Iowa Family Group Sheet for the Thomas H. MORRIS Family Submitted by: Lynda Turner Email address:Husband: Thomas H. MORRIS Birthdate: 15 Jun 1834 Birthplace: Mt. Ephraim, Ohio Death date: 29 Aug 1901 Place of death: Hay Creek, Cherry County, Nebraska Burial: Gordon Cemetery, Gordon, Sheridan County, Nebraska Father: James MORRIS Mother: Unknown Marriage date: 25 April 1880 Marriage place: Nodaway County, Missouri Wife: Mary Ann ROTH Birthdate: 29 September 1858 Birthplace: Braddyville, Page County, Iowa Death date: 5 Feb 1945 Place of death: Gordon, Sheridan County, Nebraska Burial: Gordon Cemetery, Gordon, Sheridan County, Nebraska Father: Hamilton ROTH Mother: Elizabeth CARR CHILDREN Child No. 1: Frances Queen MORRIS Sex: F Birthdate: December 1879 Birthplace: Clearmont, Nodaway County, Missouri Death date: 25 November 1919 Place of death: Gordon, Sheridan County, Nebraska Burial: Gordon Cemetery, Gordon, Sheridan County, Nebraska Marriage date: 6 October 1899 Marriage place: Rushville, Sheridan County, Nebraska Spouse's name: Quartus Monroe SKINNER Child No. 2: Hamilton C. MORRIS Sex: M Birthdate: 30 Dec 1881 Birthplace: Nodaway County, Missouri Death date: 30 December 1881 Place of death: Gordon, Sheridan County, Nebraska Burial: Gordon Cemetery, Gordon, Sheridan County, Nebraska Marriage date: 16 July 1910 Marriage place: Gordon, Sheridan County, Nebraska Spouse's name: Rose SCHMITT Child No. 3: Ernest William MORRIS Sex: M Birthdate: 18 Aug 1885 Birthplace: Nodaway County, Missouri Death date: 26 January 1954 Place of death: Gordon, Sheridan County, Nebraska Burial: Gordon Cemetery, Gordon, Sheridan County, Nebraska Marriage date: 26 September 1908 Marriage place: Rushville, Sheridan County, Nebraska Spouse's name: Bertha Mae TRIPLETT Child No. 4: Sarah Isabel MORRIS Sex: F Birthdate: 23 January 1886 Birthplace: Clearmont, Nodaway County, Missouri Death date: 14 March 1955 Place of death: Gordon, Sheridan County, Nebraska Burial: Gordon, Sheridan County, Nebraska Marriage date: 28 March 1907 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Joseph Anson SKINNER Child No. 5: Lola May MORRIS Sex: F Birthdate: 15 July 1888 Birthplace: Nodaway County, Missouri Death date: 3 May 1940 Place of death: Gordon, Sheridan County, Nebraska Marriage date: 24 September 1910 Burial: Gordon Cemetery, Gordon, Sheridan County, Nebraska Marriage place: Valentine, Cherry County, Nebraska Spouse's name: Benjamin Thomas SKINNER Child No. 6: Kate Elizabeth MORRIS Sex: F Birthdate: May 1891 Birthplace: Clearmont, Nodaway County, Missouri Death date: Unknown Place of death: Unknown Burial: Unknown Marriage date: Abt. 1917 Marriage place: Unknown Spouse's name: Nels PETERSON Child No. 7: Bertha Valentine MORRIS Sex: F Birthdate: 14 Feb 1894 Birthplace: Nodaway County, Missouri Death date: 27 May 1983 Place of death: Antioch, Contra Costa County, California Burial: Unknown Marriage date: 1914; 1933; 1944 Marriage place: Alliance, Nebraska; Oakley, California Spouse's name: 1. Chester ROOKER; 2. Ben DAL PORTO; 3. A.J. DELMONTE Child No. 8: Nellie Ruhama MORRIS Sex: F Birthdate: 13 December 1899 Birthplace: Cherry County, Nebraska Death date: 22 November 1995 Place of death: Gordon, Sheridan County, Nebraska Burial: Gordon Cemetery, Sheridan County, Nebraska Marriage date: 30 December 1920 Marriage place: Gordon, Sheridan County, Nebraska Spouse's name: William Lewis COON Documentation: Frances Queen MORRIS probably was stepchild of Thomas Morris, but child of Mary Ann ROTH. The name of her biological father is unknown. The 1880 Atchison TWP, Nodaway County, Missouri, US Federal Census shows a 2-year-old female orphan named Tenna Roth living in home of Thomas and Mary A. Morris. This is likely Frances. Sources of other data: Nodaway County, Missouri, Marriage Records; Obituary of Thomas Morris, The Gordon Journal, 30 Aug 1901, "A Sudden Call: Tom Morris Found Dead in a Sheep Camp;" Gordon Cemetery Records, Gordon City Hall, Gordon, Sheridan County, Nebraska; The Gordon Journal, Obituary of Frances Skinner, November 1919; Sheridan County, Nebraska, Marriage Records; Cherry County, Nebraska, Marriage Records; 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Nebraska, Cherry County, Lavaca Precinct; 1900 Census, Nebraska, Sheridan, 33-twp range 42, ED # 44; 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Nebraska, Cherry County, Lavaca Precinct; Nebraska, Cherry County, Patent Record F, Page 15; Social Security Death Index (accessed through http://www.ancestry.com). *********************************************** Copyright Lynda Turner 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.iagenweb.org/state/disclaim.htm ***********************************************