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Pvt John Jordan Morris

Mar 1833 – 1889

Birth	Mar 1833
Death	1889
Cemetery	Black Jack Cemetery Gus , Burleson County , Texas , USA
Added by	Brenda Poteet Crumley on 31 Aug 2010
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11444362

Bio

John Jordan Morris was born in March 1833 in South Carolina. He fought in the civil war with Co. B 1st Battalion Mississippi Sharpshooters. His wife Mary E. was born 11 December 1837 in Alabama and died 20 July 1879. According to the 1870 census, the couple had five children including William J., Ann, James, Mary and Laura. His nephew Frances Morris was living with the family at that time. By the 1880 census, only John and his daughter Mary Elizabeth (Betty) were living in Mississippi. He later married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shuttlesworth and the couple moved to Texas along with Lizzie's son Ralph. The couple's children were May, Iva, Hallie and John Jordan Jr. Contributed by Julie Wallace #201948874.

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Family

Parents

• John Morris 1788–1870

Spouse

• Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shuttlesworth Morris 1852–1934

Siblings

• Martha Emily Morris Jones 1822–1894
• Calloway Francis Morris 1826–?
• Pvt Elias Gilbert Morris 1843–1894

Children

• Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Morris Jones 1866–1888
• May Belle Morris Sproles 1883–1970
• Ivie Ethel Morris Williams 1884–1932
• Hallie Ethel Morris Williams 1885–1974
• John J Morris 1889–1981

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