Elizabeth A (Carpenter) Morris (1854 - 1923)

Born 1 Mar 1854 in Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 10 Dec 1923 at age 69 in Rathdrum, Kootenai, Idaho, United States

Biography

Birth

Birth:

Date: 01 MAR 1855

Place: Jo Daviess, IL^[1][2]

Death

Death:

Date: 10 DEC 1923

Place: Rathdrum, Kootenai, ID^[3][4]

Burial

Burial:

Date: DEC 1923

Place: Forest cemetery Coeur d'Alene, ID

Residence

Residence:

Date: MAR 1883

Place: Dakota Territory

Residence:

Date: 1909

Place: Rathdrum, Kootenai, ID

Note

Note: #N00214

Marriage

Husband: Frank A. Morris

Wife: Elizabeth Carpenter

Child: Helen N. Morris

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Lulu B. Morris

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Ada Morris

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 15 OCT 1878^[5]

Husband: Frederick Oscar Carpenter

Wife: Emily Carpenter

Child: Elizabeth Carpenter

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Emma Carpenter

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Julia M Carpenter

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Effie J. Carpenter

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Freddie S. Carpenter

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Florence A. Carpenter

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: George A. Carpenter

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 07 AUG 1853

Place: Wayne, Lafayette, WI^[6]

Event:

Type: Marriage Fact

Date: 07 AUG 1853

Place: Copy of original license on file

Note: #N00638

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S00142
2. ↑ Source: #S00388 Page: Obituary Dec 14, 1923
3. ↑ Source: #S00247
4. ↑ Source: #S00388 Page: Obituary Fri Dec 14, 1923
5. ↑ Source: #S00388 Page: Elizabeth obit
6. ↑ Source: #S00430 Page: Lafayette county, Vol I pp 302

• Source: S00142 Title: California death index
• Source: S00247 Title: Idaho death certificate.
• Source: S00388 Title: THE RATHDRUM TRIBUNE NOTESource Medium: Newspaper CONT
• Source: S00430 Author: La Fayette County Title: Wisconsin marriage record Publication: Name: Vol 4 of marriage records. pp. 19.; Repository: #R00024 NOTESource Medium: Official Document CONT
• Repository: R00024 Name: Copy in my possession Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
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Notes

Note N00214Name: MORRIS, ELIZABETH ANN

Year: 1923

Certificate Number: 044126

County of Death: Kootenai

City: RATHDRUM

Date of Death: 12/10/1923

Date of Birth: 03/01/1854

THE RATHDRUM TRIBUNE Fri. Dec, 14, 1923:

"DEATH CALLS MRS. F.A. MORRIS

Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Morris, wife of Frank A. Morris, chairman of the board of commissioners of Kootenai county, died at her home in Rathdrum about noon, Monday, Dec. 10, after several days illness with pneumonia. Although it was known that Mrs. Morris was ill, her death came as a surprise not only to her friends but to the members of her immediate family.

The funeral was held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock from the home and internment was made in Forest cemetery, Coeur d'Alene, the Rev. David L. Clarke officiated.

OBITUARY

(contributed by a friend)

Libbis A. Carpenter was born in Jo Daviess county, Illinois, March 1, 1855. Her parents, Frederick O. and Emily Carpenter, were born in the state of New York. Libbie was the eldest of nine children: one brother and one sister dying in infancy; and one sister, Mrs. Emma Breed, preceding her indeath by a few years. She was married to Frank A. Morris on October 15, 1878. She was the mother of four children: Lulu B., who died September 26, 1902; Ada M.; a son who died in infancy, and Helen N.

She moved from Illinois to Dakota Territory in March, 1883, settling on homestead land. She came from South Dakota to Washington in 1909 and thence to Rathdrum, where she resided until the summons came on December 10, 1923.

She leaves to mourn her passing her husband, Frank A. Morris; her two daughters, Mrs. Ada Deacon and Mrs. Helen Johns; one grandchild, Marlys Deacon; three sisters in Illinois and two brothers in Iowa. Besides her immediate family, her only relatives in Rathdrum are her brother-in-law, Geo. V. Morris, and wife, and her cousin, Mrs. W.J. Tucker.

She was a faithful wife, a devoted mother and a kind and indulgent grandmother.

Of a quiet, retiring disposition, she rarely left her home, but warmly welcomed all good friends who sought her there.

In ministering to her family, she found her greatest happiness.

Through the long days her busy hands fashioned many gifts for those she loved.

She loved sweet music and all that was beautiful and true and good. She recalled, with great pleasure, her girlhood days, and in memory lived over again each bygone happiness. Through correspondence, she kept in touch with the friends of her early youth, and strengthened in this beautiful way the way between the past and the present.

She journeys on before us, yet the parting is but for a little while. The Savior said: 'I go to prepare a place for you; if it were not so, i would have told you.'

'Come unto me and I will give you rest.'

'Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.'

The Savior's face is sweet indeed to see,

She hears the gentle words, 'Come unto me,'

love lights the lamps of Heaven, tenderly,

To guide her home.

Her boat is lunched upon the silvery tide;

For her, the gates of glory open wide;

With loved ones, there in peace she will abide

Until we come."

Acknowledgments

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