Morris-Ward Family
Isaac Newton Morris came from Virginia and Martha Elizabeth "Patsy" Ward (his
wife) came from Kentucky. I do not know their parents' names or their siblings.
I assume they migrated west along the National Road. I also assume Isaac and
"Elizabeth" were born about 1807 based on their 1830 marriage date.
Isaac Newton Morris and "Elizabeth" had William Morris 24 March 1831; Eleanor
"Ellen" F. Morris born --? Feb 1833 in Bond County (Greenfield?). They had Mary
Ann Morris --? July 1835 in Alton, Illinois.
They then navigated up the Mississippi River to Dubuque, Iowa and are listed in
the State of Iowa Census for Dubuque in 1836. Isaac was a "miner" in the lead
mines that were prolific in those days in eastern Iowa, SW Wisconsin and NW
Illinois--in areas like Dubuque, Grant County Wisconsin and Jo Daviess County
(Galena), Illinois.
Abt 1842 Isaac and "Elizabeth" had Hariett "Hattie" Morris born in Grant County,
(Potosi?) Wisconsin. But after that event they are back in Dubuque and the
daughters ended up marring people from Dubuque. Their son William Morris, a
plasterer by trade and a US Civil War Vet, never married. "Hattie" married a
William Tamlin, born 1830 in England, and is my maternal ggrandmother.
I have the death dates and the obits for the Morris children but there is no
mention of the parents and their death dates or place of death. So I do not know
what happened to Isaac Newton Morris and his wife Martha Elizabeth "Patsy" Ward
Morris. I estimate that they would have been about 73 years old in 1880.
I did a little research about Samuel Morris. [Samuel Morris may have been a
brother of Isaac Newton Morris.] Not enough evidently. I think he became the
Sherriff in Potosi and/or Grant Co Wisconsin. I also think later in life he
moved across the Mississippi River into Dubuque, Iowa as well. I do need to do
more research on him.
I had concentrated on looking for WHERE in Virginia Isaac Newton Morris came
from and WHERE in Kentucky Martha Elizabeth Ward came from. I tried searching
the Morris and the Ward lines in those States --without much luck. Too many
needles in the haystack to even make an educated guess.
I have a tree on FamilySearch.org. For the most part it is fairly accurate EXCEPT
for William Tamlin's parents and anything listed "going back" from them in that
Tamlin line that I have on FamilySearch.org. So please ignore that and do not
repeat it. The rest of the tree is fairly accurate. My Christ family needs to be
updated but they were never in Bond County.
None of the Isaac Newton Morris & Martha Elizabeth "Patsy" Ward Morris children
died in Bond County. Two died in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota (Harriett
Morris Tamlin 1899 and Ellen F. Morris Cooley 1919). Harriett's remains were
brought back to Dubuque, Iowa, for burial in Linwood Cemetery. She is buried
with her brother William and my maternal grandmother Theresia Rose Christ.
William Tamlin is NOT buried with Hattie.
One died in Madison Wisconsin. Mary Ann Morris Jackson's first husband died in
Deer Lodge Montana --a railroad man. She then returned to Dubuque and an old
friend, Capt. William Hogbin, returned from Madison Wisconsin and asked her to
marry him. His wife of the Tiffany glass company had died while on a trip in
Chicago. Capt. Hogbin and his first wife made sure the Methodist Church (St.
Paul's?) on Main St in Dubuque, Iowa had Tiffany stain glass windows! Capt.
William Hogbin was a tailor, and he and Mary Ann Morris had first met while
working at the Glover Factory in Dubuque, Iowa. They made work gloves. But you
may have seen the movie or the Broadway play Pajama Game about this factory
--but in the movie and play they made pajamas. Richard Bissel of Dubuque wrote
the novel 7-1/2 Cents which was turned into "Pajama Game." Mary Ann said "yes"
to William and she moved to Madison to live with him. (Google William Hogbin for
some interesting pictures and story. In one picture he is by the tombstone of
his first wife but Mary Ann Morris Jackson (his second wife) can be seen
standing in the background! Hogbin never was a Capt. and I doubt he was even in
the US Civil War.
Any and all help in my search would be greatly appreciated.
Jim White jjwhite499@yahoo.com
