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Charles Lincoln "Link" MORRIS

Charles Lincoln "Link" MORRIS

Male 1867 - 1933  (~ 66 years)


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  • Name Charles Lincoln "Link" MORRIS
    Birth Apr 1867  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birthplace given in his 1889 marriage record as Harrison County, but in his 1914 marriage record as Taylor County. The documented birthplace of his adjacent siblings is Harrison County, and his family has no known ties to Taylor County.
    Gender Male
    Residence 1889  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Occupation 1900  [1] 
    farmer 
    Census 1900, 1910  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1914  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1920  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Hocking Twp, Fairfield Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910, 1920, 1930  [4, 5, 6] 
    farm worker 
    Death 18 Sep 1933  Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Burial Elmwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I89702  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2021

    Father William MORRIS,   b. 8 Jan 1828, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1891, Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Mother Mary Jane TETER,   b. CA 1829, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F28693  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Virginia Agness "Jennie" MOORE,   b. 26 Oct 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1897, Alpha (Big Flint), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)  [8]
    Marriage 5 Oct 1889  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddrige Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 11 1900:
      Link Morrison [sic], 33, b. Apr 1867, farmer, cannot read/write, married 10 yrs; wife Jennie A, 26, b. May 1874, cannot read/write, married 10 yrs, mother of 5 children (2 still living); dau Lulie, 6, b. Nov 1893; dau Danie, 2, b. Jan 1897.
      NOTE (1): According to Doddridge County death records, Jennie (Moore) Morris, wife of Link Morris, died in September 1897, nearly three years prior to this census. Basis for her inclusion in this enumeration is not known.
      NOTE (2): The next enumerated household was that of Jennie's widowed mother Jemima (Pinell) Moore.

      The Morris family's surname was again entered incorrectly in the 1910 Census.
      1910 Census, Doddridge Co,WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 29 1910:
      Charles L. Myers [sic], 45, widowed, farmer (working out); dau Lulu, 17, single; dau Dana, 14.
    Children 
     1. Lonna MORRIS,   b. 26 Jul 1891, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 7 years)
    +2. Lulu May MORRIS,   b. 1893, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 1969, Fairfield Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    >3. Danie MORRIS,   b. 27 Feb 1897, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1912, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 15 years)
    Documents
    89702_CharlesLincoln--Link--Morris_VirginiaAgnessMoore_MarriageRecord_5Oct1889.jpg    		89702_CharlesLincoln--Link--Morris_VirginiaAgnessMoore_MarriageRecord_5Oct1889.jpg
    Family ID F38517  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Effie MOORE,   b. 1 Apr 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1922, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
    Marriage 18 Apr 1914  Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jan 20 1920:
      Lincoln Morris, 55, laborer (farm work), cannot read/write; wife Effie, 45, cannot read/write; son Robert, 16; son Howard, 8; son Gloe, 4; dau Lucy, 2. All born in West Virginia.
      NOTE: Sons Robert and Howard were actually stepsons Robert Everett Allen and Howard Dale Allen, children of Effie Moore and Henry A. Wise Allen.

      1930 Census, Fairfield Co, Ohio (Hocking Township), enumerated on Apr 11 1930 on Cincinnati-Zanesville Road:
      Charles Morris, 65, widowed, laborer (general farming); son Gloe, 15; dau Lucy, 12; dau Array, 10. All born in West Virginia.
      NOTE: There were no apparent relatives, or even anyone born in West Virginia, in any of the nearby households.
    Children 
    >1. Glow (Gloe) MORRIS,   b. CA 1915, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1945, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 30 years)
     2. Lucy MORRIS,   b. CA 1918
     3. Aria MORRIS,   b. CA 1920, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Documents
    89702_CharlesLincolnMorris_EffieMoore_MarriageRecord_18Apr1914.jpg    		89702_CharlesLincolnMorris_EffieMoore_MarriageRecord_18Apr1914.jpg
    Family ID F57005  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    89702_MORRIS_CharlesLincoln--Link--_1867-1933_Obit.jpg    		89702_MORRIS_CharlesLincoln--Link--_1867-1933_Obit.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790934&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795333&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2042] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    5. [S2047] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    6. [S1898] 1930 Census.

    7. [S14] Obituary.

    8. [S1588] Death record of wife.