Alice Lucy (Ray) Morris (1860 - 1943)

Born 23 Sep 1860 in Jackson, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Wife of George Henry Morris — married 9 Sep 1879 in Tarsney, SE of Oak Grove Mo

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1943 at age 82 in Bates, Lafayette, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Alice (Ray) Morris has English ancestors.

Lucy was born to John Ray and Margaret Robinsonon 23 Sep 1860 ^[1] in Jackson, Missouri.

Her father was taken as a prisoner of war during the civil war on July 5, 1863 at the battle of Vicksburg ^[2]. He disappears from the family and Lucy's mother remarries. However, her father isn't dead, as he filed for a disability pension (claiming invalid) in March of 1887 .^[3]

On April 2, 1866, her mother remarries Silas Vaughn on on the 1870 census, Lucy appears as Lucy Vaugn. Silas runs the farm and Lucy's mother tends to the children. ^[4] Her family lives at Fort Osage, Jackson, Missouri.

Marriage and Family

George Morris and Lucy Ray married on September 9, 1879 in Missouri. ^[5]

In 1880, Lucy and George maintain a farm in Sni-a-bar, Missouri.^[6]

I am unable to find the 1890 census, but on the 1900 census^[7], the family still lives on the farm in Sni-a-bar, Missouri and have six children at home. Lucy reports that she's given birth to 8 children, and lost one. All but the youngest two children are attending school.

In 1910, the couple has had 9 living children, but only 5 still live at home. Their son, Cecil Morris (A Civil War Survivor), helps run the farm.^[8]

In 1920, only the youngest child still lives with them on the farm.^[9] and by 1930, the couple run the farm alone, and own their own radio set. ^[10]

On 29 Mar 1934, their marriage ended when George succombed to pneumonia. ^[11]

Widowhood

After her husband's death, she lived alone on her farm until her house burned down. Afterwards, she lived with her children.^[5]

In 1940, she lives with her single son, Henry, on his farm. ^[12]

When she died in 1943, she was living with her daughter, Lilla (Morris) Minter.

Death and Burial

Lucy passed away on 4 Jul 1943 in Bates, Jackson, Missouri from Coronary occlusion due to arteriosclerosis. She was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Oak Grove, Jackson, Missouri. ^[1][13]

Conflict

Alice Lucy Morris Obit

Alice Lucy Wray Morris.

Her name is listed on her death certificate as Alice Lucy, and in her obituary. Some sources (such as her headstone) refer to her as Lucy Alice. However, since official documents call her Alice Lucy, I've used this name.

Additionally, some sources (including a family Bible and second obituary) refer to her as last name as "Wray." However, all other documentation uses "Ray."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1943/1943_00025378.PDF
2. ↑ Image U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Selected Records of the War Department Commissary General of Prisoners Relating to Federal Prisoners of War Confined at Andersonville, GA, 1864-65; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1303, 6 rolls); Records of the Commissary General of Prisoners, Record Group 249; National Archives, Washington, D.C.Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M598, 145 rolls); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Lists of Confederates Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M2072, 1 roll); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, 1861-1865; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M918, 1 roll); Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92; National Archives, Washington, D.C
3. ↑ Image The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288 Name Range: Ray, John E·--Records, Thos· S·
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46C-67G : 12 June 2019), Lucy Vaughn in entry for Silas Vaughn, 1870.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Ray-7845-1
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6X8-4YH : 7 September 2017), Lucy Morris in entry for George Morris, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 30, sheet 127B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0694; FHL microfilm 1,254,694.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3ZX-4T2 : accessed 18 July 2019), Alice Morris in household of Geo H Morris, Sniabar Township (excl. Odessa city), Lafayette, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 162, sheet 13B, family 269, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,869.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2YB-PJ4 : accessed 18 July 2019), Alice Morris in household of George Morris, Sni A Bar, Lafayette, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 105, sheet 14A, family 239, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 794; FHL microfilm 1,374,807.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8HB-1CW : accessed 18 July 2019), Alice R Morris in household of George H Morris, Sni-A-Bar, Lafayette, Missouri, United States; citing ED 122, sheet 9A, line 49, family 212, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 931; FHL microfilm 1,820,931.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHF5-S2Z : accessed 18 July 2019), Alice R Morris in household of George H Morris, Sni-A-Bar, Lafayette, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 30, sheet 3A, line 5, family 58, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1208; FHL microfilm 2,340,943.
11. ↑ Media Funeral record of George Henry Morris. Died at home of Pneumonia on 29 Mar 1934. Originally shared by john Morris on Nov 8, 2013.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K779-XWF : 14 March 2018), Alice Morris in household of Henry S Morris, Sni-A-Bar Township, Lafayette, Lafayette, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54-34, sheet 10A, line 35, family 253, 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 2122.
13. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36885497