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DANIEL MORRIS, Company "A"


Submitted by Gary Chambers

     DANIEL MORRIS, s/o Nathaniel & Cynthia, was born 25 Mar 1838 in Ohio and died 06 Jun 1921 in Cameron, Marshall County, W.Va. He married NANCY JANE IMHOFF 02 Jul 1867 in Marshall County, daughter of NATHANIAL IMHOFF and CYNTHIA REASTER. She was born Aug 1840 in PA and died 22 Jun 1918 in Cameron, Marshall County, WV. Daniel and Nancy are buried in Big Run Cemetery, Marshall County.

OBITUARY - On Monday morning at three o'clock, June 6th, 1921, at his home in Cameron, occurred the death of Daniel Morris after an illness of four days.
     He was born March 25, 1838, and was aged 83 years, two months and 12 days.
     He enlisted in the Civil War when quite young, belonging to Co. A., 12th Regiment.
     He is the father of seven children, five daughters and two sons, namely Alice Burleigh of Ben, Oregon, Elmer Morris of Cameron, Della Gray of Woodruff, Jennie Chambers of Cameron, Flora Enoch of Cameron, Dannie Morris of Washington, Pa., and Rosa Robbins of Benwood.
     His wife departed this life June 22, 1918.
     It was hard to give up dea Father but God knows best. His will, not ours, be done. Although we will not meet him in this world again let us live so we will meet him in a better world where no parting tears are shed and no goodbyes are spoken.

Dearest Father thou has left us.
     And our loss we deeply feel,
But tis God who has bereft us;
     He will all our sorrows heal.
     He was laid to rest in Big Run cemetery beside his wife.
Written by a DAUGHTER.

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