Individual Details

Marmaduke attended Bethel College in Russellville beginning with the first year of its existence. When he was 14 he left school and worked in the office of the clerk of the County Court. During the Civil War he looked after his mother and then was engaged in merchandising. He travel 15 years for a wholesale hardware establishment in Louisville. From 1890-1894 he was a deputy sheriff of Logan Co and was elected Clerk of County Court in Nov 1894. Mr. Morton joined the Baptist Church in 1860 and is a master Mason.

Marmaduke and Virginia were first cousins.

Birth	16 Aug 1840	Logan County, Kentucky
Marriage	7 Dec 1869	Louisa Virginia Morton
Death	20 Feb 1913

Spouse	Louisa Virginia Morton (1844 - 1930)
Child	Henry Prior Morton (1870 - 1942)
Child	Overton Harris Morton (1871 - 1885)
Child	Joseph Jordan Morton (1873 - 1891)
Child	Francis Alexander Morton (1875 - 1964)
Child	Clarissa Louisa Morton (1876 - 1901)
Child	William I. [J?] Morton (1878 - 1970)
Child	James Hanna Morton (1879 - 1899)
Child	Living

Father	William Jordan Morton Jr. (1786 - 1860)
Mother	Clarissa Harlow McCormick (1802 - 1883)
Sibling	Clarissa M. Morton ( - )
Sibling	Joseph W. Morton ( - )
Sibling	Martha L. Morton ( - )