Descendants of Benjamin M. MORRIS and wives Catherine Myra Coon and Susan Belle Boyd

Back to Isaac and Belinda (Little) Morris


Back to Isaac and Belinda (Little) Morris

As with all genealogy, the following outline is a work in progress.

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1. Isaac Morris: b. about 1798 in North Carolina; d. after 1854 (last record is the birth of daughter Myra 5-10-1855 in Christian Co., KY)
m. Belinda (also Malinda/Melinda) Little: b. 1810-1812 in Tennessee; d. about 1889 in Cadiz, Trigg Co., KY where she is buried.
- 2. Benjamin M. Morris: b. about 1829 probably in Davidson Co., TN; d. after the 1880 census in Lonoke Co., AR
  m. (1) Catherine Myra Coon: b. about 1835 in Christian Co., KY; d. probably after 1862 (probably in Christian Co., KY) but I've last found her in the 1860 census.
  - 3. John J. (or John R. or John I.) Morris: b. 6-10-1853 in Christian Co., KY; d. after 1886 probably in Arkansas
    m. Clementine (Tyne) Cook: b. April, 1853 in Mississippi; d. after 1900
    Clementine remarried to George Fulgham about 1883(?)
    - 4. William Henry Morris: b. 10-7-1879 in Roanoke Co., AR; d. after 1941
      m. Ella Unknown: b. about 1878 in Mississippi; d. after 1920
      - 5. Sophia Morris: b. about 1897 in Arkansas; d. after 1910
      - 5. Leo (or Geo) Morris: b. about 1908 in Arkansas; d. after 1920
    - 4. John Robert Morris, Jr.: b. August, 1885 in Lonoke, Lonoke Co., AR; d. 3-3-1924 in Lonoke, Lonoke Co.
      m. Ollie Hart: b. about 1894 in Texas or in Lonoke, Lonoke Co., AR; d. after 1933
      Note: After John's death, Ollie remarried to his half-uncle, Thomas Ross Morris and they appear farther down this page.
      - 5. Nellie Jean Morris: b. 2-26-1913 in Lonoke, Lonoke Co., AR; d. after 1920
      - 5. Floyd Harmon Morris: b. 11-11-1914 or 11-12-1914 in Lonoke, Lonoke Co., AR; d. 3-5-1956 in Los Angeles Co., CA
        m. (1) Emogene Cooper: b. 1916-1917 in Arkansas; d. after 1934
        m. (2) Ida Ruth Nelson: b. 8-28-1922 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR; d. 5-9-1997 in Pulaski Co., AR
        
        6. Bobby Ray Morris: b. 3-17-1941 in Hot Springs, Garland Co., AR; d. 11-19-2015 in Memphis, Shelby Co., TN
        m. Carol Ida Percefull: b. 6-6-1940 in Great Neck, Nassau Co., NY; d., 1-5-2023 in Arkansas
        
        7. Bobbie Lynn Morris: living
        m. Tommy Hershey: living
        
        7. Kellie Morris: living
        m. Jim Childers: living
        
        7. Tony Morris: living
        m. Lisa Unknown
        
        7. Terri Morris: living
        m. Robbie McKown: living
        
        7. Donna Morris: living
        m. Perry Wilding: living
        
        7. Leslie Morris: living
        m. Dean Pappas: living
        
        6. Shirley Ann Morris: b. 10-5-1942 probably in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR; d. 1-14-1968 in West Memphis, Crittenden Co., AR; unmarried
      - 5. Christine Morris: b. 10-10-1916 in Lonoke, Lonoke Co., AR; d. 6-25-1933 in Lonoke, Lonoke Co.
        m. Jack Campbell: b. 10-7-1916 in Cabot, Lonoke Co., AR; d. 2-5-1996; no issue with Christine
      - 5. William Henry Morris: b. 1-18-1918 probably in Lonoke, Lonoke Co., AR; d. 1-23-1975
        m. Mayme (Mamie) McCrary: b. about 1918 in Arkansas; d. after 1950
        
        6. William Henry (Bill) Morris, Jr.: b. 5-22-1941 probably in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR; d. 1-23-2012 in Mayflower, Faulkner Co., AR
        m. Rita Helen Rusgis: living
        
        7. Melanie Ann Morris: living
        
        6. Patricia A. Morris: b. 12-12-1943 in Arkansas; d. 3-28-2014
        7. Christopher Ray Dickinson: b. 12-19-1938 in Alabama
        
        7. Jeff Dickinson: living
        
        7. Christy Dickinson: living
        m. Unknown Langhammer: living
        
        6. Linda Jo Morris: living
        m. Edward Gene Henderson: b. 6-23-1943 in Big Springs, Howard Co., TX; d. 5-6-2009 in Nagodoches, Nagodoches Co., TX
        
        7. William Jacob Henderson: living
        m. Kendra Ida Davis: living
        
        7. Vicki Henderson: living
        m. Unknown Odom: living
        
        7. Edward Henderson: living
        
        6. James Donald (Jimmy Don) Morris: b. 8-16-1956; d. 12-25-2008 in Lonoke, Lonoke Co., AR
      - 5. Raymond L. Morris: b. 1-18-1918 probably in Lonoke, Lonoke Co., AR; d. 1-23-1975
    - 4. James Morris: b. February, 1887 probably in Lonoke Co., AR; d. after 1900
  - 3. Cornelia A. Morris: b. June, 1856 Christian Co., KY; d. 1883-1888
    m. Albert Duncan Johnson: b. 5-18-1847 in Kentucky; d. 7-22-1939 in Gittedge, Tipton Co., TN
    - 4. William Benjamin Johnson: b. 12-23-1875 in Centgral City, Muhlenberg Co., KY; d. 4-26-1934 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO
      m. (1) Roxie Elizabeth (Lizzie) Elder: 7-15-1877 in Tennessee; d. 4-20-1913 in Charleston, Mississippi Co., MO
      - 5. Albert William Johnson (changed name to Quinn William McFedters): b. 9-21-1901 in Columbia, Hickman Co., KY; d. 1-31-1974 in Los Angeles Co., CA
        m. Harriet Elizabeth Pernet: b. 7-23-1907 in Odell, Livingston Co., IL; d. 11-19-2004 in California
        
        6. Shirley Helen McFedters: b. 12-15-1930 in Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., CA; d. 1-4-2022 in Eugene, Lane Co., OR
        m. (1) Howard Allen (Bud) Hale: b. 3-5-1922 in Manilla, Phillippines; d. 4-29-1991 in Lane Co., OR
        
        7. David Scott Hale: living
        m. Cyndie Unknown: living
        
        7. Gregg Michael Hale: living
        m. Lisa Unknown: living
        
        7. Carolyn Jean Hale: living
        m. Kim Louie: living
        
        8. Andrew Louie: living
        
        8. Unknown Louie: living
        
        7. Nancy Ann Hale: living
        m. Unknown Stewart: living
        
        m. (2) Horace Edward Aubertine: b. 3-26-1926 in San Francisco, CA; d. 7-13-2020 in Eugene, Lane Co., OR; no issue with Shirley
        
        6. Susan Kay McFedters: b. 2-1-1943 in Los Angeles Co., CA; d. 6-27-2011 in Orange Co., CA
        m. Garth L. Young: living
      - 5. Lela Mae Johnson: b. 10-28-1903 in Kentucky; d. after 1974
        m. Bryan Davis: b. before 1906; d. after 1927
        m. Unknown Jennings: b. ?; d. after 1974
      - 5. Raymond E. Johnson: b. 7-2-1907 in Crosno Twp., Mississippi Co., MO; d. after 1977
        m. Celestial Lenora (Celeste) Mills: b. 10-10-1910 in Allenville, Cape Girardeau Co., MO; d. 6-11-1932 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., MO
      m. (2) Columbia Woodard (nee Lewis): b. 2-28-1893 in Mississippi Co., MO; d. September, 1967 in Alton, Madison Co., IL
      Note: After Ben's death, Columbia remarried to John E. Miller
      - 5. James E. Johnson: b. 4-7-1919 in Charleston, Mississippi Co., MO; d. 6-21-1989 probably in Madison Co., IL
      - 5. Robert Lee Johnson: b. 1-12-1920 or 5-27-1921 in Crosno Village, Charleston, Mississippi Co., MO; d. 7-9-1977 in Wood River Twp., Madison Co., IL
        m. (1) Dorothy Unknown: b. ?; d. after 1942
        m. (1) Anna Catherine Perissie: b. about 1926 in Massachusetts; d. 10-21-1966
        
        6. Robert Lee Johnson, Jr.: living
        
        6. James Paul Johnson: b. 10-17-1948 probably in Madison Co., IL; d. 10-28-2005
        
        6. Stephen A. Johnson: living
        
        6. Gene R. Johnson: living
        
        6. Judy Johnson: living
        m. Unknown Bellecy: living
        
        6. Janet Lynn Johnson: living
        m. (1) Unknown Case: living
        m. (2) William Samuel Fulford: living
      - 5. Joseph Walter (Joe) Johnson: b. 8-13-1923 in Crosno Village, Charleston, Mississippi Co., MO; d. 6-1-1974 in Herrin, Williamson Co., IL
        m. Anna Unknown: living
        
        6. Faye Johnson: living
        m. Unknown Wallace: living
        
        6. Lois Johnson: living
        m. Unknown Kness: living
      - 5. Donald H. Johnson: b. 10-9-1925 in Missouri; d. 6-4-1990 in Pontiac, Oakland Co., MI
        m. (1) Violet Mae Gaulthier: b. 4-12-1917 in Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada; d. 11-24-1995
        m. (2) Geraldine Unknown: b. 11-16-1927; d. 6-6-2013
      - 5. William Ernest (Willie) Johnson: b. 1-14-1931 in Marquand, Madison Co., MO or Cape Girardeau Co., MO; d. 12-30-1992
    - 4. Myre Elizabeth (Betsy) Johnson: b. 1877 in Kentucky; d. after 1880
    - 4. Dula Ellen Johnson: b. December, 1880 in Kentucky; d. after 1900
    - 4. Joseph Johnson: b. April, 1883 in Kentucky; d. after 1900
  - 3. Mary Morris: b. about 1859 in Hopkinsville, Christian Co., KY; d. after 1870
  - 3. Malinda Morris: b. 1862 probably in Christian Co., KY; d. after 1870
  m. (2) Susan Belle Boyd: b. about 1848 probably in Christian Co., KY; d. after 1880 census in Lonoke Co., AR
  - 3. Georgia Ann Morris: b. about 1867 in Kentucky; d. after 1880
  - 3. Charles B. Morris: b. about 1873 in Kentucky; d. after 1880
  - 3. Thomas Ross Morris: b. 1-28-1874 in Cabot, Lonoke Co., AR; d. 8-8-1950 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR
    m. (1) L. B. Wamble: b. about 1871 in Arkansas; d. 1897-1899 probably in Lonoke Co., AR
    - 4. Nelle Morris: b. 1898 in Lonoke Co., AR; d. 4-2-1928 in Lonoke, Lonoke Co., AR
      m. Henry Frank Schneider: b. 7-8-1893 in DeValls Bluff, Prairie Co., AR; d. 8-19-1970
      Note: Henry married in 1931 to Pebble E. Perry
      - 5. Henry Schneider, Jr.: b. 2-15-1915 probably in Lonoke Co., AR; d. 11-11-1964 in Van Buren, Crawford Co., AR
        m. Edna Ruth (Ruth Sue) Freeze: b. 3-23-1912 in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., AR; d. 1-9-1998 probably in Sebastian Co., AR
        
        6. Carolyn R. Schneider: living
        m. Charles Garnsey Hubbard: living
        
        7. Charlotte Elizabeth Hubbard: living
        m. Unknown Guest: living
        
        7. Carrie A. Hubbard: living
        m. Unknown Tucker: living
        
        6. Henry (Hank) Schneider III: living
      - 5. Imogene Schneider: b. 4-15-1917 in Lonoke, Lonoke Co., AR; d. 10-1-2003
        m. John William Robinson: b. 10-1-1910 in Lonoke, Lonoke Co., AR; d. 12-3-1956 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR
        
        6. John William Robinson, Jr.: living
      - 5. Thomas Morris Schneider: b. 4-5-1925 in Lonoke, Lonoke Co., AR; d. 2-3-1975 probably in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR
        m. (1) Anne Hargrett: b. about 1927; d. after 1951
        m. (2) Elizabeth Ann Edwards: b. 9-1-1929 in Texarkana, Miller Co., AR; d. 10-21-2012 in Anderson, McDonald Co., MO; no issue with Thomas
        m. (3) Iva Marie Spruiell: b. 8-31-1949 in Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., TX; d. 7-5-2010 in Conway, Faulkner Co., AR
    m. (2) Ollie Hart: b. January, 1894 in Texas or Lonoke, Lonoke Co., AR; d. after 1933
  - 3. Minnie Morris: b. about March, 1880 probably in Lonoke Co., AR