HENRY MORRIS
Henry Morris, b March 3, 1804 in North Carolina, d
August 30, 1877 and buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin, Falls County,
Texas‑was married ca 1827 to Mary Peay Leak, b 1808 in North Carolina, date of
death not known. They lived in Tennessee for many years, but were in Falls
County, Texas by 1854, when Henry first purchased land there, on which he
farmed.
Henry and Mary (Leak) Morris were the parents of
seven known children:
Melissa A. Morris, b May 23, 1830 in Tennessee, d
January 14, 1900 and buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin‑married January 31,
1860 in Falls County to William H. Kimbrough, b November 23, 1825 in Georgia, d
November 3, 1901, who served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil
War. Their children were: Willie A. Kimbrough‑a daughter, b ca 1861 in Texas;
Walter P. Kimbrough, b March 29, 1866, d October 17, 1880 and buried in Calvary
Cemetery in Marlin; Warren Kimbrough, b 1867; and Keturah Kimbrough,b February
1870.
John R. Morris, b 1832 in Tennessee ‑ married
February 20, 1870 in Falls County, Texas to Emily Alice Hardy, b 1850 in
Arkansas. He was a merchant in Marlin‑owning property North of the Square.
Wade Hampton Morris, b 1837 in Tennessee served in
the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.
Mary Elizabeth Morris (called "Betty"), b 1840 in
Tennessee, d 1924 in Marlin and buried there in Calvary Cemetery‑married on
September 13, 1865 in Falls County, Texas by Cumberland Presbyterian Minister,
A. J. Loughridge, to Isaac Newton Price, b 1835 in Tennessee, d August 1869 and
buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin ‑ a son of John Hamilton and Adeline
(Henry) Price. The cause of his death was listed as "Black Jaundice." He served
as a Second Lieutenant in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. They
had two daughters: Katie A. Price, b 1867 in Falls County, Texas, d 1886‑who
married in 1885 to Charles E. Pringle; and Elizabeth Price (called "Bettie"), b
1869, d 1953 and buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin, Texas‑who married ca 1893
to W. P. Dashiell, Jr., b 1864, d 1917 and buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin,
and had twin daughters, Ruby Dashiell, b 1894, d 1895, and Pearl Dashiell, b
1894, d 1986, who married James F. Henderson, b 1893, d 1958 and buried in
Calvary Cemetery in Marlin ‑ having had a son, James F. Henderson, Jr.
Aaron Polk Morris, b May 23, 1843 in Tennessee, died
on or about August 11, 1925 ‑ married 1866 in Falls County, Texas to Martha L.
Sites, b October 7, 1847 in Amite County, Mississippi, d February 25, 1894. They
had nine children, but the first two and last three have not been identified by
name: Child Morris, b 1867, Child Morris, b 1870; Claude Morris, b 1872moved to
Rosebud, Texas; Bertha Morris, b 1874 married Lee Anderson; Mary Morris, 6
1876‑married Quincy Barnes; Leonard Morris (called "Len"), date of birth
unknown‑married Leta (maiden name unknown); and the last three unknown as to
names and dates of birth.
Isadora Morris, b 1846 in Tennessee – married 1866 to
George H. Perkins, b ca 1844 in Virginia, and had Henry P. Perkins, b 1867 in
Falls County, Texas.
Tippo Morris, b 1852 in Tennessee‑was residing in
Falls County in the of his parents when the 1870 Census was recorded. No
further information.
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granted to Theresa Carhart and her volunteers for printing the biographies of
these Falls County Families to this web page. “Families of Falls County”,
compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Department, p. 320.
