Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: Morgan Martin MORTON / Ida Dell HARDEN (F31649)

m. CA 1888


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  • Morgan Martin MORTONFather | Male
    Morgan Martin MORTON

    Born  12 Aug 1866  Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  14 Feb 1941  Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Oil Ridge (aka Fairview) Church Cemetery, Co Rd 26, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  CA 1888  [1]   
    Father  Robert MORTON | F18654 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elizabeth LOAR | F18654 Group Sheet 

    Ida Dell HARDENMother | Female
    Ida Dell HARDEN

    Born  24 Feb 1872  West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Jan 1927  Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Oil Ridge (aka Fairview) Church Cemetery, Co Rd 26, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  George W. HARDEN | F11020 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elizabeth SIX | F11020 Group Sheet 

    Sarah Margaret Elizabeth MORTONChild 1 | Female
    + Sarah Margaret Elizabeth MORTON

    Born  4 Aug 1889  Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  6 Dec 1958  Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Cloverdale Church of Christ Cemetery, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  John William STEPHENS | F55226 
    Married     
    Spouse  Grover Cleveland HART | F31114 
    Married  27 Oct 1907  Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    William Levi MORTONChild 2 | Male
    + William Levi MORTON

    Born  18 Aug 1891  Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Nov 1968  Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Bertha Mae DEEM | F56818 
    Married  23 Feb 1918  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Lewis Wesley "Wes" MORTONChild 3 | Male
    + Lewis Wesley "Wes" MORTON

    Born  20 Jul 1893  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  12 Oct 1965  Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Nile Belle EDDY | F53771 
    Married  16 Aug 1921  St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Birtie Morgan MORTONChild 4 | Male
    Birtie Morgan MORTON

    Born  11 Jul 1900  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     
    Spouse  Virginia COTTRILL | F49444 
    Married  1946  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Glada Dell BURROWS | F57911 
    Married  17 Oct 1959  Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on May 6 1910:
      Morgan M. Morton, 44, b. Pa. (both parents b. Pa.), farmer, married 21 yrs; wife Ida D, 37, married 31 yrs, mother of 9 children (6 still living); son William L, 18, b. Pa., single, farm laborer; son Lewis W, 16; son John F, 13; son Bert M, 9; son Joseph R, 7; granddaughter Catharine E. Stephens, 5, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa).

      1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Rutherford Road, date not given:
      Morgan Morton, 54, farmer; wife Ida, 46; son Bert, 19, single, oil field worker; son Rogers, 17; servant Cathern Stephens, 15, b. WVa (father b. WVa, mother b. Pa.). [2, 3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2105] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District).

    2. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    3. [S1590] Death record of daughter.