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Lafayette "Lafe" MORRIS

Lafayette "Lafe" MORRIS

Male 1879 - 1953  (~ 73 years)

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  • Name Lafayette "Lafe" MORRIS 
    Born Dec 1879  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Birth date given in death record as Nov 18 1877 in West Virginia, while his WW II draft registration shows it as Dec 25 1877 in Harrison County. But age 46 in his Dec 1922 marriage record, which states birthplace as Doddridge County, would put his birth in 1876. Nonetheless, in the 1880 Census of Doddridge County, enumerated in June 1880, his age was 6 months, with birth month specified as December. There is no birth record.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation coal mining  [2] 
    Residence Rosemont, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1922  Rosemont, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1942  Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 16 Sep 1953  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Baileytown Church Cemetery, Rosemont, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I125941  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2020 

    Father John Henry MORRIS,   b. CA 1854, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1923, Flemington, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Mother Lucinda "Cindy" COSTILOW,   b. CA 1853, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F55688  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Grace T. WANSTREET,   b. Oct 1892, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1972, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Married 6 Dec 1922  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    Family ID F54671  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Rosemont, Taylor Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1922 - Rosemont, Taylor Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 6 Dec 1922 - Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Sep 1953 - Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Baileytown Church Cemetery, Rosemont, Taylor Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2082] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    2. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2614036&Type=Death.

    3. [S2299] Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV, MR p. 71, Line 6 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11215012&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2508] World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    5. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).