Acord Family History

 (last update 28 Aug 2004)

Third Generation

[ ETHEL SUMNEY², THOMAS GRANCER¹]

Children of Ethel Symney Morris and Dorcas Stone

1. Perry H. Morris [35568] was born about 1832 in Tennessee. He married Lydia [last name unknown]. She was born about 1843 in South Carolina. Perry served the Confederacy during the Civil War enlisting in Company B of the 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment as Private. Perry earned his living a farmer.

Children of Perry and Lydia Morris are:

1. Orlena A. Morris, born about 1858 in Arkansas.
2. M. C. Morris, born about 1859 in Arkansas.
3. Margaret E. Morris, born about 1862 in Arkansas.
4. William Morris, born about 1863 in Arkansas.
5. Phillip E. Morris, born about 1865 in Arkansas.
6. Mary Morris, born about 1867 in Arkansas.
7. Lena Morris, born about 1870 in Arkansas.

Bibliography

• 1850 Federal Census, MS, Marshall County, Northern Division, page 337b, Ethel S. Morris.
• 1860 Federal Census, AR, Jefferson County, White Oak Township, page 863, Perry H. Morris.

2. William B. Morris [833] was born about 1835 in Mississippi He married Elizabeth J. [last name unknown] about 1858. She was born May 1839 in Arkansas. William served the Confederacy during the Civil War enlisting in Company B of the 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment as Private. William was a farmer.

Children of William and Elizabeth Morris are:

1. William J. T. Morris, born about 1859.
2. Bethsada J. Morris, born about 1866 in Arkansas.
3. Ada J. Morris, born about 1868 in Arkansas.
4. Julia A. Morris, born about 1870 in Arkansas.
5. Franklin Morris, born May 1873 in Arkansas.
6. Seth J. Morris, born August 1875 in Arkansas.
7. Ben J. Morris, born September 1876 in Arkansas; died 1961. He married Dona C. [last name unknown]; born 1881; died 1945. Both are buried in Lost Creek Cemetery, Sheridan, Grant County, Arkansas.
8. Walter J. Morris, born October 1878 in Arkansas.
9. May Morris, born August 1881 in Arkansas.

Bibliography

• 1850 Federal Census, MS, Marshall County, Northern Division, page 337b, Ethel S. Morris.
• 1860 Federal Census, AR, Jefferson County, White Oak Township, page 853, Wm. B. Morris.
• 1870 Federal Census, AR, Grant County, Madison Township, page 221a, William B. Morris.
• 1900 Federal Census, AR, Grant County.

3. Angelina N. Morris [681] was born about 1836 in Mississippi, and died after 1900. She married (1) Frederick Jacob Mayberry about 1854 in Jefferson County, Arkansas, son of Jacob Mayberry and Elizabeth Morris. He was born about 1830 in Henderson County, Tennessee, and died in 1860. She married (2) Abner Abernathy Garner about 1861, son of Abner and Rebecca Garner. He was born May 1832 in Mississippi, and died between 1903 and 1908 in Grant County, Arkansas. In 1900 three grandchildren, John Rosa and Artie Mayberry, children of Angelina's eldest son William E. Mayberry lived with them. Abner served the Confederacy during the Civil War enlisting in Company K of the 2nd Arkansas Infantry Battalion as a Private on 26 June 1861 in Memphis, Tennessee. He served at least through 31 October 1863l. Abner applied for a Confederate Pension on 29 April 1903.

Children of Angelina Morris and Frederick Mayberry are:

1. William E. Mayberry, born about 1855 in Jefferson County, Arkansas.
2. Elizabeth Mayberry, born about 1857 in Arkansas.
3. Ethyl H. Mayberry, born July 1860 in Arkansas.

Children of Angelina Morris and Abner Garner are:

4. Mary E. Garner, born 20 January 1867; died 1878. Burial: Davis Cemetery, Grapevine, Grant County, Arkansas.
5. Rebecca Garner, born 1868.
6. Ophelia Garner, born 14 March 1869 in Arkansas. She married Frank O'Bannon on 1 November 1886 in Dallas County, Arkansas; born about 1868.
7. Uriah Wilson Garner, born 24 February 1872 in Arkansas; died 24 November 1937 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas.
8. Andrew Franklin Garner, born 24 February 1874 in Arkansas; died 12 December 1930 in Grant County, Arkansas.
9. Charles T. Garner, born 6 October 1877 in Arkansas; died 11 July 1885 in Grant County, Arkansas. Burial: Davis Cemetery, Grapevine, Grant County, Arkansas.
10. Joseph Henry Garner, born 14 July 1882 in Arkansas.

7. Rebecca Hasseltine Morris [25172] was born about 1847 in Mississippi, and died March 1883 in Grant County, Arkansas. She married Isaac L. Derryberry about 1871 probably in Grant County, Arkansas, son of Andrew Derryberry and Melicia Glassco. He was born April 1850 in Mississippi, and died March 1883 in Grant County, Arkansas.

Children of Rebecca Morris and Isaac Derryberry are:

1. Emily Parilee Derryberry, born 27 September 1872 in Grant County, Arkansas; died 24 December 1948 in Dallas County, Arkansas.
2. Lydia Derryberry, born about 1875 in Grant County, Arkansas. She married John William Sharlotte on 11 December 1892 in Cleveland County, Arkansas; born March 1861 in Virginia.
3. Willie Derryberry, born about 1877 in Grant County, Arkansas; died about 1989.

Bibliography

• 1850 Federal Census, MS, Marshall County, Northern Division, page 337b, Ethel S. Morris.
• 1860 Federal Census, AR, Jefferson County, White Oak Township, page 865, Andrew Derryberry.
• 1860 Federal Census, AR, Jefferson County, White Oak Township, page 862, Ethel Morris.

Children of Ethel Symney Morris and Dolly Garner

11. Franklin Lafayette 'Frank' Morris [19608] was born about 1861 in Arkansas, and died after 1930. He married Sarah Louis Watson about 1886, daughter of Jacob Watson and Susan Rogers. She was born about 1869 in Arkansas, and died after 1930. They lived with Abner and Angeline Garner in 1880. Both are buried in Davis Cemetery, Grant County, Arkansas.

Children of Franklin Morris and Sarah Watson are:

1. Laurie D. Morris, born about 1888 in Arkansas
2. + Wylie Delmon Morris, born about 1890.
3. [first name unknown] Morris, born about 1893 in Arkansas.
4. Ethel Morris, born about 1897 in Arkansas.
5. Addie Morris, born about 1903 in Arkansas. He married Lillian [last name unknown]; born about 1905 in Arkansas.
6. Hattie Morris, born about 1903 in Arkansas. She married L. F. Cummings on 17 February 1922 in Cleveland County, Arkansas; born about 1895.

Bibliography

• 1870 Federal Census, AR, Grant County, Madison Township, page 221b, Ethel S. Morris.
• 1900 Federal Census, AR, Cleveland County, Kingsland Township, page 69b.
• 1910 Federal Census, AR, Grant County, Madison Township, page 97d, Frank Morris.
• 1920 Federal Census, AR, Cleveland County, Saline Township, page 131b, Frank Morris.
• 1930 Federal Census, AR, Cleveland County, Saline Township, page 249b, Frank Morris.

12. Wiley W. Morris [12309] was born April 1863 in Arkansas. He married Mary L. [last name unknown] about 1888. She was born January 1871 in Arkansas.

Children of Wiley and Mary Morris are:

1. Iver Morris, born September 1889.
2. Dee Morris, born March 1892.
3. Bee Morris, born 1894.
4. + Helen Morris, born April 1897.

Bibliography

• 1870 Federal Census, AR, Grant County, Madison Township, page 221b, Ethel S. Morris.
• 1900 Federal Census, AR, Grant County, page 274b.