Individual Details

Howard Richard Morton

(26 May 1844 - 1 Mar 1935)

Full name from Jean & Paul Morton. He served in the Civil War as a Private in the 9th MO Infantry (CSA).
In the 1870 Crawford County AR Census, his nephews William, & Sherrod Morton, sons of James Quin Morton are in his household.
Listed in 1911 Census as Confederate Veteran in Crawford County - reprint in "Panning for Nuggets of Gold", Vol. 7, No.1; Spring 1986; copied by Allen Co Public Library Mar 1999.

Events

Birth26 May 1844Missouri
Marriage1868Sarah A. Guffey
Death1 Mar 1935

Families

SpouseSarah A. Guffey (1850 - 1933)
ChildSarah Morton (1870 - )
ChildAlice Susan Morton (1874 - )
ChildElijah H. Morton (1880 - )
ChildWilliam T. Morton (1886 - 1946)
ChildMary E. Morton (1888 - 1929)
ChildMartha L. Morton (1891 - )
ChildEthel C. Morton (1894 - )
FatherJames Richard Morton (1808 - 1861)
MotherMary Eliza Reynolds (1808 - 1862)
SiblingPleasant William Morton (1829 - )
SiblingJames Quin Morton (1828 - 1867)
SiblingEleanor F. Morton (1833 - )
SiblingMary J. Morton (1836 - 1892)
SiblingElizabeth Morton (1838 - )
SiblingSarah C. Morton (1839 - )
SiblingSusan Morton (1841 - )
SiblingMila A. Morton (1850 - )

Endnotes

1. Delmar Asbill, Family Records sent to Vontrece Miller. Family Records & Annotated Census Sent to me. , 1850 Schuyler County MO Census & Notes.

2. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), p.99 "Dripping Spring Cemetery".

3. Transcribed by Jeania Moore Burns, US Census. 1870. Arkansas, Crawford County., Van Buren Twp; p.273b; Household 490..

4. U.S. Federal Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription (Ancestry.com); 1790-1940.

5. Paul & Jean Morton. Researchers of Morton Family. Correspondence., Letter of 27 Oct 1998..

6. US Census 1900 AR, Crawford Co. (LDS Microfilm #1240056), Union Twp; p.221b; Household 14..

7. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), p.99 "Dripping Spring Cemetery".