MORRIS-SHAW: The family of Braxton Morris and Ursula Shaw

 

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Marriage Record Identification Number (MRIN 130)

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The family of Braxton Morris and Ursula Shaw
compiled by Beth Birchfield


Braxton Morris 
b. about 1811 in Virginia
d. 

Ursula Shaw
b. about 1813 in Kentucky
d. 

Braxton and Ursula married about 1838 in Kentucky. (Marriage date has been estimated by the year of birth of their first known child)


The 8 known children of Braxton and Ursula were:

  1. Simeon Morris 
    b. about 1839 in Kentucky
    d. 
      
  2. Barthena Morris 
    b. about 1840/1842 in Kentucky
    d. 
     
  3. William T. Morris 
    b. about 1843 in Kentucky
    d. 
     
  4. Nancy J. Morris 
    b. about 1845/1846 in Kentucky
    d. 
     
  5. Sarah Ann Morris 
    b. about 1848 in Ohio County, Kentucky
    d. 29 Mar 1898 in Muhlenburg County, Kentucky
    Sarah married William B. Bracken in 1866 (MRIN 68). Sarah was the mother of 7 children, one of whom perished on the RMS Titanic.
    She is buried in the Mt. Zion Cemetery in Central City, Muhlenburg County, Kentucky
     
  6. Benjamin Morris 
    b. about 1851/1852 in Kentucky
    d. 
     
  7. Martha Morris 
    b. about 1854 in Kentucky
    d. 
     
  8. Mary E. Morris 
    b. about 1857/1858 in Kentucky
    d. 
     

Sources for the above family were found in the following records/locations

Census Records. More detailed information to come.....

Contributors:
Laura Summers, Jennifer Kress and Beth Birchfield


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