I would love to hear from anyone researching either PASCHALL or MORRIS in Weakley Co. My mother's grandfather, Morgan Daniel MORRIS, b.14 Nov 1861, d. 5 Jun 1946 m. Mollie WATSON 31 Dec 1885 in Weakley Co. Morgan Daniel's father was Caleb MORRIS, b. 21 Mar 1829, d. 5 Aug 1913, m. Martha A. PASCHALL around 1849 - 1850. Martha was born around 1829, and died 26 Dec 1894. We have never found any record of Caleb and Martha's marriage, and the only source of info for Martha's last name is family history, once recorded in a family Bible which Mom remembered, but its whereabouts are now unknown. Also, Mom was told that one of her father's grandmothers was 1/4 Indian; the 2 options are this Martha PASCHALL or Sarah Elizabeth LARGENT, who was Mollie WATSON's mother. My research has led me to believe that Martha may be one of the daughters of a John PASCHALL who moved from NC to Smith & Sumter Counties in TN, and later relocated to MS/AL, where he married a WEBB. He may have left his daughters in Smith/Sumter with his brother(s), and reunited with them after this marriage. One census record for one of their children shows that he at least thought his mother was born in AL. Caleb and his father Spencer MORRIS are first definitely identified in Henderson Co TN in the 1850 & 1860 census, and are in Weakley by 1870. Caleb & Martha (PASCHALL) MORRIS's children were: 1. Lucinda E. "Cindy" (S.E. on 1850 census), b. May 1850, m. Henry NEWHOUSE 6 Feb 1873 2. William Allen (went by Allen), b. 25 Dec 1853, d. 4 Jul 1922, m. 1) Susan Francis CANNON 4 Nov 1874, m. 2) Ella DAVIS 3. Nancy Jane (went by Jane), b. Dec 1855, m. Joe PASCHALL 1 Sep 1881 - after Jane died, Joe married one of her nieces, Flossie ESSARY, d/o Eli & Mattie (MORRIS) ESSARY 4. L.A. (Amanda?), b. 1856, d. before 1880? 5. Sarah W. (M.S./Susan on censuses), b. ca. 1858, Mom notes she married a SANDERS or CANTRELL? 6. Morgan Daniel, b. 14 Nov 1861, d. 5 Jun 1946, m. Mary Jane Flora Ruth "Mollie" WATSON, d/o Samuel Allison WATSON and Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Largent, who migrated to Weakly about 1864-5 from Rutherford Co, NC 7. Liza E. "Lizzie" (Eliza on census), b. 1862, m. Kenneth Houston "Hugh" STACKS b. 1861, d. 1938, s/o David STACKS, b. in AL - Mom remembers Lizzie had sons named Frank, Paul, and Silas 8. John H., b. 7 Jun 1866, m. Olzie ?? 9. Martha "Mattie", b. 1868, d. 5/3/1915, m. Eli ESSARY - Eli was killed in a well-digging accident, and their children Flossie, Bertie, Charles, Offie, Irene, and Ted, were split out, some with family members, at least one to an orphanage in Nashville, TN. Mattie was left destitute and lived in a shack at the end of the lane to Morgan Daniel MORRIS's home. This shack was later moved and joined to the house by a breezeway, then used by Caleb MORRIS (father), later Samuel WATSON (father-in-law) till their deaths.

Here is my MORRIS connection.........anybody????? James and Harriet are buired at Sisson Cemetery in Weakley Co....along with her parents, uncle and others.......would have to love more info and connection on the MORRIS side Descendants of James H. Morris Generation No. 1 1. JAMES H.1 MORRIS was born Jun 1838 in Tennessee, and died Aft. 1900 in Kentucky. He married HARRIET SAVILDA JOHNSON 14 Apr 1859 in Weakley County, Tennessee, daughter of JOHN JOHNSON and ELIZABETH TIBBS. She was born 18 Apr 1844 in Tennessee, and died 04 Oct 1883 in Kentucky. Children of JAMES MORRIS and HARRIET JOHNSON are: i. JOHN E.2 MORRIS, b. 06 Feb 1860, Tennessee; d. 28 Oct 1874. ii. GEORGE MORRIS, b. 29 May 1880; d. 30 Jan 1881. > I would love to hear from anyone researching either PASCHALL or MORRIS in > Weakley Co. > > My mother's grandfather, Morgan Daniel MORRIS, b.14 Nov 1861, d. 5 Jun > 1946 m. Mollie WATSON 31 Dec 1885 in Weakley Co. > > Morgan Daniel's father was Caleb MORRIS, b. 21 Mar 1829, d. 5 Aug 1913, m. > Martha A. PASCHALL around 1849 - 1850. Martha was born around 1829, and > died 26 Dec 1894. > > We have never found any record of Caleb and Martha's marriage, and the > only source of info for Martha's last name is family history, once > recorded in > a family Bible which Mom remembered, but its whereabouts are now unknown. > Also, Mom was told that one of her father's grandmothers was 1/4 Indian; > the 2 options are this Martha PASCHALL or Sarah Elizabeth LARGENT, who > was > Mollie WATSON's mother. > > My research has led me to believe that Martha may be one of the daughters > of a John PASCHALL who moved from NC to Smith & Sumter Counties in TN, > and > later relocated to MS/AL, where he married a WEBB. He may have left his > daughters in Smith/Sumter with his brother(s), and reunited with them > after > this marriage. One census record for one of their children shows that he > at > least thought his mother was born in AL. > > Caleb and his father Spencer MORRIS are first definitely identified in > Henderson Co TN in the 1850 & 1860 census, and are in Weakley by 1870. > > Caleb & Martha (PASCHALL) MORRIS's children were: > > 1. Lucinda E. "Cindy" (S.E. on 1850 census), b. May 1850, m. Henry > NEWHOUSE > 6 Feb 1873 > > 2. William Allen (went by Allen), b. 25 Dec 1853, d. 4 Jul 1922, m. 1) > Susan Francis CANNON 4 Nov 1874, > m. 2) Ella DAVIS > > 3. Nancy Jane (went by Jane), b. Dec 1855, m. Joe PASCHALL 1 Sep 1881 - > after Jane died, Joe married one of her nieces, Flossie ESSARY, d/o Eli & > Mattie (MORRIS) ESSARY > > 4. L.A. (Amanda?), b. 1856, d. before 1880? > > 5. Sarah W. (M.S./Susan on censuses), b. ca. 1858, Mom notes she married a > SANDERS or CANTRELL? > > 6. Morgan Daniel, b. 14 Nov 1861, d. 5 Jun 1946, m. Mary Jane Flora Ruth > "Mollie" WATSON, d/o Samuel Allison WATSON and Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" > Largent, who migrated to Weakly about 1864-5 from Rutherford Co, NC > > 7. Liza E. "Lizzie" (Eliza on census), b. 1862, m. Kenneth Houston "Hugh" > STACKS b. 1861, d. 1938, s/o David STACKS, b. in AL - Mom remembers > Lizzie > had sons named Frank, Paul, and Silas > > 8. John H., b. 7 Jun 1866, m. Olzie ?? > > 9. Martha "Mattie", b. 1868, d. 5/3/1915, m. Eli ESSARY - Eli was killed > in > a well-digging accident, and their children Flossie, Bertie, Charles, > Offie, Irene, and Ted, were split out, some with family members, at least > one > to an orphanage in Nashville, TN. Mattie was left destitute and lived in > a > shack at the end of the lane to Morgan Daniel MORRIS's home. This shack > was later moved and joined to the house by a breezeway, then used by > Caleb > MORRIS (father), later Samuel WATSON (father-in-law) till their deaths. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message