Re: Morris's in south carolina
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Re: Morris's in south carolina
deborah walters 9/14/11
1910 census, Beech Springs, Spartanburg, South Carolina
William L Morris 38 m 11 yrs
Nellie Morris 23 4 ch 2 liv
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Harry Morris 8
Loise Morris 5
Harry Lindsay Morris, 4/29/1902, m. Nellie Catherine Frey
1900 census, Beech Springs, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Sussy Morris66 Oct 1833 Wd 11 ch 8 liv boarding house
Fanny42 Mar 1858
William L22 Mar 1878 m 2 yrs weaver in cotton mill
Nellie20 Jun 1880 1 ch 1 liv
Alfred B. C.6.12 Dec 1899
1880 census, Woodruff, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Malinda Morris 47
Nancy Morris 23
Fannie Morris 21
Susan Morris 18
Elijah Morris 12
Wm. Dub Morris 10
Abby Morris 8
Lufsy Morris 6
1870 census, Campobello, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Wm Belcher 21
Malinda Belcher 30
Mary Morris 14
Nancy Morris 12
Frances Morris 10
Susanna Morris 8
Eligah Belcher 6/12
I would contact the Genealogy room of the Spartanburg Public Library and see if you can get an obit for William. Tell them that it was a suicide- sometimes those are printed as news stories and then there aren't any obits.
According to a tree on Ancestry.com, this family is Henry Morris (1835-1862) and Marinda Lanford (1834-1899, but obviously that's not right, she's just called Sussy in the 1900 census. This looks pretty good, especially since there's a son named Elijah. Most likely Henry is Elijah Henry or Henry Elijah.)
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Re: Morris's in south carolina
Deborah Walters 10/03/11