Allen Morton (1836 - 1882)

Born 15 Jul 1836 in Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Son of Jeremiah Morton and Winney (Easley) Morton

Husband of Martha Elizabeth (Coffelt) Morton — married 16 Nov 1859 in Osage County, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Jan 1882 at age 45 in Osage County, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Allen was born in 1836 in Alabama. He was the son of Jeremiah Morton and Winnie Easley.

He married Martha Coffelt. Their children were Amanda, Henry, Grant, Elijah, Frannie, Winnie and Levi.

He died in 1882 near Mint Hill, Missouri. He is buried at Shirley Cemetery in Osage County, Missouri.^[1]

DNA

Larry Morton has been tested with Family Tree DNA Kit #904254 for Y chromosome matching. He matched to PGM, his 5C, at a genetic distance of 2 on 37 markers. FtDNA probability that they share a relationship within 6 generations is 77.88%. He also matched LBM, his 4C1R, at a genetic distance of 0 on 37 markers. FtDNA predicted probability that they share a relationship within 6 generations is 93.29%. Paternal lineage confirmed through MRCA Marshall Morton.

Paternal and maternal lines confirmed with triangulation from 23andMe testing. Larry Morton, a great-grandson of Allen Morton matched to DK, a gg-granddaughter of Daniel Morton. They are 3C1R. They share 89 cM over 3 segment with 1.19% of their DNA in common. LM matched to BM, a gg-grandson of David Jeff Morton. They are 3C1R. They share .86% of their DNA on 65 cM on 5 segments. The triangulated match is on chr. 6, 53396896-81784903. There is also a small segment on chr. 22 that overlaps for the three mentioned here plus several others whose lineage has not been explored. DK and BM are 4C to each other. MCRA are Jeremiah Morton and Winnie Easley.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #55836348

• National Park Service Title: U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online < https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm;, acquired 2007.Original data: National Park Service, Civil War; Repository: #R1 Update nps link~ 2020
• Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007; Repository: #R1
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46B-X54 : 12 June 2019), Allen Morton, 1870. Benton, Osage, Missouri.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6FM-493 : 14 August 2017), Alen Morton, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 115, sheet 407B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0707; FHL microfilm 1,254,707.