America (Sizemore) Morris (1854 - 1917)

Born 13 May 1854 in Sebastians Branch Breathitt County Kentucky

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Calvin Morris — married about 1876 in Breathitt, Kentucky, USA

Descendants

Died 7 Oct 1917 at age 63 in Sebastians Branch Breathitt County Kentucky

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Biography

America was born May 13, 1874 in Sebastians Branch, Breathitt County, Kentucky to Philip Sizemore and Caroline Combs.

The 1860 census shows her living with her widowed mother and three sisters in Owsley County, Kentucky:

Caroline Sizemore F 31 Ky
Minerva J Sizemore F 10 Ky
Statira Sizemore F 7 Ky
America Sizemore F 6 Ky
Martitia Sizemore F 3 Ky

She married Robert Calvin Morris.

Their children included William, Linda, Nancy, J.S., and possibly others.

She died on October 7, 1917 in Sebastians Branch, Breathitt County, Kentucky, and is buried in Morris Fork Cemetery, Breathitt County, Kentucky.

America is listed as #17 on the pedigree chart in the book Morris Fork Kentucky: Family Stories and Genealogies from Breathitt County and Eastern Kentucky.

An alternate birth year of 1874 is listed on Find a Grave, however the headstone is not pictured, and other records show that 1854 was her correct birth year.

On the 1900 census in Magisterial District 4, Crockettsville, Precinct 6, Breathitt, Kentucky:

Robert Morris Head M 44 Kentucky
America Morris Wife F 45 Kentucky
Lucinda Morris Daughter F 21 Kentucky
Nancy A Morris Daughter F 18 Kentucky
John Morris Son M 16 Kentucky
William Morris Son M 14 Kentucky
Jefferson Morris Son M 13 Kentucky
Green Morris Son M 8 Kentucky
Mary Morris Daughter F 5 Kentucky
Martha Morris Daughter F 2 Kentucky
Armina Morris Granddaughter F 0 Kentucky

On the 1910 census in Crockettsville, Breathitt, Kentucky:

Robert Morris Head M 54 Kentucky
America Morris Wife F 55 Kentucky
Green Morris Son M 18 Kentucky
Mary Morris Daughter F 15 Kentucky
Martha Morris Daughter F 11 Kentucky

Sources

• 1860 census: 1860 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBZ-PK6?from=lynx1&treeref=KN6X-KYW

• 1900 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9WF-5X6

• 1910 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M286-4ZC

• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=176127959

Death of son, William: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSWN-RWM

Death of son, William: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKCM-F227

Marriage record for son: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-VP3

Death of son, William: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSWN-RW9

Marriage of daughter, Linda: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWP1-PVS

Marriage of daughter, Nancy: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW59-3HT

Marriage of daughter, Linda: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW5S-FQW

Marriage of son, J.S.: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-VP3K

Morris, Leon. Morris Fork Kentucky: Family Stories and Genealogies from Breathitt County and Eastern Kentucky. Elkhart, Indiana, 1995.

• https://books.google.com/books/about/Morris_Fork_Kentucky.html?id=eda1GwAACAAJ

• http://www.kykinfolk.com/breathitt/reading/morris_fork/mf_corrections.html