Glendale Morton (1929 - 2009)

Born 30 Nov 1929 in Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Son of Clyde Morton and Beulah Myria (Marmet) Morton

Died 15 Nov 2009 at age 79 in Franklin County, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Cork was born in 1929 in Ohio. He was the fifth child born to Clyde Morton and Beulah Marmet.

He married Nan White on the 19th of January 1952 in Osage County, Missouri. They had two children.

During the Korean conflict, he joined the Air Force. He was a Mason; a member of St. John's Methodist Church.^[1]

In 2009, he died unexpectedly in a car wreck just two weeks before his 80th birthday making the 3rd death in the family in a four month period. His body was cremated and he has a memorial marker at the Linn Public Cemetery.^[2]

Notes

Died 15 NOV 2009. Franklin County, Missouri. ^[3] Medical Entry: Diabetic; atherosclerosis. Alias: Corky. DCAUSE Car wreck, died at the scene.

DNA

Maternal and paternal confirmed with Ancestry testing. A child of Cork has matched to children of both Jerry and Larry (11%). They are all 1C to each other. Predicted relationship is 1C-2C. There is also a match to a grandchild of Vernon. MRCA are Clyde Morton and Beulah Marmet.

Sources

1. ↑ Cork's Obituary
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197225141/glendale-morton: accessed 22 March 2023), memorial page for Glendale “Corky” Morton (30 Nov 1929–15 Nov 2009), Find a Grave Memorial ID 197225141, citing Linn Public Cemetery, Linn, Osage County, Missouri, USA; Cremated; Maintained by LaMyra Morton (contributor 49696282).
3. ↑ Newspaper Obituaries, www.mortonchapel.com also, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Nov. 16, 2009

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4C7-J15 : accessed 19 March 2019), Clyde Morton, Madison, Richland, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 8A, line 11, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1863; FHL microfilm 2,341,597.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K77J-T2S : 15 March 2018), Clyde Morton, Linn, Crawford Township, Osage, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 76-4, sheet 6B, line 43, family 115, 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, roll 2135.
• 1950 US Census, ED 76-5, Linn, Osage Co., Missouri, No. 178. NARA: https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Osage&name=clyde&page=1&state=MO

Clyde Morton, 54, Mo.

Beulah M Morton, 50, Ohio

Geraldine Hatch, 30, Ohio, dau., separated

Bernard Morton, 25, Ohio, son

Glendale Morton, 20, Ohio, son, others hid for privacy

Larry G. Morton, 15, Mo., son

Shirley Morton, 13, Mo., dau.

Acknowledgements

• Glendale Morton (1929-2009) profile created using the collection of papers, photos and family stories in possession of LaMyra Morton who had personal knowledge as his niece.