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Eleanor "Nellie" Morton
Marshall Morton, Jr. b. Sep 29, 1792, Newberry District, S. Carolina, m. Jul 11, 1813, in
Pendleton District, S. Carolina, Elizabeth Durham, b. Feb 16, 1797, Pendleton District,
S. Carolina, (daughter of Charles Anderson Durham and Mary Fortune) d. Oct 18, 1884, Marshall
County, Alabama, buried: Forrest Home Cemetery. Marshall died Jun 27, 1883, Marshall County,
Alabama, buried: Forrest Home Cemetery.
Children:
i. Johathan Morton b. abt 1814, Pendleton District, S. Carolina, m. Jan 20, 1834,
in Blount County, alabama, Elizabeth Reed, d. abt 1815, Tennessee.
ii. Sarah Morton b. abt 1815, S. Carolina, m. James Murphree Hallmark.
iii. Allen Morton b. Dec 16, 1816, Pendleton District, S. Carolina, m. (1) Nov 13, 1838,
in Marshall County, Alabama, Louisa Yielding, b. 1816, Alabama, m. (2) Sep 4, 1859,
in Marshall County, Alabama, Mary Thirza Ulmer, b. Dec 19, 1825, Spartanburg
District, S. Carolina, (daughter of Lewis Ulmer and Thirza H. Wood) d. Aug 21, 1866, Marshall County, Alabama, buried: Old Cove Cemetery, m. (3) abt 1868, Sarah "Sallie" Parrish, b. 1832, S. Carolina. Allen died Nov 25, 1909, Dublin, Erath County, Texas.
iv. Marshall J. Morton b. abt 1817, S. Carolina, m. Nov 23, 1847, in Coweta
County, Georgia, Amanda A. Fernander.
v. Joshua Nathaniel Morton b. Oct 12, 1820, Newberry District, S. Carolina, m.
Oct 6,1846, in Marshall County, Alabama, Minerva Jane Jeffers, b. Oct 30,
1831, Marshall County, Alabama, d. Jun 1893, Clay County, Texas. Joshua
died Dec 30, 1894, Greer County, Oklahoma.
vi. William Morton b. abt 1823, Blount County, Alabama, m. abt 1840, in Blount
County, Alabama, Nancy Bynum, b. 1824, Blount County, Alabama, (daughter of
John Bynum and Rhoda Murphree) d. 1902, Texas. William died 1902, Texas.
vii. Polly Ann Morton b. May 27, 1826.
viii. Mary Morton b. abt 1828.
ix. Winney Morton b. Nov 15, 1829, Marshall County, Alabama, m. Feb 11, 1849,
in Marshall County, Alabama, William Allen Gregory, b. Nov 15, 1829, d.
Jan 14, 1907, Marshall County, Alabama, buried: Forrest Home Cemetery, Boaz,
Alabama. Winney died Aug 20, 1903, Marshall County, Alabama, buried: Forrest
Home Cemetery, Boaz, Alabama.
x. James Morton b. Apr 19, 1831, Georgia, m. Oct 12, 1854, in Marshall County,
Alabama, Martha Jane McCleskey, b. Jun 17, 1838, Hall County, Georgia,
(daughter of Joseph Howell McCleskey and Susan Griffith Eberhart)d. Sep 3, 1911,
Marshall County, Alabama, buried: Forrest Home Cemetery. James died Apr 23, 1907,
Alabama, buried: Forrest Home Cemetery.
xi. Joel Morton b. Feb 1, 1837, Alabama, m. Nov 5, 1857, in Marshall County,
Alabama, Louisa Angeline McCleskey, b. Jan 25, 1841, Cobb County, Georgia,
(daughter of Joseph Howell McCleskey and Susan Griffith Eberhart) d. Apr 21,
1910, Alabama, buried: Forrest Home Cemetery. Joel died Mar 30, 1928, Alabama,
buried: Forrest Home Cemetery.