Elizabeth (Horn) Morrison (abt. 1824 - 1897)

Born about 1824 in Greene County, Tennessee, United States

Wife of Alfred Caswell Morrison — married 9 Jun 1845 (to about 1868) in Greene County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 9 Aug 1897 at about age 73 in Lawrence County , Missouri, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth (Horn) Morrison was born in Appalachia, in Tennessee.

Research Notes

Elizabeth's parents have been speculated to be Jacob Horn who married Ruthamy Bowman. Researchers think that because he lived in Greene County, Tennessee. However, no proof of him as a father has been found, and Ruthamy would have been in her late 50's having children. Ok, now some new records have just came to light for Jacob Horn showing him in the 1850 and 1860 Census living in Mercer Kentucky, born in Tennessee, with a lady named Nancy Unknown Horn at a younger age than him. And so she could easily be the mother of most, if not all of these girls. It appears she had children already by a first husband surname Carter. Here are the census records.

1850 Census Record for possible father Jacob Horn:

Name: Jacob Horn

Gender: Male

Age: 63

Birth Year: abt 1787

Birthplace: Tennessee

Home in 1850: District 2, Mercer, Kentucky, USA

Occupation: Farmer

Industry: Agriculture

Real Estate: 1250

Cannot Read, Write: Y

Line Number: 11

Dwelling Number: 729

Family Number: 729

Household Members:

Name Age

Jacob Horn 63

Nancy Horn 45

John Horn 25

Nancy Horn 22

Merett Horn 0

Mary Carter 18

Lydia Carter 13

William Carter 20^[1]

1860 Census Record for possible Father Jacob Horn:

Name: Jacob Horn

Age: 71

Birth Year: abt 1789

Gender: Male

Birth Place: Tennessee

Home in 1860: District 2, Mercer, Kentucky

Post Office: Cornishville

Dwelling Number: 87

Family Number: 87

Occupation: Farmer

Real Estate Value: 1620

Personal Estate Value: 450

Cannot Read, Write: Y

Household Members:

Name Age

Jacob Horn 71

John T Horn 29

Lydia Horn 18

Sarah Horn 3

Luke A Hale 23^[2]

Known Records, Plus DNA

Each census record and Find A Grave, for Elizabeth Horn Morrison shows a conflicting account of her age: 1850 census birth yr 1824, 1860 birth yr 1832, 1870 birth yr 1823, 1880 birth yr 1816 and final conflict is find-a-grave with 1820. ( NOTE: I normally have used 1816 as it most closely lines up with those of her sisters, but going by the Wiki Tree rule have used 1824 here.- Morrison-4292 )

It is DNA proven that Elizabeth had 3 sisters, all three have descendant DNA tested matches that line up on the same chromosome segments together. Rachael 1806, who married William Likens, Jr. Susannah 1811, who married James Barton Johnson. And Esther 1813, who married Gravenor Likens (brother of William). They all migrated from Greene County, Tennessee to Greene County, MISSOURI and Lawrence County, Missouri. There are also Horn that lived in Stone County, Missouri and have not been able to connect them to these Horn with any documentation. There is also DNA evidence for being related to the people listed in the 1850 and 1860 census records, Hale and Carter. Making it most likely we have the right person, although not conclusive.

Elizabeth's husband Alfred (A.C.) left and ran off with another woman for Oregon State and ultimately California after 1870, but no divorce records have been found. He died in 1913 in Chico California where son George was living nearby.

Marriage Record (see PDF image attached to primary photo)

Elizabeth Horn

Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002 Name: Elizabeth Horn Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 09 Jun 1845 Event Place: Greene, Tennessee, United States Gender: Female Spouse's Name: Alfred Morrison ^[3]

1850 United States Federal Census

Name Elizabeth Morrison

Gender Female Age 26

Birth Year 1824

Birthplace Tennessee

Home in 1850 Polk, Greene, Missouri,

US Line Number21 Dwelling Number 649 Family Numbe r649

Household Members

Name Elizabeth Morrison Age 26

Name Alfred C Morrison Age25

Name Margarette Morrison Age6

Name Hugh E Morrison Age5

Name William L Morrison Age2^[4]

1860 United States Federal Census

Name Elizabeth Morrison Age28

Birth Year 1832 Gender Female

Birth Place Tennessee

Home in 1860 Center, Greene, Missouri Post Office Center

Dwelling Number343 Family Number 343

Household Members

Name A Morrison Age35

Name Elizabeth Morrison Age28

Name Sarah M Morrison Age16

Name Hugh E Morrison Age14

Name Wm L Morrison Age12

Name John Morrison Age9

Name George W Morrison Age7

Name Rachael E Morrison Age3^[5]

1870 United States Federal Census

Name Elizabeth Morrison Age in 1870 47

Birth Year 1823

Birthplace Tennessee

Dwelling Number 1929 Home in 1870 Center, Greene, Missouri

Race White Gender Female

Post Office Springfield

Occupation Keeping House

Inferred Spouse Alfred Morrison,

Inferred Children Rachel Morrison; Haseltine Morrison

Household Members

Name Elizabeth Morrison Age 47

Name Alfred Morrison Age46

Name Rachel Morrison Age14

Name Haseltine Morrison Age11^[6]

She is seen 'Living with daughter Abigail "Hassie" Martin's family in Carroll County, Arkansas on the King's River and son Huey Ellis can be found living nearby in Eureka Springs. Here we also learn of her parents birth state, North Carolina, and that conflicts with the birth state of Jacob Horn which is Tennessee:

1880 United States Federal Census

Name Elizabeth Morrison Age 64

Birth Date Abt 1816

Birthplace Tennessee

Home in 1880 Kings River, Carroll, Arkansas, USA

Race White Gender Female

Relation to Head of House Mother

Marital Status Widowed [although we know that A.C. didn't die until 1907 but she may of assumed him dead.]

Father's Birthplace North Carolina

Mother's Birthplace North Carolina

Neighbors View others on page Household Members ^[7]

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 May 2020), memorial page for Elisabeth Horn Morrison (19 Dec 1820–9 Aug 1897), Find A Grave: Memorial #138292383, citing Dunkle Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by litekeeper (contributor 48405777) .

Sources

1. ↑ Citation Information Detail Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, Mercer, Kentucky; Roll: 213; Page: 337A Source Information Title 1850 United States Federal Census Author Ancestry.com Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census
2. ↑ Detail Year: 1860; Census Place: District 2, Mercer, Kentucky; Page: 556; Family History Library Film: 803387 Source Information Title 1860 United States Federal Census Author Ancestry.com Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records
3. ↑ Citing this Record "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNZG-1PJ : 4 December 2014), Alfred Morrison and Elizabeth Horn, 09 Jun 1845; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 182, Greene, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
4. ↑ Detail Year: 1850; Census Place: Polk, Greene, Missouri; Roll: M432_400; Page: 288A; Image: 92 Source Information Title 1850 United States Federal Census Author Ancestry.com Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census
5. ↑ Detail Year: 1860; Census Place: Center, Greene, Missouri; Roll: M653_621; Page: 223; Image: 223; Family History Library Film: 803621 Source Information Title 1860 United States Federal Census Author, Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records
6. ↑ Detail Year: 1870; Census Place: Center, Greene, Missouri; Roll: M593_777; Page: 160B; Image: 324; Family History Library Film: 552276 Source Information Title 1870 United States Federal Census Author Ancestry.com Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records
7. ↑ Detail Year: 1880; Census Place: Kings River, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: 39; Family History Film: 1254039; Page: 149A; Enumeration District: 024; Image: 0629 Source Information Title 1880 United States Federal Census Author Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The DNA is certain, but the paper trail connecting Jacob absoultely being the father to the 4 daughters remains sparce. Therefore I have marked both parents uncertain.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by FTDNA DNA test match of L. Morrison and Ancestry DNA test of H. Likens uploaded in GEDMATCH, MCRA being Jacob Horn (Horn-6608), sharing 43 centimorgans across 5 segments. And Triangulation match of Ancestry DNA tests of L. Morrison (Morrison-4492) H. Likens and A. MacMullin, MCRA being Jacob Horn (Horn-6608) sharing 16 centimorgans across 3 overlapping segments, Longest shared segments on Chr 5 and Chr 22.