Cynthia Melinda Ann (Morton) Daily (1880 - 1974)

Born 21 Mar 1880 in Texas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Napoleon Daily — married 26 Jul 1896 in Vian, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States

Died 23 Apr 1974 at age 94 in Purcell, McClain, Oklahoma, United States

Biography

Cynthia was born on 21 March 1880 in Texas. She was the daughter of Tapleton Washington Morton and Nancy Jane (Gilbert) Morton. In 1880, they were living in Morris County, Texas and she was 3 months old.^[1]

She married Jonathan Daily.^[2]

Cynthia died at the age of about 94 on 15 April 1974 in Purcell, McClain, Oklahoma. She is buried at Hillside Cemetery in Purcell, Oklahoma.^[3]

Research Notes

Census Data and Notes

1880 U.S. Census for Precinct 3, Morris County, Texas

• Topley W. Morton Head Male 30 Ala GA GA
• Nancey J. Morton Wife Female 28 Ala GA GA
• William D. Morton Son Male 8 Ala Ala Ala
• James C. Morton Son Male 7 Ala Ala Ala
• Sarah L. Morton Dau Female 5 Ala Ala Ala
• George W. Morton Son Male 3 Ala Ala Ala
• Sintha M. Morton Dau Female 0 Tex Ala Ala <<<<<<<<<<<

Notes: Dwelling 110, Household 110. Enumerated on the 15th and 16th of June 1880. The move from Alabama to Texas occurred between 1877 and 1880, per the census record. The census taker either erred, or was given erroneous data, on Nancy's parents birthstates. Both should be SC (South Carolina). Nancy's age indicates a birth date in 1852 and by mid June. Tapley was listed as a farmer.

1900 U.S. Census for Lamar County, Texas

John N Daily Head Male 31 Tennessee

Linda Daily Wife Female 30 Texas

William Daily Son Male 13 Arkansas

Thomas Daily Son Male 10 Arkansas

Gracie Daily Dau Female 8 Arkansas

James Daily Son Male 5 Texas

John Daily Son Male 3 Texas

1900 U.S. Census for Bryan County, Texas

Jonathan N Daily Head Male 45 Tennessee

Syntha Daily Wife Female 40 Texas

William Daily Son Male 22 Arkansas

Thomas Daily Son Male 19 Arkansas

Grace Daily Dau Female 17 Arkansas

James Daily Son Male 15 Texas

Johnie Daily Son Male 12 Texas

Robert Daily Son Male 8 Oklahoma

Ruth Daily Dau Female 5 Oklahoma

Arthur Daily Son Male 2 Oklahoma

Emeline Daily Mother Female 76 Alabama

Sources

1. ↑ 1880 Census: Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited, Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Precinct 3, Morris, Texas; Roll: 1320; Family History Film: 1255320; Page: 145A; Enumeration District: 095.
2. ↑ "Oklahoma Marriages, 1870-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V288-JLW : 22 January 2020), Cyntha M Martin in entry for J F Daily, 26 Jul 1896, Muskogee, Okla.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98176508/cynthia-melinda_ann-daily : accessed 06 June 2022), memorial page for Cynthia Melinda Ann “Ninnie” Morton Daily (21 Mar 1880–23 Apr 1974), Find a Grave Memorial ID 98176508, citing Hillside Cemetery, Purcell, McClain County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Jane (contributor 46787182) .

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3XM-QPL : 8 March 2022), Samatha M Daily in entry for Jonathan Daily, 1900. Pope, Arkansas.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2S6-5GF : accessed 7 June 2022), Linda Daily in household of John N Daily, Justice Precinct 3, Lamar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 89, sheet 7B, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1572; FHL microfilm 1,375,585.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ94-8V5 : 3 February 2021), Syntha Daily in entry for Jonathan N Daily, 1920. Bryan, Oklahoma.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCWW-38F : accessed 7 June 2022), Cyntha M Daily in household of Johnathan N Daily, Muncrief, McClain, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 8A, line 34, family 122, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1912; FHL microfilm 2,341,646.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MR-57RM?cc=2000219&wc=QZXP-66R%3A790104801%2C793331701%2C790155301%2C793439701 : accessed 7 June 2022), Oklahoma > Haskell > Liberty Township > 31-10 Liberty Township outside Tamaha Town, Saylor > image 18 of 37; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.