Elizabeth Morris

• General Notes
  • ELIZABETH MORRIS DIES AT AGE 94.
    Mrs. Elizabeth Morris, widow of Walter Morris died at 7:30 am Sunday at her home 1319 South Twenty-second street. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lock, born in Ontario, Canada May 26, 1887.
    Mrs. Morris came to Lafayette when five years old, arriving by canal boat. Her marriage to Walter Morris took place at Crane Station in 1859. At the close of the Civil war they moved to Lafayette. Her husband died in 1895. She has been a member of the M.E. Church for 80 years an attended St. Pauls in later life. The following children survived: Richard Morris with whom she made her home.
    Crouse Morris and Clarence Morris, Battleground. Mrs. George Stover, West Point. Eleven grandchildren and eight grandchildren also survive. The body was removed from Rogers & Smith undertaking parlors to the Richard Morris home Monday afternoon. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Tuesday at Congress Street M.E. church, Rev. C. L. Harper, Chaplin at the the Soldiers Home and Rev. R. W. Knight officiating. Interment will be made in Springvale cemetery. Friends are requested to omit flowers.
    She is buried in section 29 Springvale cemetery next to Walter Morris.
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    Children of WALTER MORRIS and ELIZABETH LOCK are:
    
    i. RICHARD3 MORRIS, b. 1859, Tippecanoe Co.,Indiana; d. December 22, 1942, Lafayette, IN. Burial Springvale.
    
    ii. AUSTIN CROUSE MORRIS, b. January 05, 1861, Dayton, IN; d. February 11, 1941, Lafayette, IN; m. SUSAN SOPHRONIA GREEN, December 18, 1888, Dayton, IN. b. September 02, 1864, Lebanon IN.; d. January 13, 1932, Lafayette, IN. Burial Dayton.
    
    iii. SHERMAN W. MORRIS, b. Abt. 1864, Tippecanoe Co.,Indiana; d. November 02, 1952, Lafayette, IN; m. (1) MINNIE WELDER, March 18, 1891, Dayton, Indiana, MR-19, page 409; d. March 12, 1895; m. (2) LEONA CLAYTON, November 23, 1898, Tippecanoe Co.,Indiana, MR 22 -page139; d. 1937. Burial Springvale.
    
    iv. CHARLES W. MORRIS, b. February 28, 1869, Lafayette, IN; d. July 02, 1929, Lafayette, IN; m. LULA VICK, September 12, 1894, Lafayette, IN. c-19-pg 3; b. Topeka , Kansas. Burial Springvale.
    
    v. CLARENCE G. MORRIS, b. June 24, 1872, Lafayette, IN; d. October 01, 1935, Shadeland, IN; m. MELISSA ALICE WEYLS, September 08, 1897, Lafayette, IN, MR 21 pg 488; b. 1874, Missouri-?; d. April 12, 1943. Burial Isley Cemetery.
    
    vi. ROBERT JOHN MORRIS, b. July 28, 1874, Lafayette, IN; d. January 24, 1916, Lafayette, IN; m. DORA HANNAH KANTZ, June 27, 1900, Lafayette, IN; b. December 13, 1876, Indiana; d. November 23, 1960, Camdon, IN. Burial Springvale.
    
    vii. MABEL M. MORRIS, b. 1876, Tippecanoe Co.,Indiana; d. July 03, 1944, Dayton, Indiana; m. (1) THEODORE MOORE, June 25, 1894, Shadeland, IN, MR-18, page 232 & C-20, page 433; b. 1868; d. 1953; m. (2) GEORGE K. STOVER, October 23, 1901, Cass County, Indiana, MR 18, page 572; b. December 18, 1855, Lafayette, IN; d. December 21, 1937, W.Lafayette, IN. Burial Battleground Cemetery.
    
    viii. ANNA C. MORRIS, b. 1878, Tippecanoe Co.,Indiana; d. October 07, 1927, Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, Indiana; m. JOHN D. SEWELL, May 20, 1896, Tippecanoe Co. Indiana , MR 19, page 70; b. 1868; d. April 21, 1953, Dayton, Indiana.
    Burial Dayton Cemetery.