James Bishop Morris and Gladys Arminta (Bradshaw) Morris Photograph taken in the early 1970's when they traveled to visit their adult children in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. James Bishop Morris Date of Birth: 01 Sep 1904, Carter County, Kentucky Date of Death: 27 Jul 1994, Grayson, Carter County, Kentucky Burial: Pope Cemetery in Leon, Carter County, Kentucky Direct Morris Ancestors of James Bishop Morris Benjamin B. Morris (1884-circa 1906) & Julia Belle Steele (1886-1969) Pardon T. Morris (1859-1912) & Sarah F. Sparks (1861-1946) Benjamin B. Morris (1833-1908) & Louisa Griffith (1835-after 1880) Pardon A. Morris (1811-1875) & Dianah Sparks (circa 1810-after 1880) Benjamin E. Morris (circa 1770-1833) & Elizabeth Caines (1785-1852) *First three listed ancestors born in Lawrence County, Kentucky. Pardon A. Morris born in Floyd County, Kentucky and Benjamin E. Morris born in Colony of Virginia. Gladys Arminta (Bradshaw) Morris Date of Birth: 10 Mar 1908, Leon, Carter County, Kentucky Date of Death: 14 Sep 1980, Grayson, Carter County, Kentucky Burial: Pope Cemetery in Leon, Carter County, Kentucky Parents of Gladys Arminta Bradshaw Frank Bradshaw (1872-1942) & Mary Jane Pope (1875-1971) *For more information regarding Gladys' ancestors, please see photographs for "Frank Bradshaw" and "Mary Jane Pope." James & Gladys married 11 Feb 1927 in Carter County, Kentucky. They raised their children on Fourmile Road in Leon, Carter County, Kentucky and later in life relocated to Grayson. They had the following children: 1. Nelva Jean Morris (1928-2003), married John Dee Shearer 2. Kenneth Elmo "Bud" Morris (1930-1938) 3. Anna Pearl Morris (1933-2006), married Homer Markin, Jr. 4. John Paul Morris (1935-2006), married Ruth Agnes James 5. Marvin Clifton Morris (1936-2000), married Janet LaFaun Bush 6. Willa Rose Morris (1939-Living), married Charles Ray Hay (divorced) then Peter Joseph Holkenborg 7. Hilda Fern Morris (1943-Living), married William Jay "B.J" Carroll 8. Frankie Dewan Morris (1948-Living), married Carl Edward Campbell (divorced) then Edward Van Cura
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