Just update praying that someone out there might have a clue. I am looking for information on G Grandfather J H "Whitson" Morris info says he was born 1833 in Arkansas. I have traced him from 1860 until his death in 1902 in Oklahoma. Inforamtion I have is 1860 - 1870 - 1880 - Census - Headstone pictures of his grave and G Grandmother as well. I have a page of the Registery of his funeral record with date and location of burial. (no death records before 1908 and hard to find any before 1940) I have the application for license of his daughters marriage license date 1895. I feel they had to be here in Oklahoma somewhere between 1880 and 1895. I have transcription of headstone of his grandson from his daughter Emma. I also have death record of his oldest daughter that list the name of Father J H and Mother Sarah Day as the parents. I have a crude picture of Aunt Emma and Sarah F Day Morris with G Aunt Emma's family I can date the picture between 1891 and 1898 due to the fact that aunt Emma's Oldest son was in the picture and he died 1998.
I have included the name Whitson because he used it one time on the 1870 census that is the only time it appeared as as anything but J H W. I feel the name could be nickname. I have a feeling that he could have been born in Tennessee and just raised in Arkansas since that is where the parents are said to have been born. I know there are several files out there that give him other names, just search them out the info doesn't support their claim.
I have been looking for him a long time and no other name comes up in census but the ones I have stated. I hope someone else out there that is looking gets in touch with me. I will tell you the date on his headstone is 1833 The 1870 census is the only one that the date matches the above date. This man had a problem with dates I think he was either older on one and younger on the other.
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