Edward and Elizabeth Morin
From the Early Days of Alexandria by Elizabeth Morrow Cooley
Edwin Morin was born in Culpepper Co Virginia on July 7, 1745 and died on September 16, 1841 in the section directly south of Alexandria known as Flag Spring, where he and his wife lie buried in the cemetery of the old Flag Spring Baptist Church. His wife Elizabeth Jones came with him from Virginia where they had married in 1781. She was born 27 Jan 1775 and died 27 May 1857 in the 82nd year of her life, but the correct date is not known for sure as the stone is quite corroded in the cemetery obliterating the dates.
Edward's father came to this country from Scotland settling in Virginia where he took up farming. Edward Morin fought in the Revolutionary War from the State of Virginia. Later after coming to Kentucky and settling near Alexandria about 1799 via Limestone (Maysville) he became a farmer and was quite active in the early affairs of the region.
Edwin Morin's 1832 Pension Application
Children of Edward Morin and Elizabeth Jones
1. Sarah Morin b-7 Feb 1782 in Culpepper
Virginia; m-George Harwood 1 Dec 1799 in Alexandria
2. Nancy Morin b-5 June 1784 in Culpepper Virginia; m-John Shaw 28 Nov 1807 in
Alexandria; d-9 July 1867 in Shaw Farm, Clermont Oh
3. Margaret Morin b-6 Aug 1786 in Culpepper Virginia; m-Robert Shaw 15 Oct 1806
in Alexandria; d-19 July 1867 in Alexandria
4. Elizabeth Morin b-8 Mar 1789 in Culpepper Virginia; m-William Reiley 28 Oct
1812; d-Newport; br-Alexandria Cemetery
5. Lavina Morin b-2 June 1791 in Bourbon Co KY; m-John Reiley 17 Nov 1812;
d-1871 in Madison, Jefferson, Indiana
6. Mary Morin b-5 Sep 1793 in Bourbon Co KY; m-Henry Erskine Spilman 23 Mar 1815
in Alexandria; d-Alexandria
7. William J Morin b-8 Mar 1796 in Bourbon Co KY; m-Juliette Smalley; d-14 May
1859 and was buried in the Flag Spring Baptist Church cemetery
8. Evaline Morin b-22 July 1798 in Bourbon Co KY; m-Joseph Dawson Mar 1819 in
Alexandria; d-1848 in Flagg Spring
9. Edward Morin b-9 Feb 1801 in
Ohio; m-Martha Carmack 28 June 1828 in
Alexandria; He was a farmer and took an active part in the civic affairs of
Alexandria. He was one of the first officers of the Campbell Co
Agricultural Society and took part in the Alexandria Fair for years. He
fought in the Civil War and was taken prisoner. He died 29 May 1876 and was
buried in the Flag Spring Baptist Church Cemetery.
10. George Morin b-2 June 1805 in Alexandria; m-Katharine Caldwell, d/o William
and Mary (Long) Caldwell on 22 July 1829 in Alexandria; had son James Riley
Morin who married Sarah Smith
11. Frank S Morin b-5 Sep 1808 in Alexandria; m-Oct 1833 to Martha Ann Young,
d/o of Robert Young in Alexandria. He was a member of the House of
Representatives in 1841.
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Children of William J Morin and Juliette Smalley
1. Julia Morin b-1826 in Kane Ky.
2. Sarah Elizabeth Morin b-Nov 1827 in Kane; d-19 May 1909 in Mentor; br-21 May
in Grandview Cemetery; m-Rev Nicholas Coleman Pettit, minister of the Alexandria
Baptist Church in the 1870s
3. Robert S Morin b-1830 in Kane; m-Cynthia J Morin
4. Edward P Morin b-Mar 1834 in Kane Ky. d-16 Feb 1906 in Mentor; br-18 Feb in
Grandview Cemetery; m-Susan
Boyers, d/o Josiah Boyers of Cold Spring
5. Andrew Morin b-1837 in Kane; m-Juliett Ratliff
6. America Maria Morin b-Feb 1842 in Kane; d-29 May 1904 in Columbus Oh; br-2
June in Grandview Cemetery; m-William Maddox
7. Martha Thomas Morin b-1844 in Kane; d-1889
8. George A Morin b-1847 in Kane
9. William Milton Morin b-1850 in Kane; lived in Texas
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Children of Evaline Morin and Joseph Dawson
1. Edward Dawson
2. Jares S Dawson
3. Sarah C Dawson m-John James Kees July 1848 in Campbell Co
4. Hannah W Dawson m-Bennett Ford Oct 1839 in Campbell Co
5. Elizabeth Morin m-John Oliver Stanley Mar 1842 in Campbell Co
6. Mary Ann Morin m-James M Laycock June 1846 in Campbell Co
7. Minerva Morin m-William Laycock Nov 1851 in Campbell Co
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Children of Edwin Morin and Martha Carmack
1. Maria A Morin b-10 Aug 1829; m-John Milton
Biggs 21 dec 1848
2. Sarah Margaret Morin b-12 Dec 1831
3. William A Morin b-26 July 1833; m-Missouri Biggs
4. Cynthia J Morin b-12 Feb 1836; m-cousin Robert Morin s/o William J and
Juliette Morin
5. Augusta Virginia Morin b-29 June 1839
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Children of Edward P Morin and Susan Boyers
1. Mabel C Morin b-12 June 1870 in Flagg
Springs; d-1 Mar 1895; br-3 Mar in Grandview Cemetery; m-James M Lowe
2. William J Morin b-1872; d-23 Jan 1963 in Ft Thomas; br-25 Jan in Grandview
Cemetery; m-Rosa Anna Williams 1904
3. Ella Mary Ellen Morin b-25 Dec 1874 in Flag Springs; d-10 Mar 1953; br-Alexandria
Cemetery; m-Joseph Holden
4. Maude Morin b-3 Mar 1877; d-17 Nov 1950; br-Grandview Cemetery; m-George Barton Riley
5. Charles Thomas Morin b-10 Feb 1878 in Flag Springs; d-7 May 1964 in Ft
Thomas; br-9 May in Grandview Cemetery; m-Viola Bertha Hicks
6. Susan Morin b-8 May 1881; d-31 July 1905 in Mentor; br-Grandview Cemetery; m-Tilden Foster
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Children of Robert Morin and Cynthia J Morin
1. William E Morin b-8 Apr 1855; m-Winifred
McCrone
2. Thomas J Morin b-11 Nov 1875
3. Martha V Morin b-27 June 1861; m-Lorenzo Dow Daniels
4. Verna D Morin b-30 Sep 1863; m-Mott Daniels (brother of Lorenzo Daniels)
5. Clarence Morin b-22 May 1868
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Children of Maria A Morin and John Milton Biggs
1. Edward M Biggs b-9 Dec 1849; m-Matilda Igo
2. Melcena Biggs b-30 Nov 1851; d-1933; m-James Davis Aug 1871
3. John M Biggs b-18 Oct 1853
4. William E Biggs b-6 Mar 1857
5. Robert A Biggs b-18 May 1859
6. Jefferson Biggs b-16 Apr 1861
7. Lucy Biggs b-18 May 1863; m-John H Kensil
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Children of William A Morin and Missouri Biggs
1. Templeton Morin m-Edna Wright
2. J Glan Morin m-Rose Paul of New Richmond Ohio
3. Harriet Morin m-Arthur Reed
4. Zue Morin m-James Shaw of Ohio
5. Howard Morin 5 May 1874-29 Aug 1877
6. Coleman Morin 5 Apr 1876-7 Sep 1877 (father and sons died of typhoid fever)