 7 May 1880 d: 2 July 1971 .......... +Sadie Scott b: Abt. 1878 m: 15 December 1905 d: 23 July 1916 ...... *2nd Wife of Ira J. Hamilton: .......... +Alo Elrod b: Unknown m: 3 June 1934 d: Unknown ...... 3 Bessie May Hamilton b: 23 March 1883 d: Abt. December 1967 .......... +Willie Carroll b: Unknown m: 15 November 1900 d: Unknown ...... 3 John Odis Hamilton b: 12 January 1887 d: Abt. 1955 .......... +Nina Lou Gray b: Abt. 1889 m: 16 December 1906 d: Abt. 1929 ...... 3 Sarah Minnie Hamilton b: 3 December 1889 d: 28 April 1979 .......... +C. H. Hopkins b: 1 January 1889 m: Abt. 1914 d: 19 March 1954 .. 2 William Meek b: 13 August 1852 in McNairy County, Tennessee d: 31 August 1855 in McNairy County, Tennessee .. 2 Thomas F. Meek b: 16 June 1854 in McNairy County, Tennessee d: 12 June 1930 ...... +Minnie R. Jones b: 20 January 1871 m: 13 December 1888 d: 20 August 1890 in Hardin County, Tennessee .. *2nd Wife of Thomas F. Meek: ...... +Emma Davis b: Abt. September 1869 m: 24 November 1891 d: Unknown ...... 3 Laura Meek b: 11 March 1903 d: 24 October 1938 .......... +Russell Sanders b: 19 October 1901 m: Bef. 1921 d: 24 June 1960 ...... 3 Frank Morris Meek b: 10 December 1906 d: 5 December 1926 in killed in car wreck on Harahan Bridge at Memphis, Tennessee ...... 3 3 other children Meek b: Unknown d: Bef. 1910 .. 2 Serrenia M. Meek b: June 1858 in McNairy County, Tennessee d: 17 March 1934 ...... +Samuel Beecher Smith b: 4 July 1857 m: 28 November 1882 d: Abt. 1943 ...... 3 Hetty Helen Smith b: 29 January 1884 d: 23 July 1889 ...... 3 Edgar M. Smith b: 17 September 1885 d: Abt. 1897 ...... 3 Archabald C. Smith b: 10 September 1887 d: 19 August 1889 ...... 3 Infant Smith b: 18 November 1889 d: 18 November 1889 ...... 3 Samuel B. Smith b: 9 May 1891 d: 14 September 1983 .......... +Ida Lou Coker b: 7 August 1900 m: Bef. 1925 d: Unknown ...... 3 Croy B. Smith b: 4 October 1897 d: 17 October 1970 .......... +Annie English b: 4 June 1900 m: Unknown d: 18 September 1971 .. 2 Samuel J. Meek b: 7 November 1861 in McNairy County, Tennessee d: 13 September 1867 in McNairy County, Tennessee Johnita SARAH SUE SWINDELL wrote: > > note: forwarded msg attached. > > == > sss1942@yahoo.com > > The art of Thanksgiving is in thanks living. > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Morris > Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 08:52:48 -0600 > From: lacowley@mail.swbell.net > Reply-To: lacowley@swbell.net > To: SARAH SUE SWINDELL <sss1942@yahoo.com> > > Descendants of Samuel Tidwell Morris > > 1 Samuel Tidwell Morris 1838 - 1900 d: October 29, 1900 in Morris > Chapel, Tennessee buried in Morris Chapel Cemeter Age at death: > 62 Number of children: 7 b: January 24, 1838 in > Morris Chapel, Tennessee? > .. +Elizabeth Jane Roach 1839 - 1906 d: 1906 in buried in Morris > Chapel,Tennessee Cemetery Age at death: 66 est. > Number of children: 7 Father: Buck Mother: Juliet Ann Wilson b: April > 20, 1839 in Maury Co, Tennessee m: November 05, 1868 in McNairy County, > Tessessee > .... 2 Charles Ransom Morris 1869 - 1938 d: November 02, 1938 in > buried in Morris Chapel cemetery Hardin County, Tennessee Age at death: > 69 Number of children: 3 b: October 25, 1869 > ........ +Dosia L.Graham 1872 - 1954 d: April 23, 1954 in buried in > Morris Chapel cemetery Hardin County, TN Age at death: > 81 Number of children: 3 Father: Mother: b: August > 03, 1872 > .......... 3 Edgar T. Morris 1891 - 1975 d: April 04, 1975 in Morris > Chapel, TN buried in Morris Chapel cemetery Hardin Co. TN Age at death: > 83 Number of children: 1 b: November 04, 1891 > .............. +Annie Crowell 1900 - 1958 d: 1958 Age at death: 58 > est. Number of children: 1 Father: Mother: b: 1900 > ................ 4 Geraldine Morris 1925 - d: in buried in Morris > Chapel cemetery Hardin County, Tennessee b: June > 28, 1925 > .......... 3 Aubrey C. Morris 1895 - 1903 d: June 24, 1903 in buried > in Morris Chapel cemetery Hardin County, Tennessee Age at death: > 8 b: April 04, 1895 > .......... 3 Meda E. Morris 1900 - 1993 d: December 11, 1993 in Morris > Chapel, near Adamsville, TN buried in Morris Chapel cemetery Hardin Co > TN Age at death: 93 Number of children: 6 b: > October 18, 1900 > .............. +Benjamin F. Jarrett 1896 - 1972 d: January 10, 1972 in > Morris Chapel, near Adamsville, TN buried in Morris Chapel Cemetery > Hardin Co TN Age at death: 75 Number of children: 6 > Father: Mother: b: January 30, 1896 m: December 28, 1919 > ................ 4 Max Jarrett 1920 - Number of > children: 1 b: October 21, 1920 > .................... +Florine Pierce Fact 1: died after breakfast > one morning. Number of children: 1 Father: Mother: > ................ *2nd Wife of Max Jarrett: > .................... +Barbara Father: Mother: > ................ 4 Benjamin F. Jr. Jarrett 1925 - 1944 d: May 31, 1944 > in Anzio WWII Buried Morris Chapel cemetery Hardin Co. TN July 29, 1948 > Age at death: 19 Fact 1: Pfc. on headstone b: April > 28, 1925 > ................ 4 Leon Jarrett 1927 - b: May > 14, 1927 > ................ 4 John C. Jarrett 1932 - 1977 d: December 10, 1977 in > buried in Morris Chapel cemetery Hardin County, TN Age at death: > 45 b: February 21, 1932 > ................ 4 Glenda Ann Jarrett 1938 - > Number of children: 2 b: July 28, 1938 > .................... +Mackie Morris 1938 - Number > of children: 2 Father: Mother: b: June 18, 1938 m: February 08, 1958 > ................ 4 Louise Jarrett 1923 - Number > of children: 2 b: January 18, 1923 > .................... +Henry Bradley 1920 - Number > of children: 2 Father: Mother: b: July 11, 1920 > .... 2 Wiliam N. Morris 1871 - 1871 d: 1871 in buried in Morris Chapel > cemetery Age at death: 0 est. Fact 1: lived 10 days Fact 2: called > "Willie" b: 1871 > .... 2 Virginia Morris 1873 - 1874 d: 1874 in buried in Morris Chapel > cemetery Age at death: 1 est. Fact 1: lived 11 > months b: 1873 > .... 2 Samuel Otis Morris 1875 - 1953 d: February 15, 1953 Age at > death: 77 Number of children: 5 b: April 09, 1875 > ........ +Myrtle Adams Father: Mother: > .... *2nd Wife of Samuel Otis Morris: > ........ +Ida Leanne Tidwell 1875 - 1913 d: December 08, 1913 in buried > in Morris Chapel Cemetery, Hardin County, TN Age at death: 37 Fact 1: > Had 5 children Number of children: 5 Father: Mother: b: > December 10, 1875 > .......... 3 Paul Tidwell Morris 1901 - 1989 d: September 12, 1989 in > Chattonooga, Tennessee Age at death: 87 Fact 1: > deceased Number of children: 1 b: October 06, 1901 > .............. +Bess Goings 1902 - 1995 d: January 1995 in Chattonooga, > Tennessee Age at death: 92 est. Fact 1: deceased > Number of children: 1 Father: Mother: b: February 01, 1902 m: November > 16, 1931 > ................ 4 Mary Ann Morris 1933 - Number > of children: 2 b: December 05, 1933 > .................... +Robert Shiflett Rhinearson > Number of children: 2 Father: Mother: m: April 28, 1956 > .......... 3 Thomas Lester Morris 1903 - 1982 d: June 12, 1982 Age at > death: 79 Number of children: 4 b: January 07, 1903 > > .............. +Clyde Long 1905 - Number of > children: 4 Father: Mother: b: April 19, 1905 m: August 25, 1927 in > (Dock) > ................ 4 Rose Marie Morris 1930 - > Number of children: 1 b: January 16, 1930 > .................... +Charles Crunk Father: > Mother: > ................ *2nd Husband of Rose Marie Morris: > .................... +William John Young Number > of children: 1 Father: Mother: m: December 29, 1968 > ................ 4 Tommy Long Morris 1932 - > Number of children: 2 b: April 01, 1932 > .................... +Mary Catherine Price Number > of children: 2 Father: Mother: > ................ 4 Ida Lou Morris 1937 - Number > of children: 2 b: February 07, 1937 > .................... +Eddie Qualls Father: > Mother: > ................ *2nd Husband of Ida Lou Morris: > .................... +James Kenneth Walker Number > of children: 2 Father: Mother: > ................ 4 Judith Ann Morris 1942 - 1943 d: March 07, 1943 Age > at death: 0 b: June 22, 1942 > .......... 3 Lucille Morris 1904 - Number of > children: 2 b: August 01, 1904 > .............. +Sanuel Hervey Taylor 1902 - Number > of children: 2 Father: Mother: b: August 06, 1902 m: September 04, 1926 > ................ 4 Samuel Morris Taylor 1927 - > Number of children: 2 b: September 09, 1927 > .................... +Imogene Barnes 1931 - Number > of children: 2 Father: Mother: b: November 20, 1931 > ................ 4 John William Taylor 1931 - Fact 1: married > Fact 2: 2 children b: October 15, 1931 > .......... 3 John Taft Morris 1908 - 1939 d: February 12, 1939 Age at > death: 30 b: September 16, 1908 > .......... 3 Guy Winston Morris 1913 - 1913 d: January 12, 1913 in > buried in Morris Chapel cemetery Hardin County, Tennessee Age at death: > 0 b: January 12, 1913 > .... *3rd Wife of Samuel Otis Morris: > ........ +Ethel Taylor Pyron 1886 - 1961 d: April 21, 1961 in buried in > Morris Chapel Cemetery, Hardin County, TN Age at death: > 74 Father: Mother: b: October 03, 1886 > .... 2 Ida Delana Morris 1877 - 1973 d: March 15, 1973 in Celeste > orLeonard, Tx. buried Forest Park, Greenville, TX Age at death: 95 > Fact 1: Buried in Forest Park Cemetery Fact 2: Member of Celeste > Methodist Church Number of children: 3 b: May 29, 1877 > in Morris Chapel, Tennessee > ........ +James Irvin Perkins 1875 - 1961 d: December 13, 1961 in > Celeste, Texas buried Forest Park, Greenville, Hunt County,TX Age at > death: 86 Fact 1: Buried in Forest Park Cemetery with Masonic > Services Fact 2: Came to Celeste in 1905 Fact 3: Member Miller Masonic > Lodge #224 Number of children: 3 Father: Mac Perkins > Mother: Georgia Beard b: October 13, 1875 in Hardin County, Tennessee m: > January 08, 1903 in Morris Chapel, Tennessee > .......... 3 James Morris Perkins 1906 - Fact 1: Lived in > Dallas Number of children: 2 b: March 06, 1906 > .............. +Beulah Mae Hunter 1908 - 1994 d: March 25, 1994 Age at > death: 85 Number of children: 2 Father: Mother: b: > April 22, 1908 m: April 16, 1931 > ................ 4 Terry Mac Perkins 1935 - > Number of children: 3 b: April 17, 1935 > .................... +Janie DeLaras Hanson 1934 - > Number of children: 3 Father: Mother: b: September 30, 1934 m: August > 23, 1954 > ................ 4 Ray Hunter Perkins 1937 - > Number of children: 1 b: July 04, 1937 > .................... +Lynn Ethel Roberts 1942 - > Number of children: 1 Father: Mother: b: March 25, 1942 m: May 07, 1961 > .......... 3 Raymond Perkins 1911 - 1911 d: November 21, 1911 Age at > death: 0 b: November 21, 1911 > .......... 3 Elizabeth Nell Perkins 1913 - Number > of children: 2 b: August 09, 1913 > .............. +Riley Weldon Irvin 1911 - 1955 d: October 16, 1955 Age > at death: 44 Number of children: 2 Father: Mother: b: > July 17, 1911 m: September 07, 1938 > ................ 4 Lou Jane Irvin 1941 - Number > of children: 2 b: November 03, 1941 > .................... +Robert Charles Jennings 1938 - Fact 1: > adopted Number of children: 2 Father: Mother: b: August > 25, 1938 m: September 02, 1962 > ................ 4 Don Riley Irvin 1944 - Number > of children: 2 b: July 07, 1944 in Gilmer, Texas > .................... +April Marie Howard 1946 - > Number of children: 2 Father: Mother: b: April 01, 1946 in Auburn, > Washington m: April 11, 1968 in Seattle, Washington > .......... *2nd Husband of Elizabeth Nell Perkins: > .............. +Paul Elvis Shrode 1912 - 1991 d: January 28, 1991 in > Freeport, Texas Age at death: 78 Father: Mother: b: > June 27, 1912 m: July 24, 1971 > .... 2 Juliett Ann Morris 1879 - 1897 d: July 13, 1897 in buried in > Morris Chapel cemetery Hardin County TN Age at death: 17 Fact 1: twin > of Thomas Julian Morris b: October 26, 1879 > .... 2 Thomas Julian Morris 1879 - 1968 d: July 12, 1968 in Morris > Chapel, near Adamsville, Tennessee buried in Morris Chapel Cemetery Age > at death: 88 Number of children: 1 b: October 26, > 1879 > ........ +Della McConnell - Abt. 1907 d: Abt. 1907 Age at death: ? > Fact 1: Died when B.C. very small of TB Number of > children: 1 Father: Mother: > .......... 3 Brooksie Chalbert Morris 1907 - Fact 1: Known as > "Shack" Fact 2: October 1998 Serves on the Cemetery > Board b: February 01, 1907 > .............. +Stella Verda Marshall 1908 - 1983 d: April 15, 1983 in > last SS check to Adamsville, Tennessee Age at death: > 74 Father: Mother: b: September 15, 1908 m: January > 09, 1932 > .......... *2nd Wife of Brooksie Chalbert Morris: > .............. +Ruth Shea Father: Mother: m: > June 27, 1984