Person:John Morrow (91)

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John Dorrough Morrow
b.9 Dec 1804 Greenville Co, SC
d.22 Mar 1884 Prarie Co, AR
  1. James Morton* Morrow1801 - Abt 1852
  2. Margaret Morrow1803 - 1868
  3. John Dorrough Morrow1804 - 1884
  4. Alexander Peden Morrow1806 - 1882
  5. Robert Jefferson Morrow1808 -
  6. Josiah Austin Morrow1812 - Bef 1868
m. 8 Oct 1829
  1. William Cavenaugh Morrow1837 - 1882
  2. John Calvin Morrow1845 - 1927
  3. Leland Stafford Morrow1854 - 1942
Facts and Events
Name John Dorrough Morrow
Gender Male
Birth[1] 9 Dec 1804 Greenville Co, SC
Marriage 8 Oct 1829 Fayette Co, ALto Elizabeth Henderson Cavenah
Census[3] 13 Nov 1850 So. Division, Tishomingo Co, MS
Census[4] 31 Aug 1860 White River Twp, Prairie Co, AR
Census[5] 3 Aug 1870 White River Twp, Prairie Co, AR
Census[6] 1880 White River Twp, Prairie Co, AR
Death[1] 22 Mar 1884 Prarie Co, AR

Other children:

  • James Peden, died young.
  • Robert Aquilla, died young.
  • Henrietta Beckham
  • Nancy Logan m. Jacob Buckner
  • Susan Thompson m. John Jackson
  • Margaret Ellen m. Samuel S. Lovejoy
  • Wiley Alexander, died young
  • Thomas Chalmera, died young

[Source: family bible]

Received into Wattensas Church on the 3rd Sunday in May, 1860 with wife, daughters Henrietta, Nancy, Susan and Margaret, and son William. John served as an elder until at least 1881.

Blurb in Prairie County History for Stringtown:

Mr. J. D. Morrow was born in 1804. He married Miss Elizabeth Henderson. She was five years younger than her husband. They lived at Tishomingo County, Mississippi. They had nine children before coming to Arkansas but one was dead. Two more children were born after they came to Prairie County. They came down the Mississippi River and up the White River to Buck's Landing, near De Valls Bluff. Before Mr. Morrow came to this state, he had bought probably a hundred acres upon which he settled and started a nursery. He owned considerable land as time went on out there. His nursery was four miles due west of Buck's Landing. The community was known as String Town because it grew up along a road. It stretched roughly from the present Iron Bridge to two miles eastward. At the east end, the very end of the community, there stood a fine old church. It was painted white with a balcony for the negroes. The church was plastered and calcimined white on the inside. This Presbyterian Church was the nucleus from which both the Des Arc and De Valls Bluff Presbyterian churches sprang. The old church stood at String Town until 1903. Mr. J. C. Morrow bought it, tore it down and used the lumber. He said he could not stand to see the old building fall in ruin and decay. There remains the old graveyard. Across from this old church was a school house. The graveyard, with it's elegant black wrought-iron fence, is all that is left of this community, today.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Mona Mackel. WorldConnect: Darrough.
  2.   BillMorrow.
  3. Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    1850 Tishomingo Co, MS: John D. Marrow 45 SC, Elizabeth H. 42, Henrietta B. 20 AL, Nancy 18, Susan T. 16, William 13, Elander (f) 11, Robert 7 MS, John 5, Wiley A. 2 (So Div, p. 144, 11/13/1850)

  4. Prairie, Arkansas, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M693).

    1860 Prairie Co, AR: J.D. Marrow (idx Marron) 55 SC, Elizabeth 41 SC, William 23 AL, Henrietta 30, Nancy 28, Susan 26, Ellen 21, John 15 MS, Stafford 6, Wily 12, Thomas 9 (White River Twp, 988, 8/31/1850)

  5. Prairie, Arkansas, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M593).

    1870 Prairie Co, AR: J.D. Morrow 65 SC; E.C. 61 SC; H.B. (f) 39 AL; S.T. 34 (f) AL; W.E. 33 (m) AL; J.C. 25 MS (m); L.S. 16 MS (m) (White River, p. 494, 8/3/1870)

  6. Prairie, Arkansas, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T9).

    1880 Prairie Co, AR: John D. Morrow 76 SC, par b. SC/IRE; Elizabeth 71 SC; Henrietta 51 AL; John 35 MS; Stafford 26 MS; John Huckaby 33 MS, Mat Savage (b) 20 AR (White River, p. 163B)