Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Charles Kester Morris    
                Born: Oct-  -1846          in Ohio  1
                Died: Feb-27-1905          in Wirt Co, WV  2
              Census: 1900                 in Reedy District, Wirt Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Jackson Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Eliza Jane Britton  3 3  
             Married: 1874                 in Jackson Co, WV  4,1
                Born: Jun-  -1850           5 (see note 1)
                Died: Jul-17-1905          in Wirt Co, WV  6
      Cause of death:                      consumption (tuberculosis)  7
              Census: 1900                 in Reedy District, Wirt Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Jackson Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Gustavus S. Britton   (1818 - 1904) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Musgrave   (1826 - 1909) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Eliza Eslacher Morris    3  
           M Child 2: John Edwin Morris      
                Born: Oct-27-1880          in Jackson Co, WV  8,9 (see note 2)
                Died: Mar- 9-1967           
             Resided:                      in Newark, Licking Co, OH  10
             Resided: 1905                 in Doddridge Co, WV  9
                Wife: Ida Oma Squires  b. Apr-25-1887  d. Mar-10-1967  
       Also known as: Oma Squires 9
             Married: Jun-28-1905          in Doddridge Co, WV  9
           F Child 3: Rachel Elva Morris    3  
       Also known as: Elva Morris 11
                Born: Jul-10-1888           11 (see note 3)
                Died: Sep-21-1966          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  11
              Buried:                      in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  11,12
             Resided:                      in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  11
              Census: 1900                 in Reedy District, Wirt Co, WV  
             Husband: ___ Byrd  d. bef Sep 1966  

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Wirt County, WV. 
(2) Wirt County Death Records, Elizabeth, WV, Identified as Charles Morris, married, farmer; died Feb 27 1905, age 68, cause 
of death pneumonia.  (Note:  Despite the 10-year age discrepancy, this is believed to be the Charles K. Morris married 
to Eliza J. Britton.) 
(3) Descendants of Wilson Britton, Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992) 
(4) Jackson County Marriage Records, Ripley, WV, The marriage license was issued on Mar 27 1874.  (The 1900 Census for 
Charles K. & Eliza J. Morris states that they were married for 26 years.) 
(5) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(6) Wirt County Death Records, Elizabeth, WV, Identified as Mrs. Chas. Morris, widow, housewife; died Jul 17 1905, age 
(blank), cause of death consumption. 
(7) Wirt County Death Records, Elizabeth, WV. 
(8) Social Security Death Index. 
(9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(10) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951. 
(11) Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV. 
(12) Findagrave.com. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Her age was 11 in the 1860 Census, but she was not listed in the 1850
Census.
Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Oct 1881.
Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jul 1887.







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