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Morris, Joseph C.
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| LAST: Morris
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FIRST: Joseph
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MID: C.
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| GENDER: M
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MAIDEN NAME:
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| BORN: 5 Oct 1866
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DIED: 24 May 1943
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BURIED: 27 May 1943
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| OCCUPATION: Farmer
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| BIRTH PLACE: Indiana
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| DEATH PLACE: Turner, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
Name of father Nathan Morris
Maiden name of mother Pharaba Ann Wilson
[parents buried at Marion Friends]
Spouse - Jeannette 'Nettie' Dixon
OSBH DC (Marion County 1943) – Joseph C. Morris, male, married (Nettie Morris), farmer, b. 5 Oct 1866 in Indiana, d. 24 May 1943 in Turner, Oregon at the age of 76 y’s 7 m’s 19 d’s, name of father Nathan Morris (b. Indiana), maiden name of mother Pharaba Ann Wilson (b. North Carolina), interment 27 May IOOF Turner, undertaker Walker & Howell, informant J.H. Morris of Portland.
[Note – Joseph is not enumerated in the 1900 Newberg, Yamhill Co., Oregon census with his family]
NOTE - Photograph of the Morris family home, taken circa 1915, courtesy of Jean Hunsaker. Pictured in front of the house are Joseph (next to the mules), Nettie (center), with Elizabeth and Bill (right hand side of the picture).
NOTE - Photograph of Joseph and Nettie, circa 1937 (50th anniversary), courtesy of Jean Hunsaker.
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OBITUARY:
Joseph Morris Buried, Turner.
CLOVERDALE – Funeral services were held in the Walker and Howell chapel Thursday for Joseph C. Morris, a resident of this community for the past 35 years. Mr. Morris died at his family home here on Monday morning at the age of 76 years as a result of a heart attack.
He was born at Richmond, Ind., on October 5, 1867 [1866]. In 1887 he married Jeanettie Dixon. The Morris family came to Oregon in 1890 and for a number of years lived at Newberg where he taught school. In 1908 they moved to the Morris farm where he made his home until his death.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Nettie Morris, five daughters and four sons: Mrs. Howard N. Hunsaker, of Salem, Mrs. R.H. Struck of Portland, Mrs. T. Whitehead of Turner, Mrs. Elizabeth Hennies of Los Angeles, Mrs. Florence Kamberger of Wheat Ridge, Colo., John H. Morris of Los Angeles, Nathan Morris of Indian Valley, Idaho, Joe Morris of Portland, and William Morris of Salem. Also surviving are 23 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. H.C. Stover and interment was in the IOOF cemetery near Turner.
[source - newspaper clipping, not cited]
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INSCRIPTION:
Morris
Joseph C.
1866 – 1943
(shares marker with Nettie)
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SOURCES:
Hunsaker
Saucy
OSBH DC (Marion County 1943)
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| SPACE: 4-2-1
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