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Morgan Martin MORTON

Morgan Martin MORTON

Male 1866 - 1941  (74 years)

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  • Name Morgan Martin MORTON 
    Born 12 Aug 1866  Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Aug 1864, but date on headstone is 1866 and death record states Aug 12 1866.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer, oil worker  [1] 
    Died 14 Feb 1941  Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Buried Oil Ridge (aka Fairview) Church Cemetery, Co Rd 26, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I74212  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2020 

    Father Robert MORTON,   b. 6 Jun 1819, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1895, Rutherford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth LOAR,   b. Aug 1822, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1902  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Family ID F18654  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ida Dell HARDEN,   b. 24 Feb 1872, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1927, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married CA 1888  [3] 
    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.). [4, 5]
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Margaret Elizabeth MORTON,   b. 4 Aug 1889, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1958, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    +2. William Levi MORTON,   b. 18 Aug 1891, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1968, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    +3. Lewis Wesley "Wes" MORTON,   b. 20 Jul 1893, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1965, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     4. Birtie Morgan MORTON,   b. 11 Jul 1900, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F31649  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    74212_MORTON_MorganMartin_1866-1941_DeathCertificate.jpg    		74212_MORTON_MorganMartin_1866-1941_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S2105] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District).

    4. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    5. [S1590] Death record of daughter.