John Wesley Morton 
John Wesley was born in February 1837 in , Fayette, Alabama.1 John Wesley's father was James B. Morton and his mother was Mary Unknown. He had six brothers and a sister, named Newton F., Milton Robertson, James M., William Locke, Martin W., Thomas Clarke and Idella. He was the third youngest of the eight children. He died at the age of 73 on October 5th, 1910 in , Lee, Mississippi.1 General Notes
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1870 Federal Census for Lamar County, Alabama
Precinct #1 P.O. Big Pond 01 August 1870
Morton John W. 33 AL Dry Goods Clerk
Nancy C. 30 AL Keeping House
Mary 11 AL [See Mary L. Hankins below]
William C. 05 AL Attending School
Idella J. 03 AL
Thompson R. 8/12 AL
Hankins Mary L. 11 AL Attending School
In 1881, according to testimony regarding the estate of George Washington Pennington, John Wesley Morton was living in Vernon, Lamar County, Alabama.
After 1885 John Wesley Morton and his third wife, Frances Graves, moved to Lee County, Mississippi, where he operated a blacksmith shop in Shannon. After his death, the business was operated by his son George Newton Morton and his five sons. The shop closed in1948.
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Children
Idella J. Morton
Idella J. was born about January 1864 in , , Alabama.1 She died on May 21st, 1930 in , Pontotoc, Mississippi. She was buried in Pontotoc Cemetery, Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi.2
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