John Morris (1823 - 1898)

Born 9 Sep 1823 in Illinois, United States

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Descendants

Died 10 Jun 1898 at age 74 in East Fork, Clinton, Illinois, USA

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Biography

John (no middle name) Morris was born in 1823 in Illinois. He was the son of Zachariah and Rachel (Jones) Morris of Georgia. Mr. Morris was married twice. First to Sarah Jane Wright, then to Mary Ann White. He had children with both these wives. Mr. Morris passed away in 1898 at East Fork Township, Clinton County, Illinois.

There has been quite a bit of confusion regarding his lack of a middle name. His son was named John Wesley Morris, but the elder John was never known to have any middle name. ^[1]

1832: Settled in Macoupin County, IL

Might this be a different John Morris? He would have been nine years old in 1832.

"Hollenbeck-72 23:40, 25 July 2015 (EDT)

Extracted from History of Macoupin County: ^[2]

" Page 97:

John Morris, G. B. Carson, William Chism, James M. and Mrs. W. H. Carson, Thomas E. Carson. Captain James P. Pearson, who married Rebecca Gwin, a settler with her father's family in 1831; W. H. Rhoads, Mrs. Nancy Challacombe, Thomas Leach, James Raffurty and the Bostons, all came in 1832.

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In 1832 a number of families settled here, among who were John Morris, who located on section 34 ; William Chism and Jacob Kelly, with their families, who came from Kentucky ; James Carr and family and Joel Hubbard and family, the latter from Tennessee.

1850 U.S. Federal Census

Name: John Morris

Age: 27

Birth Year: abt 1823

Birthplace: Illinois

Home in 1850: District 68, Clinton, Illinois, USA

Gender: Male

Family Number: 713

Household Members:

Name, Age

John Morris, 27

Sarah Morris, 27

Salina Morris, 9

James W Morris, 7

William Morris, 3

Nancy Wright, 55 ^[3], ^[4]

1860 U.S. Federal Census

Name: John Morris

Age: 37

Birth Year: abt 1823

Gender: Male

Birth Place: Illinois

Home in 1860: Clinton, Illinois

Post Office: Carlyle

Family Number: 233

Value of Real Estate: View image

Household Members:

Name, Age

John Morris, 37

Sarah Morris, 37

William Morris, 13

Rachel Morris, 9

John Morris, 1

Lucy Morris, 2

Mary Morris, 1

Melumia Nichols, 15

Luke Perry, 21

James Ward, 15 ^[5], ^[6]

Burial

Children:

Salina Morris Farmer (1841 - 1879)*

James W. Morris (1843 - 1855)*

William M. Morris (1847 - 1934)*

Nancy Morris (1852 - 1855)*

John Wesley Morris (1856 - 1913)*

Mary Jane Morris Pippin (1858 - 1882)*

Lavina Morris (1863 - 1864)*

Orlena Morris (1867 - 1869)*

Infant Morris (1882 - 1882)*

Ebenezer Cemetery

Created by: Suz Lew

Record added: Jul 25, 2015

Find A Grave Memorial# 149767088 ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ In a letter to Betty (Ward) Kennedy, Maude (Morris) Yonker explains that her father John never had any middle name
2. ↑ 11,112 Vol v.1: History of Macoupin County, Illinois : biographical and pictorial Jun 20, 2007 Walker, Charles A., 1826-1918; Clarke, S. J., publishing company, Chicago. Topics: Macoupin County (Ill.) -- History, Macoupin County (Ill.) -- Biography
   http://archive.org/stream/historyofmacoupiv1walk/historyofmacoupiv1walk_djvu.txt https://archive.org/details/historyofmacoupiv1walk
3. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: District 68, Clinton, Illinois; Roll: M432_100; Page: 376B; Image: 511
4. ↑ Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
5. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Clinton, Illinois; Roll: M653_163; Page: 661; Image: 31; Family History Library Film: 803163
6. ↑ Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
7. ↑ URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=149767088

We are still looking for baby Samuel Morris who died in August 1849 at about 3-4 months old. Hollenbeck-72 18:32, 28 July 2015 (EDT)

See also

• 'History of Marion and Clinton Counties, Illinois With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of some ot the Prominent Men and Poineers. Brink McDonough & Company.,Philadelphia. 1881.