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Subject: COOK-MORRIS, 1850>
Date: 24 Oct 2004 18:56:51 -0600

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Surnames: MORRIS, COOK, Joiner, Wilson, Newton, Reeves
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I'm researching the MORRIS surname. Edward A. MORRIS married Adella COOK in 1867 in Butler County. I would like to learn more about the COOK family below
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1850 Montgomery Co., Ala. Census Dist. 2 Oct. 10th p. 169

281/262 Daniel COOK 50 m farmer 1800 SC
Sophia 38 f SC
Abena 15 f SC attended school
Robert 13 m Ala.
Ellen 10 f
Calvin 9 m
Martha 7 f
Alonzo 5 m
*Adella 3 f
Christina 1 f
William MEADS? 20 farmer SC
Rebecca JOINER 62 f SC
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Willis J. WILSON married Abrena COOK 01 Feb 1853 in Montgomery by W. C. Hays, MG
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1860 Butler Co. Ala. Census, Precinct No. 5, Post Office Sal Sada, 4th day of July 1860, p. 112

830/830 S. COOK 48 f Farmeress 1200 8500 SC (Sophia)
M. Cook 19 f (Martha)
D. A. Cook 15 m (Alonzo)
A. Cook 14 f (Adella)*
C. Cook 12 f (Christina)
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Edward A. MORRIS married Adella COOK in Butler Co. Ala.; Lic. date 27 Nov 1867, marr.date 28 Nov 1867; at bride's mother's residence, by W. H. MORRIS, MG, page 478, volume 1865-1868
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Alonzo D. COOK married Rebecca C. NEWTON Jan. 2, 1868
in Butler County Performed by J. P. Benj. NEWTON, P. 417
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1870 Butler Co. Ala. Census, Tship 8, Post Office Greenville, July 9th p. 342

214/237 Cook, Alonzo 25 m w Mill Hand Ala.
Rebecca 20 f w K. House Ala.
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1880 Butler Co. Ala. Beat No. 15 Mount Olive ED 42 p. 507D
661/662 Cook, A. D. w m 34 farmer Ala
Rebecka w f wife 30 Keeping house
Ellen w f 9 dau

I've not found Alonzo in 1900.
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1870 Butler Co., AL census June 16, 1870 p. 420
Township 10, # 317/317
Edward Morris m w 24 carpenter GA
Adella 24 f w KH Ala. ("father of foreign birth" checked)
Robert 1 m w At Home
Anna 1 f w AH
REEVES, Nancy 18 f w AH Ala. [Who is this?]
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1880 Butler Co. Ala. Census City of Greenville Jones Street June 12th p. 314 Beat 12 ED 36 Sheet 25
246/279 MORRIS, Edward A. w m 34 carpenter Ga. __ __
Adella E. w f 33 wife Keeping House Ala. Illinois SC
Robert D. w m 12 son at school Ala. Ga. Ala.
Annie S. w f 12 dau at school
Edward J. w m 8 son at school
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Butler Co in the NIneteenth Century by Madeline Hahn, p. 99: E.A. Morris was working as a contractor and builder in Greenville in 1886.
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E.A. Morris was on a roster of Confederate veterans who attended a reunion in Greenville, Alabama on Aug. 21, 1897. He fought in the Civil War as a member of Thigpen's Home Guard.
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1900 Butler Co. Ala. Census June 22, 1900 Greenville Corp. ED 20 Sheet 29B
671/673 MORRIS Sam A. head w m May? 1846 54 m. 33 Ga. Ga. Ga. house builder
Adella E. wife w f Nov. 1846 53 m. 33 10/4 Ala. Ireland SC
Robert D. son Nov.? 1868 31 Ala. Ala. Ga.
Sam _. (L.? or P.?) son Sept. 1884 15
[This is really Edward A. Morris (name mistake or nickname?). He was living near his brother James L. Morris]
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1910
Precinct 9 Whistler (part of) All south of a line beginning on west precinct line half a mile below Whistler, just north of a settlement known as Russianville, thence due east to the eastern precinct line.

1910 Mobile County, Ala. Census Precinct No. 9 (Box 2 Starrs) (Whites only) May 6. 1910 ED 69 Sheet 4B, p. 145B
70/71 Morris, Edward A. head m w 63 M1 42yrs. Georgia NC NC Millwright Sawmill
Adella E. wife f w 63 M1 42yrs. 9/3 Ala SC SC
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Certificate of Death #425--Alabama Center for Health Statistics
1. Full name of deceased: Edward A. Morris
2. Date of death: Nov. 5, 1913 7:15 A.M.
3{ Place of death (county): Mobile
4. City or town: Plateau Street and No.: Telegraph Road
5. Place of birth of deceased: Ala.
6. White or colored? W Male or female? M Occupation: Carpenter
7. How long did deceased reside at place of death? Abt. 14 years
8. Where was disease contracted? _____ Duration of illness: 4 days
9. Principal disease causing death: Fracture of spinal column and cord
10. Contributory disease causing death: Acute deletation(?) of stomach
11. If homicidal, suicidal, or accidental, state how accomplished: Fell from Victory(?) building
12. Did deceased undergo a surgical operation, and if so, when, and of what nature? ___
13. Age: 58 Single, married, or widowed? married
14. Full name of father of deceased: _____ Morris
15. Birthplace of father: Ala.
16. Full name of mother of deceased: ____ Morris
17. Birthplace of mother of deceased: Ala.
18. Place of Interment: Elam Cemetery, Whistler, Ala.
19. Remarks: _____
Reporter: Signed by E. W. (G. W.?) Cawthon
Date of Report: Nov. 5, 1913 Post Office: Plateau, Ala.

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