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John Morris
Submitted by D.
M. Layton
John Morris, farmer,
Rogersville, PA, was born in Center Township, Greene County, PA, March 28, 1832
and died on Jan 5, 1922. He is buried in the Roseberry Cemetery, Center
Township, Greene County, PA.
His parents, Ephriam and Martha
Roseberry Morris, were natives of Greene County, where they were married
and spent all their lives. John Morris was
twice married. First on Nov 11, 1854, to Sarah
Church, a native of Center Township, and daughter of Elijah
and Anna Church. By this marriage Mr. Morris is the father of six
children: Martha A., wife of Harvey
Call; James M., Asa W., John J., Arta M., wife of Goodwin
Hunt, and Elijah. Mr. Morris married his
second wife, Elizabeth Phillips, a native of
Marshall County, WV on Nov 30, 1879. Her parents were Joseph
and Anna Ingram Phillips, natives of West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs.
Morris were the parents of two children, Joseph Garfield
and Sarah.
During the Civil War, he served with Company F,
Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, receiving a wound at Williamsburg from a
piece of shell.
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