- Levi Denbow and Rachel Morris Denbow (104 KB)
Levi Denbow was born in Carroll County, Ohio in 1832. After moving to Monroe County, he married my great-grandfather's sister, Rachel Morris (1837-1899). Levi served in the Civil War in Company K of the 78th O.V.I. along with his father and three of his brothers. Levi and Rachel lived in just south of Lewisville, in Monroe County, Ohio. My grandfather, Frank Morris, told us that he remembered Levi and Rachel visiting his family in Ritchie County, West Virginia when he was a small child. Rachel's three brothers, John, William, and Nelson all lived there at that time. Levi died in 1911, and they are buried in Bracken Ridge Cemetery, west of Lewisville.
- John Wellington Morris (1842-1912) (164 KB)
John was born in Monroe County, Ohio on November 2, 1842, the son of James Morris and Mary Dillon. He served in the Civil War in Company F of the 116th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After moving to Pleasants County, West Virginia, he married Arsinoe Galloway in 1871 and had five children. She died in 1881, and he then married Martha Jane "Jennie" Cooper in 1883 and had 11 more children. He died in Cantwell, in Ritchie County, West Virginia on August 26, 1912. He is buried at the Morris Cemetery in Cantwell.
- Basil E. Denbow and Jennie Spence Denbow (223 KB)
Basil E. Denbow- born April 5, 1866 and died April 6, 1920
Jennie Spence Denbow- born March 1871 and died 1969.
Buried in the Buchanan Presbyterian Cemetery, on State Route 78, Summit Township, Monroe County, Ohio (about a mile east of Lewisville).
- Rachel Denbow and Levi Denbow (254 KB)
Rachel Morris Denbow (8/16/1837-3/8/1899) and Pvt. Levi Denbow (11/29/1832-9/10/1911). They are buried in the cemetery behind the Bracken Ridge Methodist Church, on Bracken Ridge Road (County Road 79), in Summit Township, Monroe County, Ohio.
- Martha Jane "Jennie" Cooper Morris (1864-1927) (199 KB)
Jennie Morris was born on French Creek, in Pleasants County, West Virginia on July 6, 1864, the daughter of Ozious and Sarah Cooper. She married John Morris on October 12, 1883, and they had eleven children. She moved from Ritchie County to Clarksburg, West Virginia around 1920, and she died in Clarksburg on January 28, 1927. She is buried in the Morris Cemetery in Cantwell, in Ritchie County.
- Robert Morris (1825-1902) (113 KB)
Robert Morris was the brother of my great-great grandfather James Morris. He was the son of William Morris and Ann Wells. Robert married Rebecca Conner in 1844. They are buried at Conner Ridge Methodist Cemetery, on Conner Ridge Road (County Road 48), Wayne Township, Monroe County, Ohio.
- Mary Dillon Morris (1810-1847) (238 KB)
Mary Dillon was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania around 1810, the daughter of John Dillon and Rachel Hamilton. After moving to Monroe County, Ohio with her family around 1835, she married James Morris. They had seven children, including two sets of twins. She died during childbirth, July 7, 1847, giving birth to her son George, who died a little over a year later. She is buried in a cemetery in Summit Township, Monroe County, Ohio, off State Route 78.
- Oliver Morris (far right) and 3 unidentified men (370 KB)
Oliver Maxwell Morris was born in Pleasants County, West Virginia, the son of John W. Morris and Arsinoe Galloway, on November 2, 1873. He moved to Ritchie County with his family around 1890. He married Molly Hendershot in 1896. He worked in the Ritchie County oil industry, before moving to Akron, Ohio in 1916. He worked at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for 30 years, and also owned the Whispering Pine Dance Hall. He died on November 15, 1953.
- William Morris and Anna Wells Morris (334 KB)
William Morris was born about 1782 in Greene County, Pennsylvania. He married Anna Wells between 1805 and 1810, most likely in Greene County. They had ten children, one was my great-great grandfather James Morris. They moved to Monroe County, Ohio somewhere between 1812 and 1820. William and Anna Morris are buried in the cemetery at Sutherland Methodist Church in Franklin Township, Monroe County, Ohio.
- Charles Williams and Effie Morris Williams (177 KB)
Effie was born in Pleasants County, West Virginia on September 7, 1879, the daughter of John W. Morris and Arsinoe Galloway. She married Charles A. Williams on August 29, 1900. Charles was the brother of James A. Garfield Williams, who married Effie's cousin Dot Morris. Effie and Charles raised their nine children in a small log house between Cantwell and Mellin, in Ritchie County, West Virginia. The house is still standing today. They had cows and horses and a vegetable garden, and they lived all of those years with no electricity or running water in the house. Charles died in 1951, after being married to Effie for 51 years. Effie married Jesse Eddy in 1961, at the age of 82. She met him at the Cantwell Church of Christ. They then lived in Cairo, West Virginia. Effie died on June 7, 1971, a couple of months short of her 92nd birthday. Effie and Charles are buried at the Log Church Cemetery (Church of Christ), Cantwell, Ritchie County, West Virginia.
- Archibald Morris (1756-1826) (350 KB)
Archibald Morris was born in what is now Hampshire County, West Virginia, in 1756. He married Elizabeth Enochs, most likely in Pennsylvania. He served as a Colonial Soldier in Dunmore's War of 1774, later tranferring over into the Revolutionary service, serving as a Private 5th Class in the 3rd Battalion Pennsylvania Militia in Captain Abner Howell's Company. He lived in Greene County, Pennsylvania, until he moved to Ohio County, Virginia, somewhere between 1794 and 1800, then to Monroe County, Ohio around 1805. He died in 1826, and is buried at the Carlisle Methodist Cemetery in Carlisle, Stock Township, Noble County, Ohio (off State Route 260). A Revolutionary War marker now sets in front of the original, now unreadable, tombstone. It was installed in 1999 by Russell Morris and Russell Johnson, as written in "The Daily Jeffersonian" (Cambridge, Ohio) on June 8, 1999, by Pat Parks, who writes about Noble County history.
- Delle and Clem Markle (111 KB)
Carrie Delle Morris was born on July 22, 1891 in Cantwell, Ritchie County, West Virginia to John W. Morris and Martha Jane "Jennie" Cooper. She married James Clement Markle on December 28, 1912. They lived in Pennsboro, West Virginia, where Clem worked as a carpenter. Delle died December 5, 1954, and Clem died July 2, 1977. They are buried in the Mount Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie County, West Virginia.
- Jennie Morris with sons Frank, Lafe, and Charles (187 KB)
This picture was taken at the Morris property on the Devilhole Creek near Cantwell, in Ritchie County, West Virginia around 1920. From left to right: James Franklin "Frank" Morris (1896-1980), Martha Jane "Jennie" Cooper Morris (1864-1927), Salathiel Harrel "Lafe" Morris (1898-1981), and Charles Alvin Morris (1901-1988)
- Thelma Leona Morris (288 KB)
Thelma Morris was born in 1909 to John and Jennie Morris. She was the last of John's 16 children. He was 67 years old when she was born. She died in 1913, and is buried in the Morris Cemetery in Canwell, Ritchie County, West Virginia next to her parents.
- In front of the Morris home in 1916 (99 KB)
This is my great-grnadmother Jennie Morris on the front porch of the home at Devilhole in Ritchie County, West Virginia, with her daughters Maude (1906-1981) and Bessie (1893-1979). Also on the far right is her son Charles (1901-1988).
- Morris Chapel, Ritchie County, West Virginia (153 KB)
The Morris Chapel was originally built in Cantwell, Ritchie County, West Virginia where the Morris Cemetery is presently located. It was built around 1890, but was struck by lightning in the mid 1920's and burned down. Shortly after, the second Morris Chapel was built on County Road 17, between Cantwell and Mellin. A more complete history will be added later. This photo was taken in May 2001.
- Frank, Pearl, and Mart Morris (1955) (98 KB)
This photo of Frank, Pearl, and Mart was taken at Mart's place near Harts, in Lincoln County, West Virginia. Pictured is my grandfather, James Franklin Morris (1896-1980), his brother William Pearl Morris (1886-1971), and their half-brother Martin Alonzo Morris (1875-1958).
- John W Morris and Martha J Morris, Morris Cemetery (148 KB)
John Wellington Morris and Martha Jane Morris are buried at the Morris Cemetery on county road 17/6 in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
- Blanche, Pearl, and Elizabeth Morris (97 KB)
On the far right in this picture is my grandmother, Elizabeth Winston (Wolford) Morris (1904-1960). She married my grandfather Frank Morris on October 7, 1923. In the middle is Pearl Morris, and on the left is his wife Blanche L. (Stanley) Morris (1900-1984). They were married January 19, 1920. This photo was taken September 1955 in Pearl and Blanche's living room in their home at Beatrice, in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
- William B. and Mary Catherine Morris (303 KB)
William B. Morris and Mary Catherine (Giboney) Morris are buried at the Morris Cemetery in Ritchie County West Virginia. William was the twin brother of my great-grandfather, John W. Morris. At one point, William owned over 1000 acres of land in Ritchie County.
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