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Harlan Lawrence MORRIS

Harlan Lawrence MORRIS

Male 1895 - 1972  (77 years)

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  • Name Harlan Lawrence MORRIS 
    Born 31 Aug 1895  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    • Birthplace given in both his WW I and WW II draft registrations as Tenmile District in Harrison County, and his 1917 marriage record also shows it as Harrison County. But there is a birth record for him in Upshur County that was corrected by affidavit of his aunt Dorothy (Skinner) Bonnell in 1960.
      http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1954584&Type=Birth
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1917  [1] 
    teamster for J.W. Morris in Smithton 
    Residence 1917  Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Military From 27 May 1918 to 28 Mar 1919  [6] 
    World War I 
    Census 1920  Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [7] 
    transfer teamster 
    Occupation 1942  [8] 
    Glenview Brick Company in Clarksburg 
    Residence Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1942  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Died 21 Oct 1972  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 10] 
    Person ID I53206  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2019 

    Father James Walter MORRIS,   b. 20 Mar 1871, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1950, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Nettie Marie SKINNER,   b. 13 Aug 1875,   d. 18 May 1917, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Family ID F47483  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Estella Blon HEFLIN,   b. 9 Mar 1896, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1922  (Age 26 years) 
    Married 8 Oct 1917  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    Children 
     1. Newlon Raymond MORRIS,   b. 4 Oct 1918, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1998  (Age 80 years)
     2. Verna May MORRIS,   b. 14 Feb 1922, Park (Arbutus Park), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1998  (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F21962  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1917 - Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1942 - Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    2. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    3. [S47] Upshur County Birth Records, Buckhannon, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1954584&Type=Birth.

    4. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    5. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    6. [S2580] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.

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

    9. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    10. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    11. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Harlan Morris, 22, of Harrison Co; and Stella Heflin, 21, of Doddridge Co. Married Oct 8 1917.

    12. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 195.