Person:Jeremiah Morton (3)

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Hon. Jeremiah Morton
b.3 Sep 1799 near Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States
d.28 Nov 1878 Orange Co., Virginia, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 12 Jan 1792
  1. Hon. Jackson Morton1794 - 1874
  2. William MortonEst 1796 -
  3. Dr. George MortonEst 1798 -
  4. Hon. Jeremiah Morton1799 - 1878
Spouse and Children
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m. 7 Aug 1823
  1. William Albert Morton1824 - 1825
  2. Mildred Jackson Morton1825 - 1906
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Facts and Events
Name Hon. Jeremiah Morton
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 3 Sep 1799 near Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States
Marriage 7 Aug 1823 to Mary Jane Smith
Death[2] 28 Nov 1878 Orange Co., Virginia, United States"Lessland"
Burial[2] Morton Hall Cemetery, Rhoadesville, Orange Co., Virginia, United States

From page 19 of Virginia genealogies: "Left an orphan very early in life, he was partly reared by his grandmother, for whom he had the tenderest feelings, and at her death, occurring when he was a mere boy, he insisted on placing under her head in her coffin the old family Bible which had been her constant companion. Thus was lost the family record. Mr. M. and his brothers were then adopted by their uncle, Wm. Morton, who reared and educated them, and at his death gave them his property, the largest share going to the oldest brother, Jackson."

Copied from Biographical Directory of the United States Congress web site: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001016

MORTON, Jeremiah, (brother of Jackson Morton), a Representative from Virginia; born in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Va., September 3, 1799; attended a private school and Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Va., in 1814 and 1815; was graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in 1819; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced at Raccoon Ford, Va.; on account of illness abandoned the practice of law and engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress; resumed agricultural pursuits; member of the State secession convention in 1861; trustee of the Theological Seminary of Virginia at Alexandria; died at “Lessland,” Orange County, Va., November 28, 1878; interment in the private cemetery at his old home, “Morton Hall,” Orange County, Va.

References
  1. ↑ Research of Kay Fenton jfenton add the at vcweb add the dot org.

    Her date of birth for Jeremiah was 3 Sep 1798.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
    http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001016.
  3.   Research of Kay Fenton jfenton add the at vcweb add the dot org.
  4.   Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States. Historic Court Records
    Record ID 257-19.
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