Jul-28-2018
Husband: Benjamin Morris
Born: Jan-30-1798 in New Jersey 1,2 Died: Jun-17-1886 1 Buried: in McWhorter Methodist Church Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV 1,3 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Father: Samuel Morris Mother: Rebecca Smith (1772 - 1844)
Wife: Mary Elizabeth McWhorter 4
Born: Dec- 1-1809 5,1 Died: May-16-1899 in Harrison Co, WV 6,1 Buried: in McWhorter Methodist Church Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV 7,3 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Father: Walter Fields McWhorter (1787 - 1860) Mother: Margaret Hurst (1791 - 1853) Notes
F Child 1: Sarah Ann Morris Born: Aug-28-1830 (see note 1) Died: Oct-23-1908 in Freemans Creek, Lewis Co, WV Buried: in Beech Grove Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV Census: 1860 in Lewis Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Husband: Abraham Gaston b. Feb- 7-1830 d. Jun-12-1918 Also known as: Abram Gaston 8,9,10,11 Married: Oct-23-1851 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 12,13
M Child 2: John Morris Born: Nov-10-1830 1,2 Died: May-29-1913 1 Buried: in McWhorter Methodist Church Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV 7 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
M Child 3: Thomas Morris Born: Apr-23-1832 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,14 Died: Mar-21-1925 1 Buried: in Pine Hill Cemetery, Ripley, Jackson Co, WV 7 Resided: 1864 in Harrison Co, WV 14 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Military: Co E, 3rd W.Va. Cav, Civil War 1 Wife: Clarinda Laura "Clara" Lawson b. Mar- 9-1845 d. May-12-1935 Married: Apr-12-1864 in Lewis Co, WV 14
M Child 4: Eli Morris Born: Dec-12-1833 7,2 Died: Aug-13-1867 7 Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 7 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
F Child 5: Rebecca Ann Morris Born: 1835 7,2 Died: Oct-16-1877 in Jackson Co, WV 7 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Husband: Robert H. Windle
M Child 6: Fields Morris Born: ca 1837 2 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
M Child 7: Granville Morris Born: ca 1838 2 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
M Child 8: William Henry Morris Born: Apr- 4-1841 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,3 Died: Oct- 8-1893 1,3 Buried: in McWhorter Methodist Church Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV 1,3 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Wife: Olive Jane Gaston b. Jan-12-1845 d. Oct- 2-1930 Married: Jan-7-1868 in Lewis Co, WV 14
M Child 9: Walter M. Morris Born: ca 1842 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 13 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Wife: Melissa F. Williams b. ca 1843 Married: Oct- 3-1865 in Harrison Co, WV 13
F Child 10: Margaret J. Morris Born: May-21-1845 15 Died: Mar-22-1875 15,16 Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 17 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Husband: William Henry Harrison Davis b. May- 3-1841 d. Jan-26-1907 Married: Sep- 4-1863 at Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 15,16
F Child 11: Mary E. Morris Born: Apr- 9-1847 18,19 Died: Feb- -1928 18,19 Buried: in Greenbrier 7th Day Bapt Cem, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Census: 1870, 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Husband: Judson F. Randolph b. Dec-21-1834 d. Jan-16-1920 Married: Nov- 1-1865 18
F Child 12: Cassandra Adaline "Cassie" Morris Born: Aug-27-1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7,19 (see note 3) Died: 1942 in Yakima Co, WA 19,7 Buried: in Tahoma Cemetery, Yakima, Yakima Co, WA 7 Husband: Cicero Columbus Fulton McWhorter b. Sep- 4-1846 d. Apr- 7-1914
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (3) Cemeteries of Grant District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV. (4) Marriage record of son. (5) G. J. Whittaker, a Gaston descendant and researcher. (6) Newspaper extract (Independent), Issue 5/23/1899. (7) Findagrave.com. (8) 1860 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA. (9) 1870 Census, Lewis County, WV (Willey Township). (10) 1880 Census, Lewis County, WV. (11) Death record of son. (12) Jim Comstock, West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia (Hardesty Books) (13) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (14) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (15) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 85. (16) Obituary of husband. (17) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (18) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 64. (19) Headstone (year only) Event Notes Note (1) Birth date on headstone: 1829. Note (2) Not with family in 1880 Census. Note (3) Birth date on headstone is 1851.Name Index