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- "Wife of JW Died Feb (?) 23 1868 aged (buried)"
Nancy J Morris has a cenotaph listing her name on a headstone in Forest Grove Cemetery, but she is buried in Bradley Cemetery.
From Madison Co OH marriage index:
Nancy J Bradley married May 4, 1856 John W. Morris. They had a child Nettie Morris b. 1858 who died at age 2 mos. It appears Nancy Jane (Bradley) Morris may have died from complications of childbirth. Both mother and child buried here.
John W. Morris was a son of David Morris b. 1807 and Sarah Weaver b. 1814
Nancy Jane Bradley is on 1850 census with her parents James Lawson Bradley age 44 and Elizabeth (Mark) Bradley. On the 1860 census John W. Morris is back living with his parents David and Sarah (Weaver) Morris. He was 28.
From the History of Madison County, Ohio (Canaan) Bio Section
JAMES L. BRADLEY, deceased. The subject of this sketch was born in Virginia December 9, 1806, and died September 14, 1881. He was married September 30, 1832 to Elizabeth, daughter of James and Nancy (Vankirk) Mark. She was born December 7, 1814, her father was born February 14, 1783 and died December 10, 1845. Her mother was born November 3, 1787. Our subject was the father of seven children-three boys and four girls, of which number 3 are living, viz: Nancy deceased born September 6, 1833; Alma born February 3, 1836; James M. born November 14, 1838 and died August 10, 1841; Eliza Ann born February 7, 1842: David born April 14, 1844, deceased; Elizabeth deceased, born November 14, 1846; and Mathias, born September 14, 1854. Our subject came to an untimely end while crossing the railroad between his farm and Plain City. He owned nearly nine hundred acres of land five miles southwest of Plain City. He was a successful farmer and a large stock raiser.
Page 1068 History of Madison Co W.H. Beers (Chicago, 1883)
JOSIAH MORRIS, farmer, P.O. Rosedale. David Morris, father of the subject of this sketch, was born November 24, 1807, in Kentucky. With his parents, Joseph and Levinah (Drake) Morris, about 1812, he came to Clark County, Ohio. On January 14, 1831, he married Sarah Weaver, daughter of George and Elizabeth Weaver. To them were born six children, five of whom are now living — John W., Benjamin F., Solomon, Josiah and Surrilda. Directly after his marriage, Mr. Morris located for five years in Logan County, Ohio. From thence he came to Madison County, Ohio, and settled in the northern portion of Monroe Township, where he now resides. His wife died March 10, 1881. He has served as Trustee, Treasurer and Justice of the Peace in Monroe Township. Politically, he is a Republican, and the owner of 300 acres of land. Josiah Morris, the subject of this sketch, was born March 23, 1837, in Madison County, Ohio. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a rudimentary education. On May 26, 1862, he enlisted in the Eighty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for a term of three months, the regiment, however, was not called into active service, and he received an honorable discharge September 20, 1862. On July 4, 1863, he was elected Captain of Company E, Second Regiment Ohio Militia, for a term of five years. On February 21, 1865, he married Miss Orpha Sidebottom. By this union there has been an issue of two children — Carrie and Rosa. About the year 1859, Mr. Morris went on a Western tour to Missouri, where he spent three years. He then returned to his home in Madison County. He is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge, No. 311, at Plain City, and the owner of 181 acres of land.
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