MORROW, Harriet (1853-1939)

MORROW

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 3/31/2020 at 21:23:34

Harriet (Comstock) Wilkinson Morrow
(October 30, 1853 – December 23, 1939)

Ida County Pioneer Record, Ida Grove, IA, Thurs., Jan 4, 1940, p.1, col.5
Mrs. H. Morrow 86, Buried Here; Daughter of First White Settlers in Ida County Died Dec. 23
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Harriet Comstock Morrow Thursday afternoon at Moore Bros. Funeral Home with Rev. R. M. Hudson in charge. Burial was made in the Ida Grove Cemetery. Harriet Comstock Morrow, daughter of Ebenezer and Jane Eliza Comstock was born October 30, 1853 at Lake City, Calhoun County. She came to Ida Grove with her parents when she was two years old, they being the first settlers in Ida County.
She was united in marriage to William Wilkinson in 1869 and to this union seven children were born, Mattie, Leonard, Leon, Grozella, Merle, Lee, and Hazel. Mr. Wilkinson passed away in 1889. She re-married in the 1894 to Judge Charles Morrow. Surviving her is the one son, William Lee of Spokane, Wash, with whom she has made her home in recent years. She passed away at Spokane, December 23. Mrs. Morrow was a sister of the late Mrs. Steven Percival.