Individual Details

Evidence indicates that Mary Ann Button was the second daughter of Elias Button (1783-1823) and Nancy Settle (1791-1852), who were married in Barren County, Kentucky on Oct 19, 1810. Elias Button, son of Harmon Button and Sarah Fishback, served in the War of 1812 in Capt. Samuel F Malone's company, commanded by Lt.-Col. William Mitchusson, of the Kentucky Detached Militia. The Button family migrated to Kentucky from Culpepper County, Virginia. Sarah Fishback was a descendant of original settlers of the Germanna Colony established in Virginia in 1714 by a group of German immigrants from Siegen-Nassau (Fischbach and other families). Mary Ann Button was born July 16, 1814 in Barren County, Kentucky. She married Jordon A. Morriss about 1836. This date is based on the birth date of their oldest child, Eliza Martin Morriss. Jordan and Mary Ann Morriss migrated to Lawrence County, Missouri circa 1850, again estimating the year based on the dates and places of birth of their children. They were parents of twelve children (see below).
Child Birth Date Birth Place
Eliza Martin Oct 1, 1857 Kentucky
James William Mar 2, 1839 Kentucky
Eveline Francis 1840 Kentucky
Nancy Elizabeth Aug 30, 1841 Kentucky
Virginia Sapho Oct 31, 1842 Kentucky
Sidney Lewis May 23, 1844 Kentucky
Adaline Button Jan 22, 1846 Kentucky
Mary Neal May 19, 1847 Kentucky
Malinda Burrell Dec 24, 1848 Kentucky
Ellen Drucilla Feb 15, 1851 Missouri
John Jasper Mar 31, 1853 Missouri
Isaac Newton Mar 31, 1853 Missouri

Mary Ann (Button) Morriss died in Lawrence County November 19, 1854.

Birth	16 Jul 1817	Barren County, Kentucky
Marriage	Abt 1836	Barren County, Kentucky - Jordan A. Morris
Death	13 Nov 1854	Lawrence County, Missouri

Spouse	Jordan A. Morris (1811 - 1859)
Child	Mary Neal Morris (1847 - 1947)

Father	Elias Button (1783 - 1822)
Mother	Nancy Settle (1791 - 1852)