James Archibald Morrow 1888-1970

MORROW, RICHARDSON, PATTERSON, COMSTOCK, HARRYMAN

Posted By: Volunteer - Karen DaPra
Date: 10/2/2001 at 23:28:36

OBITUARIES
JAMES MORROW

James Archibald Morrow, 81, of rural Keosauqua died at 5 p.m. July 13 in VaVn [sic] Buren County Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since July 6.

The son of Alexander and Jane Richardson Morrow, he was born Oct. 5, 1888 in County Donegal, Ireland. He came to Ia. in 1913 and to Van Buren County in 1935. On Dec. 22, 1922 he married Emily Patterson Comstock at Fort Madison.

He served overseas in World War I and was a 50-year member of the American Legion and a member of Beer-Barker American Legion Post in Keosauqua. He was a member of the Keosauqua United Methodist Church.

Survivors are his wife; two sons, Robert of Sturgis, Mich. and Richard of East Moline, Ill.; one daughter Mrs. Ethel (Bruce) Harryman of Douds; 11 grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16, 1970 at the United Methodist Church in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Herbert Phillips of Milton officiating. Burial with military rites was held in Fairview Cemetery near Fort Madison. Catcott Funeral Home in Keosauqua was in charge of arrangements.

(Photocopy of this obit is located on page 41 of Obit Book #1 (1963-1974) found in the Van Buren County, IA Genealogical Society's Collection at the Keosauqua Public Library in July 1999. Name of newspaper and date of obit not given, however handwritten at the top of the obit is "VB Reg 23 July '70.") ORIGINAL POST 17 Sep 1999.

I am NOT related to James Archibald Morrow and am posting his obit for those who may find him in their family history.