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Descendants of Harris Gammon, Sr.

Generation No. 5

139. JOHN WESLEY⁶ ROPER (LEVICY⁵ GAMMON, WESLEY H.⁴, JOHN WILLIAM³, HARRIS², JOHN BRAWNER¹) was born October 13, 1852 in Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri, and died March 04, 1933 in Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri. He married MARTHA VIENNA DAVIS February 06, 1873 in Dallas County, Missouri. She was born September 16, 1852 in Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri, and died February 24, 1935 in Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri.

Children of JOHN ROPER and MARTHA DAVIS are:

	i.	ARIZONA⁷ ROPER, b. January 17, 1874, Dallas County, Missouri; d. February 04, 1874, Dallas County, Missouri.
207.	ii.	ALBERT DEER ROPER, b. February 19, 1876, Dallas County, Missouri; d. July 17, 1950, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.
	iii.	EFFA LEVICY ROPER, b. September 09, 1879, Dallas County, Missouri; d. October 29, 1879, Dallas County, Missouri.
	iv.	ETTA ISABEL ROPER, b. September 09, 1879, Dallas County, Missouri; d. September 27, 1879, Dallas County, Missouri.
	v.	MATILDA JOSEPHINE ROPER, b. July 17, 1882, Dallas County, Missouri; d. August 27, 1883, Dallas County, Missouri.
	vi.	MARY ELIZABETH ROPER, b. December 12, 1884, Dallas County, Missouri.
	vii.	JOHN C. ROPER, b. April 12, 1890, Dallas County, Missouri; d. July 24, 1890, Dallas County, Missouri.

140. MARY A.⁶ GAMMON (WILLIAM GAMBLE⁵, WESLEY H.⁴, JOHN WILLIAM³, HARRIS², JOHN BRAWNER¹) was born 1850 in Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri. She married THOMAS B. MORROW 1866, son of ROBERT MORROW and ELIZABETH JOINER. He was born January 02, 1842 in Benton (now Calhoun) County, Alabama.

Notes for THOMAS B. MORROW:
Biographical Sketch of T. B. Morrow, Dallas County, Missouri From
"History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski,
Phelps & Dent Coun ties, Missouri", Published 1889, Goodspeed Publishing
Company.
T. B. Mor row, of the firm of Behrens & Morrow, lumber merchants, of
Buffalo, Missouri. , was born in Benton (now Calhoun) County, Ala.,
January 2, 1842, and is a so n of Robert and Elizabeth (Joiner) Morrow.
When about two years of age he was taken to Greene County, Missouri., by
his father, and here the latter died a bout 1849, and he was reared to a
mercantile life by the Hon. William L. Morr ow, whose sketch appears in
this work. At the breaking out of the war he enli sted in the State
Militia, and afterward in the Fifteenth Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and
served until the close of the war, being mustered out in 1865. H e was in
Price's raid, but was in very few battles, being quartered most of t he
time at Springfield, assisting in the quarter- master's department. After
the war he returned to Buffalo, where he remained in the mercantile
busines s until 1872, when he was appointed to the office of county clerk,
and in 187 4 was elected to the office, the duties of which he filled
until 1877, when h e resigned and again engaged in merchandising. This
occupation he continued t o follow until January, 1886, when he sold out
and engaged in the lumber busi ness with H. J. Behrens. They have
conducted this business very successfully, and handle an immense amount
of lumber annually, the firm being considered o ne of the most prosperous
and enterprising in the county. He was married in 1 866 to Miss Mary A.
Gammon, by whom he has four children: Lizzie, Etta, Queen y and one
deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Morrow are members of the Methodist Episcopa l
Church, and he is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

Children of MARY GAMMON and THOMAS MORROW are:

	i.		QUEENY⁷ MORROW, b. Dallas County, Missouri.
	ii.		INFANT MORROW, b. Dallas County, Missouri; d. Bef. 1889, Dallas County, Missouri.
	iii.		LIZZIE MORROW, b. 1868, Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri.
	iv.		ETTA MORROW, b. 1870, Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri.
	v.		EDNA MORROW, b. 1879, Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri.
	vi.		JESSIE ELIZABETH MORROW, b. September 06, 1887, Dallas County, Missouri; d. November 24, 1982, San Diego County, California; m. UNKNOWN CRAIG.

141. MARTHA ELLEN⁶ GAMMON (WILLIAM GAMBLE⁵, WESLEY H.⁴, JOHN WILLIAM³, HARRIS², JOHN BRAWNER¹) was born May 1851 in Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri. She married ROBERT ALEXANDER MORROW February 16, 1868 in Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri. He was born October 19, 1846 in Ozark, Greene County, Missouri, and died August 15, 1931 in Bolivar, Missouri.

Children of MARTHA GAMMON and ROBERT MORROW are:

	i.	CHARLES⁷ MORROW, b. 1869, Benton, Dallas County, Missouri.
	ii.	CORA MORROW, b. 1871, Benton, Dallas County, Missouri.
208.	iii.	EDWARD MORROW, b. 1873, Benton, Dallas County, Missouri; d. 1930, Marion, Williamson County, Illinois.
	iv.	CISSIE MORROW, b. 1877, Benton, Dallas County, Missouri.
	v.	THOMAS MORROW, b. 1879, Benton, Dallas County, Missouri.
	vi.	EARLA EUGENIA MORROW, b. July 1882, Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri.
	vii.	JESSIE E. MORROW, b. September 1887, Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri.

142. BEVERLY ALLEN⁶ GAMMON (WILLIAM GAMBLE⁵, WESLEY H.⁴, JOHN WILLIAM³, HARRIS², JOHN BRAWNER¹) was born 1855 in Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri ¹⁰⁶. He married SARAH BRUNDRIDGE, daughter of CORNELIUS BRUNDRIDGE and SIRENA LOFTIN. She was born 1858 in Missouri¹⁰⁶.

Notes for SARAH BRUNDRIDGE:
Biographical Sketch of Cornelius Brundridge, Dallas County, Missouri From
"Hi story of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski,
Phelps & D ent Counties, Missouri", Published 1889, Goodspeed Publishing
Company
Co rnelius Brundridge is a representative of one of the oldest families in
Dalla s County, they having first become residents in 1838. He was born in
Washingt on County, MO., September 30, 1829, and is a son of David and
Susan (Williams on) Brundridge, who were born in Kentucky and Ohio,
respectively, and died in Dallas County, MO., in 1875, their deaths
occurring June 18 and June 11. The former was about sixty-three years of
age, and the latter sixty- five. Their marriage took place in Washington
County, whither they had moved with their parents at an early day, and
they continued to reside there until the latter part of 1838, when they
became residents of Dallas County. They were members of the Methodist
Church for many years, and took great interest in the cause of
Christianity. The father was a member of the State Militia during the
la te war, and until the breaking out of the Rebellion was a Democrat
politicall y, after which he became a Republican. He was a strong Union
man, and through out a long and useful career was engaged in farming.
Eight of his children ar e still living: Cornelius, William A., Sophronia,
wife of Wilson Cooksey, Joh n, Nancy, wife of Thomas Hardison, Abraham,
Delila, wife of John Cooksey, and James D. Cornelius Brundridge resided
with his parents until twenty-four yea rs of age, and then engaged in
tilling the soil for himself, which he has con tinued, in connection with
stock raising, up to the present time, and has acc umulated a goodly
property. When the war broke out he first served six months in the State
Militia, and then enlisted in Company I, of the Eighth Cavalry, United
States Army, and after serving faithfully for three years was honorab ly
discharged, having been a participant in the following engagements:
Litt le Rock, Grand Prairie and others. April 10, 1853, he was married to
Serena L ofton, daughter of John Lofton. She was born in Maury County,
Tenn., January 4, 1830, and is the mother of seven living children:
Susan, wife of John Loft on, Sarah, wife of Beverly Gammons, Martha J.,
wife of John Saunders, G. F., Annie, Ella, John W. and Belle. Those
deceased are Margaret and Amanda. Mrs. Brundridge is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He belongs to the G .A.R., and is a Republican
in politics.

Child of BEVERLY GAMMON and SARAH BRUNDRIDGE is:

LOLA⁷ GAMMON, b. 1875, Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri¹⁰⁶.

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