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Post by Diane Merkel on Oct 19, 2012 7:31:13 GMT -6
I'm glad Fred found you, anni!
Thanks for verifying the two are the same.
Diane
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Post by Diane Merkel on Jun 7, 2013 7:49:45 GMT -6
From a website visitor:
In respect to Judge William Ephraim Morris: Admitted to the [New York] state bar on September 23, 1886. He received a gunshot wound to the left breast near the battle of the Little Bighorn. He was part of Major Reno's Seventh Cavalry command. He resided at 2780 Pond Place, Bronx, New York. He is featured in Volume 3, page 265, of The Bronx and Its People, published by The Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1927.
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Post by Carl on Mar 11, 2016 21:34:23 GMT -6
The following is find a grave website. This is the father of William E. Morris. My Note: 1854 is not the birth year of Wm. E. Jr.
William E Morris
Birth: May 11, 1832 Rochester Monroe County New York, USA Death: Oct. 11, 1878 Boston Suffolk County Massachusetts, USA
Son of Halstead William Morris (1805 – 1880) & Hannah Tooley Morris (1805 – ). Married Lovinia Bolton Tibbetts about 1853. Father of
William Ephraim Morris (1854 – 1933)
"Billy" Morris, The Minstrel
William Morris, familiarly know as "Billy," died at the residence of his brother Charles, 19 Ashland Street, yesterday morning. He has been in poor health for a long time, and had been confined to the house for three or four weeks. He was about forty-seven years old. He has been widely known throughout New England for twenty or more years as a member and part proprietor of the Morris Brothers, Fell & Trowbridge Minstrels. His last trip was with his brother Charles's orchestration, and his last appearance in Boston was in Beethoven Hall last winter. -- Obituary appeared on Tuesday, 19 Feb 1878 in the Boston Daily Advertiser (Boston, MA), Vol 131, Issue 43, page 2.
Family links: Spouse: Lovinia Bolton Tibbetts Tarbox Morris (1834 - 1918)* Children: William Ephriam Morris (1854 - 1933)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Unknown Specifically: Buried in Medford, Massachusetts
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Post by Carl on Mar 12, 2016 20:41:30 GMT -6
It seems to me that Morris himself (1900 census) said 1858 was his birth year.
There are several accounts given by Morris of his activities on 25 June.
1. Letter to Editor, Record, Aug 1892 2. Interview, New York Herald, 4 Aug 1895 3.St. Albans Daily Messenger, 5 Jun 1897 4.Letter to Cyrus T. Brady, 21 Sep 1904 5.Walter Camp, Interview, Nov 1908 and/or24 Dec 1909] 6.New York Sun Account, 22 Jun 1913 7.Letter to Robert Bruce, 23 May 1928
Morris the Lawyer, Judge, and Capt 69th NY Inf was the same as the Private in Co. M.
He may have been a worthless character per his Company Commander, but it is apparent he was an intelligent and probably observant individual.
If you peruse his accounts, you will note that he mentions many of his fellow soldiers by name and an account of their death or wounding. His accounts, in the main, are consistent. He was there on June 25, he was wounded.
Quite an ordeal for an 18 year old.
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