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James Benjamin MORRIS

James Benjamin MORRIS

Male 1871 - 1957  (85 years)

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  • Name James Benjamin MORRIS 
    Born 3 Jun 1871  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1910  Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation carpenter  [1, 4] 
    Residence Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 11 May 1957  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Bluemont Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I5121  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Aug 2009 

    Father William Henry MORRIS,   b. 4 Apr 1841, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1893  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Olive Jane GASTON,   b. 12 Jan 1845, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1930, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Family ID F601  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Addie May TALBOTT,   b. 26 Nov 1873 
    Married 27 Sep 1894  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Allegany Co, Maryland (City of Cumberland), enumerated on Apr 16 1910:
      James B. Morris, 38, b. WVa, carpenter on steam railroad, married 15 yrs; wife Addie M, 36, b. WVa, mother of 2 children (both still living); dau Lee D, 14, b. WVa; dau Lillian L, 3, b. WVa; boarder John Kirkpatrick, 24, b. Md, single, telegraph operator on railroad; boarder Earl Hewit, 23, b. Wisc, single, civil engineer.

      1920 Census, Wood Co, WV (City of Parkersburg), enumerated in Jan 1920:
      J. B. Morris, 48, clerk (?); wife Addie M, 46; dau Lillian L, 13.

      1930 Census, Taylor Co, WV (City of Grafton), enumerated on Apr 2 1930:
      Carl W. Poe, 36, b. WVa, switchman on steam railroad, widowed; son James E. Poe, 13; dau Geraldine L. Poe, 12; son Carl W. Poe Jr, 10; son Charles Wm. (?) Poe, 9 (8?); father-in-law James B. Morris, 58, grocery clerk; mother-in-law Addie M. Morris, 56; sister-in-law Lillian L. Morris, 23, single.
    Children 
    +1. Dona Leigh MORRIS,   b. 6 Mar 1896, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1923, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
     2. Lillian L. MORRIS,   b. CA 1907, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F11560  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S1788] Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994)).

    3. [S670] 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    4. [S1813] 1910 Census.