Person:Hugh Morrow (21)

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Hugh McCauley Morrow
b.Abt 1840 Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
d.16 Feb 1891 Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1836
  1. Hugh McCauley MorrowAbt 1840 - 1891
  2. Robert M. Morrow1853 - 1934
  3. Joseph Albert Morrow1857 - 1937
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Hugh McCauley MorrowAbt 1840 - 1891
  • W.  Francis Parker (add)
m. 31 Jan 1866
  1. Hiram Nathaniel Morrow1869 - 1953
  2. Junius Albert Morrow1871 - 1957
  3. Robert McCubbins Morrow1872 - 1955
Spouse and Children
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m. 15 Aug 1876
  1. Tipton Presley Morrow1878 - 1966
  2. John Webster Morrow1880 - 1967
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Facts and Events
Name Hugh McCauley Morrow
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Abt 1840 Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Marriage 31 Jan 1866 Iredell, North Carolina, United Statesto Francis Parker (add)
Marriage 15 Aug 1876 Iredell, North Carolina, United Statesto Sarah Ellen Bost
Death[5] 16 Feb 1891 Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States

His service record from American Civil War Soldiers records that he enlisted as a Private on 01 March 1862 at the age of 22 in Company E, 49th Infantry Regiment North Carolina. He was AWOL from November 1862 to January 1863, marked as sick in March 1863 and May 1864, hospitalized in Petersburg, VA in November 1864, and granted 60 days leave in December 1864. He was paroled on 28 May 1865 at Statesville, NC.

A Hugh M. Morrow's estate papers are in the NC State archives at Raleigh. They mention R. M. Morrow, administrator, J. Albert (Burt) Morrow, Martha J. Lindsey (wife of J.B. Lindsey), H. W. (or H. M/N) Morrow, Robert McCubbins Morrow, Minnie Morrow (now Crawford), minor, Tipton Morrow, minor, John Morrow, minor, Etha or Ethel Morrow, minor.

References
  1. ↑ Iredell, North Carolina, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule: Ninth Census of the United States, NARA Microfilm Publication M593. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration).

    1870 Iredell Co, NC: H.M. Morrow 30 NC, Frances 21 NC, Martha 3, Hiram 2, Mary C. 9/12 (Shiloh, p. 168, 7/19/1870)

  2. ↑ Iredell, North Carolina, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule: Tenth Census of the United States, NARA Microfilm Publication T9. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration).

    1880 Iredell Co, NC: H.M. Morrow 40 NC, par NC; S.E. 31 NC; M.J. (dau) 13; H.N. (son) 11; M.C. (dau) 9; J.A. (son) 8; R.M. (son) 7, M.L. (dau) 2, T.P. 1 (Shiloh, p. 57A)

  3.   Find A Grave
    Hugh McCauley Morrow.

    Includes photo, and indicates:
    *Occupation - Register of deeds for Iredell County, N.C.
    *Death - Killed in a train accident on the Chester & Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad near Newton, N.C

  4.   Statesville, North Carolina, United States. Statesville Record Landmark. (Statesville, North Carolina)
    Thursday, March 12, 1891.

    "Messrs. Bingham & Caldwell, of the Statesvillo bar, have been retained by the plaintiffs in an action to be brought against the Chester & Lcnoir Narrow Gauge Railroad for damages on account of the death of the late Hugh M. Morrow, of this county, in the recent trestle accident near Newton."

  5. ↑ "AN AWFUL WRECK: A Narrow Gauge Train Jumps Off the Smyre Mill Creek Trestle", in Newton Enterprise (Newton, North Carolina)
    [1], Friday, February 20, 1891.

    The article describes the accident occurring the prior Monday afternoon (Feb. 16) in graphic detail, including the fact that Morrow was among the two people who were killed instantly.

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