Catherine Morris: Hiltner Genealogy

1893 - 1975 (82 years)

Generation: 1

Catherine Morris was born on 18 Mar 1893 in Putnam County, Ohio (daughter of Henry Morris and Mary Elizabeth Weller); died on 29 Apr 1975 in Cloverdale, Putnam County, Ohio; was buried in North Mount Zion Cemetery, Continental, Putnam County, Ohio.

Notes:

Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Spencer, 82, route 2, Ottawa, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Richardson Funeral Home, Continental. Rev. Ronald Maryin will officiate with burial in the North Mount Zion Cemetery near Continental. Mrs. Spencer died at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday in Paradise Oaks Nursing Home, Cloverdale, following an lengthy illness. She was born in Putnam County on March 18, 1893, to Henry and Mary (Weller) Morris. She married Cleopha Spencer on January 15, 1919 and he preceded her in death on January 3, 1955. Survivors include two sons, Wilbur, route 2, Cloverdale; Willis, route 2, Ottawa; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Rue, route 1, Continental; Mrs. Martha Mayes, route 1, Continental; Mrs. Elizabeth Burden, Defiance; Mrs. Margaret Friend, Hillsdale, Mich.; a brother, Daniel Morris, route 8 Defiance. She was a member of the Dupont Church of the Brethren. Putnam County Sentinel 30 Apr 1975.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143179516/catherine-spencer

Catherine married Cleopha Spencer on 15 Jan 1919. Cleopha was born on 31 Mar 1878 in Putnam County, Ohio; died on 3 Jan 1955 in Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio; was buried in North Mount Zion Cemetery, Continental, Putnam County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Henry Morris was born on 11 Jul 1862 in Allen County, Ohio (son of George Morris and Elizabeth Margaret Begg); died on 13 Apr 1935 in Putnam County, Ohio; was buried in North Mount Zion Cemetery, Continental, Putnam County, Ohio.

Other Events:

Occupation: farmer
Census: 1900, Monroe Township, Putnam County, Ohio
Census: 1910, Monroe Township, Putnam County, Ohio

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161937374/henry-morris

Henry married Mary Elizabeth Weller on 10 Feb 1889 in Putnam County, Ohio. Mary was born on 29 Nov 1859 in Hancock County, Ohio; died on 23 Mar 1950 in Putnam County, Ohio; was buried in North Mount Zion Cemetery, Continental, Putnam County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Elizabeth Weller was born on 29 Nov 1859 in Hancock County, Ohio; died on 23 Mar 1950 in Putnam County, Ohio; was buried in North Mount Zion Cemetery, Continental, Putnam County, Ohio.

Notes:

Name:
daughter of Jonathan Weller and Rebecca Burman

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161937437/mary-elizabeth-morris

Children:

Rebecca Morris was born on 5 Jan 1890 in Palmer Township, Putnam County, Ohio; died on 9 Jan 1988 in Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio; was buried in North Mount Zion Cemetery, Continental, Putnam County, Ohio.
George Morris was born on 7 Jun 1891 in Palmer Township, Putnam County, Ohio; died on 14 Mar 1955 in Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio; was buried in North Mount Zion Cemetery, Continental, Putnam County, Ohio.
1. Catherine Morris was born on 18 Mar 1893 in Putnam County, Ohio; died on 29 Apr 1975 in Cloverdale, Putnam County, Ohio; was buried in North Mount Zion Cemetery, Continental, Putnam County, Ohio.
Anna May Morris was born on 21 Jan 1895 in Palmer Township, Putnam County, Ohio; died on 15 Mar 1910 in Palmer Township, Putnam County, Ohio; was buried in North Mount Zion Cemetery, Continental, Putnam County, Ohio.
Elizabeth Morris was born on 26 Feb 1897 in Putnam County, Ohio; died on 3 Jun 1994 in Cloverdale, Putnam County, Ohio; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio.
Margaret Morris was born on 4 Jun 1899 in Putnam County, Ohio; died on 13 Apr 1987 in Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan; was buried in North Mount Zion Cemetery, Continental, Putnam County, Ohio.
Daniel Newton Morris was born on 13 Apr 1901 in Putnam County, Ohio; died on 10 Nov 2002 in Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio; was buried in Myers Cemetery, Defiance County, Ohio.
Martha M. Morris was born on 7 Aug 1903 in North Creek, Putnam County, Ohio; died on 16 Oct 1998 in Ottawa, Putnam County, Ohio; was buried in North Mount Zion Cemetery, Continental, Putnam County, Ohio.

Generation: 3

George Morris was born on 02 Oct 1833 in Allen County, Ohio (son of Henry Morris and Margaret Weaver); died on 16 Oct 1927 in Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio; was buried in Truro Cemetery, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio.

Other Events:

Occupation: farmer
Census: 1860, Monroe Township, Allen County, Ohio
Census: 1870, Monroe Township, Allen County, Ohio
Census: 1910, Monroe Township, Allen County, Ohio

Notes:

Pioneer Passes
George Morris, 93, succumbs to illness at farm home in Allen-co
Columbus Grove, Oct. 17 – (Special) – George Morris, retired farmer, of Monroe-tp, died at his home Sunday morning, following an illness of general debility. Had he lived until Thursday, he would have reached the age of 84 years. He lived his life-time in the some district, three miles southwest of Columbus Grove, where he was born in 1833.
Up to a few years ago, across the road, less than 60 rods away, lived Mrs. Elizabeth Hartman, who was 90 years of age at the time she died. She too was born in the same district in which she lived.
Morris and Mrs. Hartman were children of Judge Henry Morris, one of Allen-co’s first white settlers. The first white settler had arrived in Lima just two years before George Morris was born. A year before the Shawnees started their westward trek and Allen co was cleared of Indians.
Mrs. Hartman was not quite 30 when she was married and for 70 years she and her brother lived on adjoining farms. Altho the district is southwest of Columbus Grove, the farm lands lie in the Monroe-tp, Allen-co.
Morris saw the dense forests of northern Allen-co developed into fertile fields of the farming community.
He is survived by five children, Mrs. Maggie Morris Trumbo, of Columbus Grove; John B. Morris of Rushville, Ind., the Misses Anna and Catherine Morris and George Morris, Jr., residing at the family home. His wife died many years ago.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the country residence.
Interment will be in Truro cemetery, just south of his home.
The Lima News, Lima, Ohio. Monday, 17 October 1927, page 4.

From the 1870 US census
Name: George Morris
Age in 1870: 36
Birth Year: abt 1834
Birthplace: Ohio
Dwelling Number: 300
Home in 1870: Monroe, Allen, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Beaverdam
Occupation: Farmer
Male Citizen over 21: Y
Personal Estate Value: 655
Real Estate Value: 3600
Inferred Spouse: Sarah E Morris
Inferred Children: Margaret Morris
Nancy Morris
Martin Morris
Lovina Morris
Household Members:
Name Age
George Morris 36
Sarah E Morris 32
Margaret Morris 9
Henry Morris 8
Martin Morris 2
Lovina Morris 8/12

From the 1880 US census
Name: George Morris
Age: 46
Birth Date: Abt 1834
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1880: Monroe, Allen, Ohio, USA
Dwelling Number: 68
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital status: Married
Spouse's Name: Sarah Moris
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
Name Age
George Moris 46
Sarah Moris 42
Margret Moris 20
Henry Moris 18
Newton Moris 12
Levina Moris 10
John Moris 9
Ida Moris 6
Ira Moris 3

1920 US census - some of the adult children still live with their widowed father.
Name: George Morris
Age: 86
Birth Year: abt 1834
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1920: Monroe, Allen, Ohio
House Number: Farm
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: general farm
Employment Field: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Free or Mortgaged: Free
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
George Morris 86
Newton Morris 52
Annie S Morris 50
Ida M Morris 45

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75200914/george-morris

George married Elizabeth Margaret Begg on 17 Dec 1857 in Putnam County, Ohio. Elizabeth was born on 28 Mar 1836 in Ohio; died on 4 Oct 1865; was buried in Truro Cemetery, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Margaret Begg was born on 28 Mar 1836 in Ohio; died on 4 Oct 1865; was buried in Truro Cemetery, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio.

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201223593/elizabeth-morris

aged 28 yrs, 6 mo, 6 da.

Children:

William "Willie" Morris was born on 8 Dec 1858 in Monroe Township, Putnam County, Ohio; died on 19 Sep 1864 in Monroe, Monroe County, Indiana; was buried in Truro Cemetery, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio.
Marguerite M. “Margaret” Morris was born on 13 Sep 1860 in Allen County, Ohio; died on 11 Aug 1943 in Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio; was buried in Truro Cemetery, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio.
2. Henry Morris was born on 11 Jul 1862 in Allen County, Ohio; died on 13 Apr 1935 in Putnam County, Ohio; was buried in North Mount Zion Cemetery, Continental, Putnam County, Ohio.

Generation: 4

Henry Morris was born on 14 Apr 1806 in Bracken County, Kentucky (son of Joseph M. Morris and Lavina Drake); died on 08 Jan 1877 in Near Columbus Grove, Allen County, Ohio; was buried in Truro Cemetery, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio.

Other Events:

Occupation: Allen County Judge in Court of Common Pleas, appointed by the legislature, served for seven years.
Occupation: Baptist minister
Residence: Farm of Henry Morris
Census: 1850, Monroe Township, Allen County, Ohio
Census: 1870, Monroe Township, Allen County, Ohio
Residence: 1880, 1880 plat map Henry Morris farm 139 acres

Notes:

Henry and Margaret Morris settled on Section Three, Town Two, South Range, Seven East, in October 1832, in Putnam County, Ohio. They lived on the farm and farmed and Father preached the gospel of Jesus Christ until his death. They raised ten children. They were the first settlers in that neighborhood. Their nearest neighbor was [sic] S. S. and J. J. Clevenger, three miles west of them. Judge Henry Morris, a native of Kentucky, came to Clark County, Ohio with his parents in 1812, when but six years of age.
In the fall of 1832 he came to the farm on which his widow now lives, and where he died in 1877. It was then Putnam County, and in 1833 he was made the first associate judge of the Territory, which he held three years, and then resigned to attend to home duties. He was a leader in the affairs of the community, as well as in religious matters, being a teacher for over thirty years of the doctrine of predestination. His parents were Joseph M. and Lovina (Drake) Morris, who died in Clark County, Ohio. He was married August 30, 1832 to Margaret Weaver, born May 11, 1812, in Clark County, Ohio, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Hempleman) Weaver, natives of Virginia, but very early settlers of Clark County. The children born to this union were George, living in Monroe township, this county; Mrs. Elizabeth Hartman, residing in Monroe Township, this county; Mrs. Lovina Holcomb (deceased, leaving one son, Henry M., who is now residing in Russell County, Kansas); Joseph, a physician in Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio; Mrs. Sarah Crables [sic] (deceased, leaving a son, Henry M., in Russell County, Kansas, and a daughter, Mrs. Bogard [sic] in Putnam County, Ohio); Mrs. Mary Schaeffer, residing in Putnam County, Ohio; John, residing in Russell County, Kansas; Mrs. Ellen [sic] Schlosser [sic] and Mrs. Catherine Schlosser [sic].

From History of Allen County, Ohio. 1885.
Father H. Morris was a consistent members of the Old School Baptist Church and a fervent Democrat."

From data collected by William H. Morris. Dated 12-14-1966
Henry Morris followed farming but like his father, he was a minister of the gospel, in the Baptist faith, being recorded as one of the pioneer ministers in the history of Putnam County. His teacher was his father, Joseph Morris. It says he was ordained in a Baptist Church about fifty miles south of his home, in Oldtown [Chillicothe], in the same church where he and Margaret met.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:678927&id=I0053
1808 Family moved to Clark County Ohio
8 Oct 1832 Putnam County
1834 Judge
Became a judge when Putnam County was organized in 1834 in the Court of Common Pleas, served for 7 years. Good speaker. Always in demand at public gatherings.

Obituary from findagrave
DIED
At his residence, three miles west of Columbus Grove, Monday morning, January 8th, 1877, of paralysis of the heart, Henry Morris, aged 70 years, 8 months and 84 days.
One by one the old pioneers of the country are dropping into the grave, and but a little while and the tales of the early days will only be told by those who have heard them from the lips of those who have passed to their reward.
Henry Morris, better known throughout the country as "Judge" Morris, was born in Kentucky in 1806, and came to Clark county, this State, when only 4 years old. He remained in Clark county until 26 years of age, at which age he was married, and then moved to Putnam county, settling on the farm from which he will to-day be carried to the grave. This county was organized in 18[??], Mr. Morris settled here in 18[??], and in consequence of both labor and length of residence is entitled to be ranked as one of our pioneers. He was a constant Christian, a good neighbor, and leaves behind him a family of 8 children and his aged companion.
It is superfluous for us to undertake a eulogy of the virtues of the Judge before a community in which he has been so long established, but we can hardly refrain from saying that if the position occupied by the children of the Judge does not speak volumns in favor of their home training, then we have made a serious mistake in our conception of the result of home influence.
For the incidents of his death we are under obligations to Dr. Joseph Morris, a son, and one of our oldest practicing physician. He was called to his father the Sunday evening before death, his father complaining of sharp pains shooting across his breast and down his arms. The Doctor found the pulse at 60 per minute full and strong, and his condition very nearly normal. After a thorough diagnosis of the case he pronounced it Neuralgia, and leaving his directions returned to town.
Monday morning the Judge got up, dressed himself, and sat at the breakfast table with the family as usual, though still suffering considerably from the Neuralgia. After breakfast he asked Mrs. Morris to bring in some wood for the fire-place, and then laid down on the lounge in the sitting-room. Mrs. Morris brought in one load, and, in passing, asked him how he felt, to which he replied, "about the same." It was only a few steps to the wood house and perhaps not a half moment elapsed between the time of asking the question and the return of the lady with the second load of wood, but in that half moment the dark angel had come and gone and Henry Morris had passed out of the darkness into the light.
Doctor Morris tells us there were no dangerous symptoms at the time of the diagnosis the evening before, and the actions of Mr. Morris would indicate nothing serious, and expressed his opinion that the cause of death was the Neuralgia striking the heart producing paralysis of that organ.

Henry Morris Last will
Proceedings had in the probate court of Allen County Ohio held at the courthouse in Lima in said county on the 13th day of January AD 1877. Be it remembered that on the 13th day of January AD 1877 the court made an order herein which said order is in the words and figures following to wit: the last will and testament of Henry Morris was this day produced in court and thereupon came Daniel Schlosser Nathan Schlosser and Eliza J. Schlosser the three subscribing witnesses to said will and in open court upon their oathes testify to the due execution of said will which said testimony was reduced to writing and by said witnesses subscribed and filed with said will and the court being satisfied from said testimony that said will was legally attested and executed and that said testator at the time of executing the same was of full age and of sound mind and memory and under no restraint, ordered that said will and testimony be recorded and thereafter to wit on the 16th day of January AD 1877 came Margaret Morris the widow of said testator and upon hearing her rights under said will and also under the law fully explained to her by the court she did then and there elect to take under the said will G W Overmyer probate judge. The will referred to in forgoing order is herein recorded in the words and figures following to wit - I Henry Morris of Monroe Township, Allen County and state of Ohio being of sound mind and memory but advanced in years and somewhat feeble in body do make sign and seal this my last will and testament this nineteen 19th day of September One Thousand Eight and Hundred and Seventy Six in the manner following to wit after my debts and funeral expenses are paid I will my wife Margaret have all rents and profits of all the lands and real estate that I may be in possession of at my death and the interest on all money I may have on interest together with the interest on all money arising from the sale of any property. She having the right to sell any property, she may see fit the foregoing as giving in lieu of Dower so long as she may live or remain my widow, but if she sees fit to marry again then to have dower in real and personal property according to law, but under no circumstances she shall not sell or lease the real estate more than two years at one time, and I appoint my son George to rent the real estate collect rent take charge of her money collect interest and pay rent and interest to her yearly, and after the death of my wife Margaret my property both personal and real be disposed of in the following manner. The heirs of my daughter Levina have eight hundred dollars and the heirs of my daughter Sarah have eight hundred dollars. My son George have five hundred dollars, my daughter Elizabeth have five hundred dollars, my son Joseph have one hundred dollars, my daughter Mary have five hundred dollars, my son John B. have nine hundred dollars, my daughter Elenar have five hundred dollars, my daughter Katharine have five hundred dollars, and what may be left if any to be equally divided between my following named children (to wit), George, Elizabeth, Joseph Henry, Mary, John B., Elanor, and Katharine. I will my son George Morris to be executor of this my last will and testament. In testimony thereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal. Signed Henry Morris (seal), at the request of the testator and in his presence we subscribe our names as witnesses Daniel Schlosser Nathan Schlosser wife Eliza J. Schlosser. Testimon to said will referred to in the foregoing order is herein recorded in the words and figures following to wit: the state of Ohio Allen County SS. Allen Probate court we Daniel Schlosser Nathan Schlosser and Eliza J. Schlosser being duly sword in open court this 13th day of January AD 1877 depose and say that we were present at the execution of the last will and testimony of Henry Morris hereunto annexed that we saw the said Henry Morris the testator subscribe said will and heard him publish and declare the same to be his last will and testament and that the said testator at the time of executing the same was of full age and of sound mind and memory and not under any restraint and that we signed the same as witnesses at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other. Daniel Schlosser, Nathan Schlosser Eliza J. Schlosser sworn in open court and subscribed before me by said Daniel Schlosser Nathan Schlosser and Eliza Schlosser this 13th day of January AD 1877 and signed G W Overmyer Probate Judge.

Henry Morris
Monroe Township, Allen County, Ohio
Agriculture Census, 28 September 1850

Acres of Land
Improved - 100
Unimproved 105
Cash value of farm 5000
Value of farming implements and machinery 100

Livestock
Horses - 6
milch cows- 8
other cattle -16
sheep - 28
swine - 20
value of live stock – 400
wheat, bushels of - 464
Indian corn, bushels of – 800
Oats, bushels of, 50
Wool, lbs of – 100
Irish potatoes, bush. of - 100
Value of orchard produce in dollars - 14
butter, lbs of - 350
Cheese, lbs of - 100
Hay, tons of - 12
Maples sugar, lbs of – 5
Value of home manufacture - 30
Value of animals slaughtered - 30

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Henry Morris
Monroe Township, Allen County, Ohio
1860 Agriculture Census

Acres of Land -
Improved - 115
unimproved - 90
cash value of farm - 6150
value of farming implements and machinery - 6

Live Stock 1 June 1860
Horses - 11
Milch cows - 7
Working oxen -2
Other cattle - 17
Sheep - 54
Swine - 8
Value of live stock – 1112

Produce during the year ending June 1, 1860
Wheat, bushels of - 230
Rye, bushels of - 34
Indian corn, bushels of - 800
Oats, bushels of - 205
Wool, lbs of - 200
Irish potatoes, bushels of - 8
Butter, lbs of - 100
Hay, tons of - 4
Molasses, gallons of and from what made - 2
Value of animals slaughtered - 100

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Henry Morris
Monroe Township, Allen County, Ohio
Agriculture Census, 27 Jul 1870

Improved acres of land - 85
Woodland acres - 72
Value of farm - 6200
Value of farming implements and machinery - 110
Total amount of wages paid during the year including value of board – 75

Horses - 10
Milch cows - 6
other cattle - 8
sheep - 28
swine - 9
value of all livestock – 600
Winter wheat - 225
Indian corn - 750
Oats - 180
wool – 60
Irish potatoes – 20
butter – 400
Clover seed 20

Birth:
14 Apr 1804

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65300223/henry-morris

Henry married Margaret Weaver on 30 Aug 1832 in London, Madison County, Ohio. Margaret (daughter of George Weaver and Elizabeth Hempleman) was born on 11 May 1812 in South Charleston, Clark County, Ohio; died on 07 Sep 1891 in Near Columbus Grove, Allen County, Ohio; was buried in Truro Cemetery, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret Weaver was born on 11 May 1812 in South Charleston, Clark County, Ohio (daughter of George Weaver and Elizabeth Hempleman); died on 07 Sep 1891 in Near Columbus Grove, Allen County, Ohio; was buried in Truro Cemetery, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio.

Other Events:

Residence: Farm of Henry Morris
Census: 1880, Monroe Township, Allen County, Ohio

Notes:

Von Hof Erbert or Hofferbert Family History
by Florence Hofferbert Brenneman
A letter of Margaret Weaver Morris, (date and recipient unknown)
“We started for our new home October 2, 1832, with a yoke of oxens, a team of horses and a cow, which we had no trouble with for she followed the oxens. We had very little trouble from my father’s home to Bellefontaine as the path or road was wide enough for our wagons, but o the mud was deep, or so we thought then. We were told there was a good road cut through the forest to a small place called Lima, northwest of Bellefontaine, but this was not so. There was a path most of the way, but only wide enough for a horse or one man to walk through. We spent many days, and yes weeks, cutting down trees and dragging them out of the way, and then the mud was hub deep. It was bitter cold before we reached Lima. And when we did reach Lima we were a little disappointed, it was nothing but swamp. There were four families and a bachelor living in Lima. We met them all, they came cutting into the forest to meet us. I guess they were as glad to see us as we were to see them. I’ll never forget them. I was so afraid they would be the last white people I would see for a long time as my husband wanted to go north till he found good land. Their names were, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Absalom Brown, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Cole, Dr. and Mrs. William Cunningham, Mr. John Brewster and a baby girl, daughter of the Brown’s. Of all that we had to go through I believe the hardest for me was to leave Lima, not because it was beautiful, but because of the people. Maybe I should write something in this letter about Lima, I have already told you about the people, so I’ll tell you about the corn mill that was there. It was a stump of a big trees center burned out and a log attached to the end of a young sapling bent over to act as a pestle. It worked alright but it took a day, from sunrise to sunset to convert a bushel of corn into samp. There was no newspaper, no inlet or outlet either by rail or earth. There was one small creek, where Indians had learned to raise hogs and drove the hogs to the creek to water each day and so the Indians called it Keshko sepe, meaning hog river and the white men called it Hog Creek. That was Lima, Ohio. We tried to find a path cut through to the north but they told us there wasn’t any, that no one but Indians were north of Lima and their paths went in from some other way. There was a family that went west of Lima that same year and settled on something that sounded like sugar creek. But my husband wasn’t going west, he was going north, so we came north. I knew we did not come straight north as some of the trees were too big for us to cut so we went around them. But the road we cut was traveled by many a settler and is still being used as a road. It was winter when we finally reached a ridge of good farming land. We staked off 160 acres of this government land on the ridge and paid $1.25 per acre for it. We built a house 16 ft. square out of poles and my husband chink and daub the house. We built a fire in one end of it, allowing the smoke to go out of the house through the cracks and crevices. The door was also the window, as it grew colder, much below zero, my husband fashioned a door of poles, and made hinges of hides. We lived this way for a year. We then built a log cabin with puncheon floor, and a square hole with paper pasted over it for a window. This was equal to the finest home in these parts.
We brought three barrels of flour with us which lasted a year, with corn meal. We had plenty of wild meat, such as deer and turkey, and we gathered wild berries. But I remember one winter, I think it was in 1834 as George was just a baby, we were without bread for four months, as the nearest place we could get grinding done was Cherokee, in Logan county, or Sidney in Shelby county. But we had plenty of pumpkins and squashes and a few potatoes. My husband worked hard clearing the ridge and as soon as we would get a spot cleared we would plant it. The country was beautiful here, but I did get lonesome for other people. My husband, Henry, was born in Kentucky, the son of Joseph and Lavina, and he knew nothing but fighting the Indians or making friends with them and clearing forest. He was a small boy when he came to Ohio with his father but he remembers it so clearly and how he worked with his father to cut a road from the Ohio River to Oldtown and then to their homestead near South Charleston, Ohio.
O, the joy I felt when one day Henry was out hunting for meat for our dinner and he was east on the ridge and he thought he saw a piece of white cloth blowing in the wind through the trees. He went very quickly to see what it could be and discovered we had neighbors. After almost four years of loneliness we had neighbors. Their name was Turner and they had taken up a homestead a few miles to the east of us. They were as glad to see us as we were to see them. A few days after this our first little girl was born and we named her Elizabeth.”

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65300077/margaret-morris

Notes:

Married:
Met at church. Were married in Margaret's home, the finest home in the state of Ohio.

Children:

4. George Morris was born on 02 Oct 1833 in Allen County, Ohio; died on 16 Oct 1927 in Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio; was buried in Truro Cemetery, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio.
Elizabeth Morris was born on 28 Sep 1835 in Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio; died on 31 Aug 1923 in Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio; was buried in Truro Cemetery, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio.
Lavina Morris was born on 3 Apr 1837 in Allen County, Ohio; died on 10 Nov 1857 in Allen County, Ohio; was buried in Truro Cemetery, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio.
Dr. Joseph Morris was born on 10 Dec 1838 in Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio; died on 24 Jan 1902 in Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio; was buried in Truro Cemetery, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio.
Sarah Morris was born on 06 Oct 1840 in Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio; died on 04 Apr 1864; was buried in Truro Cemetery, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio.
Henry Morris was born on 3 Dec 1842 in Ohio; died on 30 Apr 1895 in Watonwan County, Minnesota; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Saint James, Watonwan County, Minnesota.
Mary Morris was born on 05 Aug 1845 in Near Columbus Grove, Allen County, Ohio; died on 10 Oct 1902 in North Creek, Putnam County, Ohio; was buried in Monroe Cemetery, Continental, Putnam County, Ohio.
John Benjamin Morris was born on 22 Jul 1847 in Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio; died on 19 Nov 1895 in Neosho Falls, Woodson County, Kansas; was buried in Cedarvale Cemetery, Neosho Falls, Woodson County, Kansas.
Ellen Morris was born on 25 Jul 1849 in Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio; died on 11 Nov 1923 in Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio; was buried in Truro Cemetery, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio.
Catherine Morris was born on 7 Aug 1851 in Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio; died on 25 May 1934 in Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio; was buried in Truro Cemetery, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio.

Hiltner, Schafer Families

including Morris, Weaver and Hempleman

Catherine Morris