Person:Napoleon Morrow (1)

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Napoleon Bonaparte Morrow
b.Abt 1825 Tennessee
d.Abt 1865 Ozark, Missouri
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1822
  1. Demosthenes Graccus Morrow1823 - 1905
  2. Napoleon Bonaparte MorrowAbt 1825 - Abt 1865
  3. Laura Ann Morrow1827 - 1907
  4. Baron Dekalb Morrow1828 - 1901
Spouse and Children
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m. 7 Feb 1854
  1. Samuel Oscar Morrow1854 - 1934
  2. John O. Morrow1856 - Aft 1934
  3. William Thomas Morrow1858 - 1940
  4. Laura Lucinda Morrow1860 - 1941
  5. Napoleon Bonaparte Morrow, Jr.1862 - 1878
  6. Nancy Lula Morrow1864 - 1933
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Facts and Events
Name Napoleon Bonaparte Morrow
Gender Male
Birth[2] Abt 1825 Tennessee
Residence? Abt 1832 Christian Co, MO
Marriage 7 Feb 1854 Greene County, Missourito Nancy L. McDaniel
Census[3] 30 Jun 1860 Finley, Christian Co, MO
Death[1] Abt 1865 Ozark, Missouri
Burial? Richwood Cem, Christian Co, MO

Legend has it that he was killed by bushwackers from Kansas. His tombstone says d. 1861, as does Alfred McDaniel's, who was supposedly killed with him.S1 However, a profile of NB's son says NB and Nancy settled in Christian County about 1832, and that NB was killed by bushwackers at the end of the war, which explains the children in 1862 and 1864. The profile calls him a "successful agriculturalist throughout his life" and "at one time engaged in merchandising in Ozark."S2

In the earliest death administration in Christian County, Missouri is an entry which states: Morrow, N.B. b.1830 Tenn w: (Bond) ...,Nancy L. d. no date f:22 Dec 1865 Admin: W J McDaniel and Nancy L. Morrow Secur: Robert P. Lawing, Samuel McDaniel. [Bonds-5, *refiled after courthouse burned 20 Aug 1865]

N.B. sued Thomas Frazier, successfully, for $365 in January 1854, as recorded in the Circuit Court record book for Greene Co.

Springfied newspaper reports N.B. and D.G. had a case in probate, 1 Mar 1666. Probably son and brother -- evidence of connection.

“[D.G and his family] were prominent in helping drive the Mormons out of Missouri and when they decided to go to California during the Gold Rush, they had to go around Utah to get there! They were quite a bunch of rascals! They shipwrecked on the way back because they could not go overland. There is a mystery here. It seems most accounts of this trip says Napoleon died on his way home; however, records in Missouri shows he and his wife had at least two more children after his death!” --Descendant of DG

References
  1. ↑ A Reminiscent history of the Ozark region.
  2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution. Rachel Donelson Chapter (Springfield, Missouri). Cemeteries of Christian County, Missouri, vol. 2. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972).
  3. ↑ Christian, Missouri, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    1860 Christian, MO: N.B. 30 TN [Farmer $3000, $5425]; Nancy 27 NC; S.O. 5 MO; John 3; William T. 2; Eliz 1/12 MO. (Finley p. 437 film 803613)

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