Greenberry
Riggs
Morton
Born in Mount Sterling, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of James Morton
and Ruth Summer (Riggs) Morton
Brother of
John Morton, Anna Morton, Lucinda (Morton) Bane, Martha (Morton) Kennedy, Benjamin Rhoton Morton, Sally (Morton) Myers, Mary Taul (Morton) Cloyd, Ruth Summers (Morton) Skibinski and James Franklin Morton
Husband of
Caroline Wood (Barton) Morton
— married
29 Nov 1837 in Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Marion Ruth (Morton) Smith, Susan Caroline Morton, Catharine B. (Morton) Dibble, Helen Marr Morton, James Howell Morton, Henrietta Farnsworth (Morton) Van Sandt, Henry Clay Morton, Harriett Morton, Lillie May (Morton) Coe, Lucy Lewis Dorcas Morton, William Wallace Morton, Clarissa Julia Morton, Frances Julia (Morton) Crews and August Morton
Died
at age 74
in Mount Sterling, Gasconade, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Aug 2013
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Biography
Greenberry Riggs Morton was born on 9 May 1810 in Mount Sterling, Montgomery, Kentucky. He was the son of James Morton and his wife Ruth Summer Riggs. At age 21, Greenberry left Kentucky for St Louis, Missouri and learned cabinet making. He married Caroline Wood on 29 Nov 1837 in Jacksonville, Illinois. He died on 4 Apr 1885 in Mount Sterling, Gasconade, Missouri, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Glenwood, Schuyler, Missouri.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MH87-HZB : accessed 04 Aug 2013), Greenbury R Morton, 1860.
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 February 2020), memorial page for Greenberry Riggs Morton (9 May 1810–4 Apr 1885), Find A Grave Memorial no. 46590261, citing Glenwood Cemetery, Glenwood, Schuyler County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by NE MO (contributor 46863367) .
- Genealogy of John Morton, Henrico County Virginia, and his descendants. Beulah Jeannette Johnson, comp, 1939. entry for Greenberry Riggs Morton, page 23.
Acknowledgments
This profile created by Homer Hopper, Saturday, August 3, 2013
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Greenberry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Greenberry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Frank Morton
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~1.56%
Charles Stone :
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~1.56%
Danny Stone :
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~0.78%
Harlan Sloan :
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~0.78%
Marvin Stone :
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