Walter Ellis Morrison

born: 23 Oct 1896, near Keswick,Keokuk Co.,Iowa
died: 30 Apr 1986, Iowa City,Iowa
bur.: 2 May 1986, Webster,Keokuk Co.,Iowa, at Sorden Cemetery
spouse: Rena Ethel SCHILLING
marr: 24 Dec 1919, Keokuk Co.,Iowa
born: 19 Mar 1893
died: 2 Nov 1924, Webster,Keokuk Co.,Iowa
bur.: Webster,Keokuk Co.,Iowa, at Sorden Cemetery
Children:
Ellis Lloyd Morrison
spouse: Bonnie Mabel HART
marr: 17 Sep 1925
born: 22 Jul 1908, Colfax,Jasper Co.,Iowa
died: 8 Jul 1939, Oskaloosa,Mahaska Co.,Iowa, at Mahaska hospital
bur.: 10 Jul 1939, Webster,Keokuk Co.,Iowa, at Sorden Cemetery
Children:
Kenneth Dale Morrison
Max Elroy Morrison
Beverly Jean Morrison

Pedigree Chart

                      |--------William MORRISON (1805, Ireland - 1879, Ireland)
                      |
           |---------James MORRISON (1841, Ireland - 1912, Iowa)
           |          |
           |          |--------Mary Jane THOMPSON (1807, Ireland - 1879, Ireland)
           |
  |------Edward MORRISON (1874, Iowa - 1938, Iowa)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------Thomas MORGAN (1814, KY - 1903, Iowa)
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Harriett Ann ``Hattie'' MORGAN (1854, Iowa - 1884, CA)
  |                   |
  |                   |--------Polly BALLARD (1814, Indiana - 1856, Iowa)
  |
Walter Ellis MORRISON (1896, Iowa - 1986, Iowa)
  |
  |                   |--------
  |                   |
  |        |---------Isaac E. STRUBLE (1845 - 1912)
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |
  |------Nellie May STRUBLE (1876, Illinois - 1901, Iowa)
           |
           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------Sarah E. (1852 - 1938)
                      |
                      |--------
Ellis enlisted in the army in 1918 and served in France. According to his sister Mary Ferne, Ellis ``left for service, he told me, the day after I (Ferne) was born and got home the day after our mother died.''

Ellis spent most of his adult life in the Keswick community, except for the last nine years. which he spent with his daughter and son-in-law, Beverly and Pete Montross of rural Millersburg. He was active in the American Legion, mayor of Keswick, and served on the school board for many years. He farmed northeast of Keswick. He operated a feed and poultry store for 20 years and later sold seed corn.

Lyman Morrison remembered:

All of the children were good athletes and Ellis was a team father; he never missed a game and was standing up cheering the whole game. He went home hoarse more than once. He had a large house in Keswick that served as a family gathering place, such as funerals and reunions.

After his marriage to Mabel, they lived near Webster for a year, then moved to a farm near White Pigeon, and later to Keswick.

Ellis commissioned the Ulter Historical Foundation in the 1970s to do some of the research into his grandfather, James' Irish origins.

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