Person talk:John Morrow (18)

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Posted by: David Morrow (ID *****8917) Date: April 18, 2004 at 12:18:18 In Reply to: Re: John Morrow, SC married Sarah Calhoun by Jordan Holtam of 4681

Jordan

I have a great deal of information on the MORROW family to which we apparently both belong. Unfortunately, very little of it is validated through other, more traditional, sources but I'm working on that. I have a approximately 20 + pages of typewritten materials from various family members with many dates and places. It appears my great grandfather (Wolsey Peck MORROW, b 15 Mar 1850, d 14 Apr 1940, Trussville, AL) and George Milburne MORROW were brothers, both sons of Hugh MORROW II and Margaret Holmes. Hugh MORROW II had 13 children:

1. John Calhoun Morrow, b 31 Dec 1833 - d 4 Sep 1887, m. Mary A. Walker - 9 children 2. James Holmes Morrow, b 25 Feb 1835 - d. 29 Jul 1903, m. Arthalissa Edwards; 14 children 3. Sarah Jane Morrow b 15 Feb 1837 - d 14 Aug 1863, m G.W. Heewet; 1 son 4. Mary Fleming Morrow, b. 8 Feb 1839-d. 9 Mar 1921; single 5. Harriett Louvenia Morrow b 9 Feb 1841 - d 21 Oct 1932, m Thomas W, Truss, no issue 6. William Samuel Morrow b. 4 Jan 1843- d 11 Nov 1919, m Mrs Kate Middleton; 6 children 7. Julia Margaret Morrow b 10 Jun 1844 - d 29 Sep 1929, m. Wm W. Praytor, 6 children 8. George Milburn Morrow 9. Cathren M Morrow b 11 Feb 1848- d Jun 1923, m. John Frazier, 6 children 10. Wolsey Peck Morrow b 15 Mar 1850- d. 14 Apr 1940- m (1) Betty White, son (Hugh James Morrow, my Grandfather) and daughter - m (2) Minnie Lanning - daughter and son. 11. Alphonse Robert Morrow b 20 Jun 1853 - d 26 Nov 1923, m (1) Hattie Sandifur - 3 sons, m. (2) Mattie Lacy - son 12. Milton Morrow b 24 Sep 1854 - d. 24 OCt 1854 13. Josephine Amanda Morrow b. 24 Sep 1855 - d 15 Jul 1894, m. Dr J. E. Jones, 1 son

My documents also speak a little about Hugh and John Morrow:

"John Morrow, son of George and Mary Calhoun Morrow born about 1755. Died Fall of 1813 - froze to death while trying to rescue cattle from an island in a flooded river. John married Mary Calhoun about 1794. Mary was born in Ireland about 1774, daughter of Hugh Calhoun. Children: 1. Mary Fleming Morrow, b 1796 S. Carolina, m Jerimieh Roberson 17 Jun 1817 in Warren County, KY 2. Jane Morrow b 1795 South Carolina, m Hugh Simpson 4 Jul 1818 in Warren County, KY 3. Catherine Morrow, b. 1798, S. Carolina m William Truett 18 Feb 1824, Warren County, KY 4. Margaret Morrow b 1803 m Jerimiah Roberson 22 Dec 1823, Warren County, KY 5. George Morrow b 1800 S Carolina m Betty Buchannon 1820 in Ft Smith, Ark. 6. Hugh Morrow b 1805 S Carolina m Margaret Holmes in Elyton Al 1833 7. John Morrow b 1808 S Carolina m Mariah Cox 1832 in Ft Smith, Ark.

John and Mary Calhoun Morrow joined a wagon train in South Carolina in 1809 for Kentucky. They settled near Bowling Green, in Warren County.

The Jerimiah Robinson that Margaret Morrow married a nephew of Mary's husband. A younger son went to California during the Gold Rush - died there."

There is a great deal more about the MORROW side in this document, as well as some other family narratives written by my great aunt, Eloise Morrow Watters, granddaughter of Hugh Morrow II and Margaret Holmes. I'm planning to scan in those that I can and would be glad to share them with you.

Dave Morrow