Individual Details

Alvira Adelaide Gillham

(21 May 1821 - 21 Apr 1885)


Alvira Adelaide Gillham was born 21 May 1821 at her parents' homestead four miles north of Winchester, Illinois. She died at Shenandoah, Fremont County, Iowa 21 April 1885. She married Robert Morrison who was the son of John and Mary (McCorkle) Morrison. He was born 12 December 1811 at Bath City in Greenbriar County, West Virginia and died at Shennandoah, Iowa, 27 June 1889. He and Alvira Adelaide were married 8 December 1836 in Scott County, Illinois, at the home of her father. The Morrisons were Methodists and are buried in the Locust Grove Cemetery some fourteen miles south of Shennandoah, Iowa. Mr. Morrison was a merchant.

Events

Birth21 May 1821Winchester, Scott Co., Illinois
Marriage8 Dec 1836Morgan Co., Illinois - Robert Morrison
Death21 Apr 1885Shenandoah, Fremont Co., Iowa
BurialLocust Grove Cemetery, Hamburg, Fremont Co., Iowa

Families

SpouseRobert Morrison (1811 - 1889)
ChildSarah Louise Morrison (1839 - 1851)
ChildMargaret Elizabeth Morrison (1840 - 1929)
ChildJohn Gillham Morrison (1842 - 1900)
ChildJosephine Esther Morrison (1845 - 1933)
ChildThomas Asbury Morrison (1848 - 1930)
ChildCharles Robert Morrison (1852 - 1932)
ChildWilliam Wesley Morrison (1852 - 1915)
ChildWilbur L. Morrison (1855 - 1878)
ChildGlenna Belle Morrison (1858 - 1858)
ChildElla May Morrison (1858 - 1858)
ChildFannie Elvie Morrison (1859 - 1860)
ChildLula Eva Morrison (1863 - 1863)
FatherJames Gillham (1796 - 1870)
MotherSarah Love Lofton (1798 - 1881)
SiblingLeroy Lindsey Gillham (1819 - 1844)
SiblingErastus Lofton Gillham (1823 - 1894)
SiblingMargaret Gillham (1825 - )
SiblingEsther Jane Gillham (1827 - 1885)
SiblingMilton Gillham ( - )
SiblingWesley Campbell Gillham (1830 - 1851)
SiblingWilliam Asbury Gillham (1834 - 1902)

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