Morris, Mercer

MORRIS

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 7/9/2021 at 16:18:33

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.617

MORRIS, MERCER, [listed incorrectly as Morris Mercer in history book] farmer, Squaw Township, Sec. 13; P. O. Cool; born June 27, 1819, in Breckinridge county, Kentucky; father moved to Shelby county, Indiana, in 1823; married December 19, 1843, to Elizabeth, daughter of John Taylor, of Owens county, Ind.; came to this county in the fall of 1854, and settled on present farm of 160 acres, having entered it of the Government; has eleven children: John T., William E., Nancy O., Joseph, Mary E., Eliza J., Isabella, James I., (Amanda and Elizabeth) twins, Sarah and Anna M., all of them alive; voted at the first election held in the township.