The Forgotten Ones » John Morris (1823-1898)
Personal data John Morris
Sources 1, 2, 3- He was born on September 9, 1823 in Clinton, Illinois, United States.Sources 1, 3
- Resident:
- in the year 1880: East Fork, Clinton, Illinois, United States.Source 1
- in the year 1880: East Fork, Clinton, Illinois, United States.Source 1
- He died on June 10, 1898 in Clinton, Illinois, United States, he was 74 years old.
- A child of Zachariah Morris and Rachel Jones
Household of John Morris
(1) He is married to Sarah Jane Wright.
They got married on October 1, 1840 at Clinton, Illinois, United States, he was 17 years old.
Child(ren):
- James W Morris 1843-1855
- Zachariah Morris 1846-1847
- William Morris 1847-1934
- Samuel Morris 1849-????
- Rachel Morris 1850-1875
- Nancy Morris 1852-1855
- Lucy Ann Morris 1857-1928
- Mary Jane Morris 1858-1882
- Lavina Morris 1863-1864
- Andrew Johnson Morris 1865-1944
- Orlena Morris 1867-1869
(2) He had a relationship with Mary Ann White.
Child(ren):
Notes about John Morris
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Sources
- 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Year: 1880; Census Place: East Fork, Clinton, Illinois; Roll: 182; Family History Film: 1254182; Page: 451B; Enumeration District: 80; Image: 0327.
Birth date: abt 1866 Birth place: Illinois Residence date: 1880 Residence place: East Fork, Clinton, Illinois, United States
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Historical events
Birthday September 9, 1823
- The temperature on September 9, 1823 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1823: Source: Wikipedia
- July 2 » Bahia Independence Day: The end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.
- July 15 » A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy.
- July 24 » Afro-Chileans are emancipated.
- August 25 » American fur trapper Hugh Glass is mauled by a grizzly bear while on an expedition in South Dakota.
- September 22 » Joseph Smith claims to have found the golden plates after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried.
- December 2 » Monroe Doctrine: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.
Day of marriage October 1, 1840
- The temperature on October 1, 1840 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken winderig. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1840: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- January 13 » The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
- February 11 » Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
- May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
- May 7 » The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
- June 20 » Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
- October 11 » The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
Day of death June 10, 1898
- The temperature on June 10, 1898 was about 15.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
- June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
- July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
- August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
- September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
- December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.
Same birth/death day
- 1807 » Richard Chenevix Trench, Irish-English archbishop and philologist († 1886)
- 1823 » Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and academic († 1891)
- 1828 » Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and playwright († 1910)
- 1834 » Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English author († 1903)
- 1853 » Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and merchant († 1926)
- 1855 » Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German philosopher and author († 1927)
- 1899 » Ernest Chausson, French composer (b. 1855)
- 1901 » Robert Williams Buchanan, Scottish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1841)
- 1902 » Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan priest and poet (b. 1845)
- 1906 » Richard Seddon, English-New Zealand politician, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1845)
- 1909 » Edward Everett Hale, American minister, historian, and author (b. 1822)
- 1914 » Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect (b. 1845)
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