Willis and Elizabeth Morton
Willis Morton was born in Virginia in 1791 and married Elizabeth who was born in 1788 in Pennsylvania. They were in Newport by 1820. Willis Morton died 20 Aug 1866 in Newport of heart disease and was buried in Newport Cemetery in Southgate. Elizabeth died
Children of Willis Morton and Elizabeth
1. Willis R Morton b-1825 in Newport; d-before
1880; m-Elisabeth C Reis 19 July 1846 in Newport, d/o Watson and Amanda Reis;
Eliza Morton died 20 July in 1910 in Chattanooga Tenn but was buried in
Evergreen
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Children of Willis R Morton and Elisabeth Reis
1. Dudley Reese Morton b-5 Mar 1853 in Newport;
d-25 June 1937 in Kansas City Missouri; m-Sallie Gassaway 7 Mar 1882
2. Sylvester E Morton b-19 July 1855 in Newport
3. Minnie Morton b-19 July 1855 in Newport
4. Frances Mary Morton b-1857 in Newport; d-7 June 1860 in Newport; br-Evergreen
5. Eliza Morton b-1861 in Newport
6. Russell Lee Morton b-Feb 1863 in Newport; d-5 June 1919 in Dayton Ky. br-Evergreen;
m-Clara Cynthia Hogle 11 July 1895 in Newport
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Children of Dudley Reese Morton and Sallie D Gassaway
1. Henry Gassaway Morton b-Sep 1893 in Shelby
Co Tenn
2. Robert Morton b-Jan 1895 in Shelby Co Tenn
3. Bessie Morton b-Sep 1898 in Shelby Co Tenn
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Child of Russell Lee Morton and Clara Cynthia Hogle
1. Ruth Morton b-Mar 1897 in Newport
2. Julia Morton b-1900 in Hamilton Co Tenn
3. Russell Morton b-31 July 1902 in Newport; d-Nov 1978 in Bellevue; m-Frances
4. Rachel Morton b-1904 in Newport
5. Alice Morton b-1907 in Newport; m-Frank Casebolt
6. Mary Morton b-1911 in Newport
7. Elizabeth Carolyn Morton b&d 3 Apr 1914; lived 11 hours; br-4 Apr in
Evergreen