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Henry Edwin Long Morris
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Henry Edwin Long Morris 1
- Born: 09 Sep 1826, Somerset Co., MD 2 3
- Marriage (1): Emeline J.* Pollitt on 23 Mar 1844 in Somerset Co., MD
- Died: 1862, MD
Henry E.L. Morris is indeed linked to Thomas and Ann (Craft) Morris. This seems to be a long-standing supposition from many on-line genealogies. HOWEVER, from a surviving Bible of Levin Morris, we find that he was the son of John and Ann (Pollitt) Morris. But, all other hard evidence points to this being incorrect and a later incorrect entry into that record. The Somerset County Orphan's Court Records clearly point to Henry as the son of Thomas and Ann Morris in 1843 (see SoOCP-Bk 5:231) as "son of Thomas and Ann Morris, deceased".
Henry married Emeline J.* Pollitt, daughter of Levin T. Pollitt and Elizabeth (Betsey) Morris, on 23 Mar 1844 in Somerset Co., MD. (Emeline J.* Pollitt was born in 1825 in MD,4 5 died in 1874 in MD and was buried in 1874 in Cemetery On Old Pollitt Farm, Meadow Bridge Road, Somerset Co., MD.)
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Sources
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Bible Records of Levin Pollitt (1797-1885), Taken from copy in the Dryden Collection at Salisbury State University.
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1860 MD Census, Listed as age 35 in the 1860 Princess Anne, Somerset Co., MD Census.
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1850 MD Census, Listed as Henry Morris, age 25, in Princess Anne District, Somerset Co., MD.
4
1860 MD Census, Listed as age 36 in the 1860 Princess Anne, Somerset Co., MD Census.
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1850 MD Census, Listed as Emaline Morris, age 25, in Princess Anne District, Somerset Co., MD.
