Daniel C WINTERS Barcena WINTERS Wiley B WINTER Benjamin L WINTER Troy WINTERS Jane WINTER James G WINTER Timothy Wilson MORRIS Lavinia Elliott MCDANIEL Mini tree diagram
Caroline Elizabeth WINTER

Caroline Elizabeth WINTER6,1,7,2,8,3,4,5

18411,2,3,4,5 - 29th Aug 18793,4

Life History

1841

Born in Morris County, Texas.1,2,3,4,5

1859

Married Timothy Wilson MORRIS.4

29th Aug 1879

Died in Morris County, Texas.3,4

Typhoid Fever

about 29th Aug 1879

Buried in Concord Cemetery, Omaha, Morris County, Texas.4

Notes

  • "Hi.  I descend from Lavina Winters's daughter Caroline Winter Morris."
    --  Jeanie Confer, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins 30 August 2019

    1850 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 5 November, Precinct 4, page 761, Hse/Fam #1
    ** Benjamin S Winter 25 M Farmer $450 Real Estate Value b Alabama Married within the year [born abt 1825] **
    ** Mary J Winter 17 F Born Penn Married within the year [born abt 1833] **
    - Hse #1, Fam #2 -
    John B Thomson 23 M Merchant No Real Est rptd b Penn [born abt 1827]
    J E Thomson 12 F b Penn [born abt 1843]
    S A Thomson 9 F b Penn [born abt 1845]

    - Hse #2, Fam #3 -
    William Thomson 50 M Farmer $640 Real Estate b South Carolina [born abt 1800]
    Davis Thomson 46 F b Alabama [born abt 1838]
    Joseph C Thomson 3 M b Tex [born abt 1847]
    ** James G Winter 15 M Laborer b Ala [born abt 1835] **
    ** Caroline [Winter] 9 F b Tex [born abt 1841] **
    Parker Culberth 19 M Laborer b Ala [born abt 1831]
    M H Riley 52 M b Ohio [born abt 1798]

    Another researcher give s her full name as Catherine Elizabeth Winters.  This gives us a middle name.  But for the first name, I will follow her descendant, who gives the name as Caroline, not Catherine.  The name Caroline, howevre, is also affirmed by some genealogies.

    Catherine Elizabeth Winters rather than C E Morris
    Parents Daniel Winters and Lavina
    --  P Utley, Comment on a census record on Ancestry, 12 June 2010

    Caroline married T W Morris about 1859.  By the October 1860 census enumeration they had a six-month old daughter.

    1860 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 5 October, Beat 3, page 72, Hse #485, Fam #497
    T W Morris 21 M Farmer $1000 Real Estate $800 Pesonal Estate b Alabama
    C E Morris 23 F b Texas
    M I Morris 6mos F b Texas

    Her son D M Morris' death certificate identifies her simply as Elisabeth Morris.

    Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
    D M Morris
    Birth 14 April 1871 Titus County
    Father T W Morris, born Alabama
    Mother Elisabeth Morris, born Alabama
    Informant Frank Morris, Cookville
    Death 18 April 1928 Cookville, Titus County
    Cause of Death Cholecystitis
    Burial 19 April 1928 Gladewater Cemetery, by G C Garrett
    Filed 23 April 1928

    The 1870 census also listed her as Elizabeth Morris.

    1870 Federal Census, Titus County, Texas, 15 July, P O Mount Pleasant, page 45, Hse/Fam#288
    Morris, Timothy M 35 M W Farmer $400 Real Estate Value $400 Personal b Alabama
    Morris, Elizabeth 26 F W Keeping House b Texas
    Morris, Mary J 10 F W At Home b Texas Cannot Read or Write
    Morris, Eli W  8 M W b Texas
    Morris, Sarah F 2 F W b Texas

    Elizabeth died of Typhoid Fever in August 1879.  The 1880 census Mortality Schedule reported her under her reversed initials, E C Morris.

    U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885
    E C Morris
    White Female, Married
    Age 39, Birth abt 1840 Texas, USA
    Death Date Aug 1879
    Cause of Death Typhoid Fever
    1880 Census Morris County, Texas, USA, Enumeration District 95, Line 11

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    Caroline Elizabeth Winter Morris
    Birth 1841 Morris County, Texas, USA
    Death 29 Aug 1879 (aged 37-38) Morris County, Texas, USA
    Burial Concord Cemetery Omaha, Morris County, Texas
    Spouse Timothy Wilson Morris 1836-1927 (m. 1859)

    Children:
    Mary Jane Morris Rodgers 1859-1900
    Eli Wilson Morris 1866-1922
    Sarah Fannie Morris Clayton 1869-1953
    Dan Manuel Morris 1871-1928
    Julia Belle Morris Hervey 1873-1943
    John H Morris 1875-1914
    Exie M Morris 1878-1930

    Created by Chrystal 20 Nov 2007
    --  Find A Grave Memorial 22997198, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22997198/caroline-elizabeth-morris
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