Sources Used in My Family History
- S1 Obituary of Lyman Morrison, in Sigourney (Iowa) News-Review, April 24, 1996.
- S2 An obituary for the respective person, publication unknown, copy in possession of Dennis Nicklaus and Lyman Morrison. The place of publication can sometimes be guessed from the text.
- S3 Miscellaneous family history notes of Lyman Morrison from 1994-1995.
- S4 Letter from Mary Ferne (Morrison) Franklin to Dennis Nicklaus, April 1997. This included an audio cassette with several memories on it.
- S5 Obituary of Lois Scurlock, in Knoxville, Iowa Journal Express, 19 Mar 1999.
- S6 Obituary of Lois Scurlock, in The Des Moines Register, 25 Feb 1999.
- S7 Certificate of Baptism for Mary Helen Morrison.
- S8 Visit in Sheetz Home, in Sigourney News--Review, 14 Jan 1998.
- S9 Visits in Sheetz's Home, in Sigourney News--Review, May 14, 1997. Mr. and Mrs. Marc Jolley visit Helen Sheetz.
- S10 Obituary of Edward Morrison, in Keokuk County News, February 10,1938. Also another obituary dated January 26, 1938, newspaper unknown, in poss. of L. Morrison and D. Nicklaus
- S11 Letters to Trudy Morrison Heiman, Mary Ferne Morrison Franklin. (Unpublished)
- S12 Letter from Ida (Scott) Medlin to Trudy (Morrison) Heiman May 6, 1978.
- S13 Keswick, Iowa, 1879-1979 : Centennial Album, Mildred Furney, editor, Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth Pub. Co, 1979.
- S14 Letters to Trudy Morrison Heiman, Alice Morrison Mahannah, at possession of Dennis Nicklaus. Unpublished, one dated 18 March 1979, another sometime after that.
- S15 Obituary of Walter Morrison, May 7, 1986. Newspaper unknown, in poss. LM and DN.
- S16 Funeral Card for W. Ellis Morrison. Copy received 1999 from Rita Keller.
- S17 Obituary of Bonnie Hart, in Keokuk County News, July 13, 1939. Also another obit in the North English, Iowa, newspaper, on LDS film 1003429.
- S18 Ulster Historical Foundation report prepared for Walter Ellis Morrison of Iowa, USA.
- S19 Keokuk Co., Iowa Return of Birth Record for Omer Lester Morrison. From Keokuk Co. birth records.
- S20 Obituary of Mary Etta Scott, February 9, 1919. Newspaper unknown, in poss. of L. Morrison and D. Nicklaus.
- S21 Iowa State Department of Health Standard Certificate of Birth for Ruth Morrison. Photocopy received Nov, 2000. Child's first name isn't on the certificate. The mother, Mary Etta Scott, gives her birthplace as Humboldt Co., Iowa.
- S22 Obituary of Orville Morrison, in North English, Iowa, newspaper, 27 Jul 1944, Filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Microfilm Number 1003429.
- S23 Social Security Death Index. Viewed At LDS Family History Centers on CD-ROM and over the internet.
- S24 Obituary of Raymond Morrison, in Sigourney News-Review, June 19, 1996.
- S25 Obituary of Fernand Morrison, in Rocky Mountain News, Sunday, Feb. 25, 1990. Also an obituary in the Denver Post, March 1, 1990.
- S26 Obituary of James Morrison, in North English, Iowa paper, Filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Microfilm Number 1003429. This says he imm. in Summer 1863, settled in Illinois, then came to Iowa in 1867.
- S27 The History of Keokuk County, Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa: Union Historical Company, 1880, at Wisconsin State Historical Soc. Library, microfilm P78-2608.
- S28 Baptisms of Second Ballywalter Presbyterian Church, Co. Down, Ireland, Filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Microfilm Number 1058432 batch 7613910.
- S29 Iowa County Death Records Transcripts for 1912, page 14, death record 3 Death Certificate of James Morrison, at possession of Dennis Nicklaus.
- S30 Sadie's Recollection of the Past, Sadie Morrison Shuger. (Unpublished, about one type-written page)
- S31 Homestead Presbyterian Church Records of Dean Bollman. Described by Dean Bollman in various email messages in 1997. Also in Dean's records are an original title abstract for the farm his ancestors bought from the estate of James Donnan, Jr.
- S32 Millisle and Ballycopeland Presbyterian Church, A Short History, Rev. T. Kilpatrick, M.A., Newtownards, Co. Down, N. Ireland: 1934. Quoted on the internet at http://www.rootsweb.com/ilrockis/immigra.htm %(remove the before the ~)
- S33 Atlas of Keokuk Co. Iowa, 1874.
- S34 Naturalization record from the Keokuk County courthouse records. Copy in possession of Dennis Nicklaus.
- S35 Land Indexes of Keokuk county, Iowa. Transcribed from Keokuk County courthouse records by Lyman Morrison 1995.
- S36 Los Angeles county Hall of Records, Registrar and Clerks office. Book 110, Pages 349-350 (purchase). Book 128, pages 638 and 639 (sale). Copied from microfilm records Jan 12, 1994 by Lyman Morrison.
- S37 Letter to Mary Teresa (Shannon) Morrison dated 26 Jun 1973, Walter Ellis Morrison, at possession of Dennis Nicklaus. There is another copy with basically the same information, but slightly different which was ``printed by Harold Morrison'' and given to D. Nicklaus by Charlene (Morrison) Hedrick.
- S38 1885 Iowa State census, Keokuk County.
- S39 A Genealogical and Biographical History of Keokuk County, Iowa, Chicago and New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1903, at Wisconsin State Historical Soc. Library, Cutter Call Numbers.
- S40 Obituary of Jesse Morrison, in Denver Post, Sunday, May 21, 1961.
- S41 Conversations between Catherine M. ``Katy'' (Morrison) Amato and Sherry (Morrison) Fowler in 1993, passed along by Sherry.
- S42 Obituary of Rose Troger, in North English, Iowa paper, Filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Microfilm Number 1003429.
- S43 Obituary of Catherine (Macht) Troger, in North English, Iowa newspaper, Filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Microfilm Number 1003429.
- S44 Obituary of Benjamin Morrison, in The Mapleton Press,, Thursday, October 25, 1962.
- S45 Obituary of Charles Morrison, in North English, Iowa, newspaper, 11 Aug 1955, Filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Microfilm Number 1003429.
- S46 Index of Oakdale Cemetery, Wilton, Iowa. http://www.rootsweb.com/iamuscat/cemetery/oakdale2.htm
- S47 Letters from Charlene (Morrison) Hedrick to Dennis Nicklaus 1996-97.
- S48 Death certificate for Morley Morrison. DuPage County, Illinois, District 22.0B, number 86.
- S49 Morley Morrison (Obituary). Publication unknown. Photocopy of a newspaper clipping with D. Nicklaus.
- S50 Obituary of Albert Morrison, in newspaper unknown, August 13, 1952, at poss. of L. Morrison and D. Nicklaus.
- S51 Probate records of Bert Morrison, sent from Lyman Morrison to D. Nicklaus in 1995.
- S52 The Litzenbergs in America 1750-1947, J.E. Litzenberg, Ann Arbor,Michigan: J.E. Litzenberg, 1948, at Wis. State His. Soc. Library.
- S53 Gravestone Inscriptions, County Down, Clarke, R. S. J. (Richard Samuel Jessop), Belfast: Ulster-Scot Historical Society, 1966-, Volume Ballywalter Volume, at Univ. of Wisconsin Memorial Library.
- S54 Will of William Morrison Found at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast by Elma Wickens and sent in October, 1997. The copyright stamp on the photocopy of the will includes the notation MIC 15C/2/19..
- S55 Irish University Press 1000-volume Series of British Parliamentary Papers. Population Volumes 12-14: 1851 Census of Ireland., Numbers 319-321, at Univ. of Wisconsin Memorial Library Reference Section.
- S56 Tithe Applotment Books for Co. Down, Ireland, 1833. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland document number FIN V/50. quoted in Ulster Historical Foundation reports for Morrison families.
- S57 1863 Griffith's Valuation of Tenements. cited in a report to Hugh and Angela Morrison of New Zealand by the Ulster Historical Foundation.
- S58 Ulster Historical Foundation report UHF4/89/148. prepared for Hugh and Angela Morrison of New Zealand
- S59 From Ballyferris to Hikutaia; John and Sarah Morrison and Their Family, Angela Morrison, compiler, Hugh G. and Angela Morrison, Vedders Road, RD4 Paeroa, New Zealand: self-published manuscript, copy in possession of D. Nicklaus, 1990. Researched by Angela Morrison and Marise Morrison. Story originally narrated by Sadie Strange.
- S60 Copy Register of Freeholders in Ards Barony 1813-1821. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland document number D654/A3/1E quoted in Ulster Historical Foundation reports for Morrison families.
- S61 Index of Down, Ireland Wills and Administration Bonds. cited in Ulster Historical Foundation report to Ellis Morrison of of Iowa and Angela and Hugh Morrison of New Zealand.
- S62 Letters from Elma (Morrison) Wickens. of 12 Dellmount Drive Bangor, Co. Down, Ireland, to Dennis Nicklaus, dated 4 January 1995. Elma is a descendent of the Greyabbey Morrisons. Elma was a very helpful person in sorting out some of the Morrisons and pointing out where various landmarks connected to our Morrison family were.
- S63 1879 Deaths Registered in the District of Greyabbey in the Union of Newtonards in the County of Down. Superintendent Registrar's District Newtonards, Registrar's District Greyabbey, Entry number 211 for Mary Jane Morrison and number 282 for William Morrison.
- S64 Smith Cemetery Records. Records kept in 1996 with Farnstrom Mortuary Inc., Independence, Oregon. Viewed, copied, and sent to D. Nicklaus in 1996 by Rita (Morrison) Colyer.
- S65 Oregon State Death Index. entry for: MORRISON, William B., died 11 Aug 1912, Jackson Co., OR, certificate 2287.
- S66 Polk Co. Land records, purchase by William Morrison from J.B. Lewis. Copy located by Rita (Morrison) Colyer.
- S67 1900 US census, Iowa, Poweshiek Co., Washington Twp.
- S68 Poweshiek Co., Iowa Cemetery Records. Looked up as a favor by Shirley Lillie via the internet.
- S69 Grave Stone Records of Poweshiek, Iowa. Searched Oct. 2000 at www.ancestry.com.
- S70 The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa, Des Moines,Iowa: Union Historical Company, 1880, page 789, at Wis. State His. Soc. Library, Cutter call numbers.
- S71 Eclipse Cemetery Listing, McPherson Co, Nebraska. On the WWW in 1999 at http://www.rootsweb.com/nemcpher/eclipse.htm.
- S72 Compendium of History Reminiscence Biography of Western Nebraska, Chicago: Alden Publishing Company, 1909. Selections are on the WWW in 2001 at http://www.rootsweb.com/neresour/OLLibrary/cofhar/index.html. Page 205 for William Gibson's biography, page 179 for John Ross LeLaCheur.
- S73 McPherson County: Facts, Families, Fiction, Betty Neal Rodewald Schroder, Callaway,NE: 1986. Copies of articles on the Hawkins and Jensen families received April, 2000 from Jack Thompson. Articles on the family of Alexander and Ellen (Morrison) Gibson and their children received 2001, including pages 510-511, 520-522, 592, 636-637, 649, 665-666, 767. It also contains Eclipse and Miller cemetery indexes.
- S74 World Family Tree CD 5, Tree 2616. Credit to Rita Morrison Keller for spotting Ellen on this.
- S75 Marriage record of John Morrison and Annie Johnston. Found by Elma Wickens and sent in October, 1997.
- S76 Gravestone Inscriptions, County Down, Clarke, R. S. J. (Richard Samuel Jessop), Belfast: Ulster-Scot Historical Society, 1966-, Volume 15, page 23, at Univ. of Wisconsin Memorial Library.
- S77 Johnson Cemetery, Keokuk Co., Iowa Records, at Keokuk Co., Iowa Historical Society.
- S78 Keokuk County Iowa Marriage Index, at WI St. His. Soc. Library.
- S79 Marriage License, Certificate, and Return for Emma Morrison and Jacob Mockenhaupt. Copy from the Keokuk County, Iowa marriage records. License issued 15 Jan 1890. Married 16 Jan 1890 in Keokuk County The marriage return gives details such as her parents names. by Rev. Peter A. Gaffrey.
- S80 Marriage Return for J. Peter Mockenhaupt and Annie Baty. Copy from the Keokuk County, Iowa marriage records, sent by Earlene Morrison and Rita Keller, 2000.
- S81 Iowa State Board of Health Marriage Return for Bert Morrison and Emma Belle McArtor. Bert Morrison, farm laborer, age 21 next birthday, b. Keokuk Co.,IA son of David Morrison and Emma Decker.h, marries Emma Belle McArtor, age 19 next birthday, born Iowa County, IA, father John McArtor, mother Mary Pugh, 14 November, 1897 at Louis McArtor Residence, What Cheer, IA. Witnesses Lewis McArtor, Mrs. Emma Decker, Martin Baylock.
- S82 Bert Morrison Obituary, in Sigourney Review, 17 Feb 1958. Clipping from Keokuk Co. Hist. Soc. from Earlene M. and Rita K.
- S83 Obituary of John Shannon, in Sigourney Review, December 26, 1934.
- S84 Obituary of Teresa Farrell, in Keokuk County News, October 20, 1961.
- S85 Funeral Card for Joseph G. Shannon. ``In memory of Joseph G. Shannon. Born July 8, 1896 Clinton County, Iowa. Departed this life May 14, 1971, Oskaloosa, Iowa... Interment Pleasant Grove Cemetery.''
- S86 Obituary of William I. Shannon, in Keota (Iowa) Eagle and Sigourney News--Review.
- S87 Keota Couple Observes Anniversary and 50th Anniversary, in Sigourney News--Review. Two separate articles, photocopies received from Rita Keller, 1999.
- S88 Funeral Card for Francis A. Shannon. ``In memory of Francis A. Shannon. Born March 20, 1900, Charlotte Iowa. Departed this life August 22, 1975, Sigourney, Iowa... Interment Pleasant Grove Cemetery.''
- S89 Peiffer --- Shannon. Newspaper article about wedding of Margaret Annie Peiffer and Francis Aloysius Shannon. Publication unknown, copy received 1999 from Rita Keller.
- S90 Shannon 50th Anniversary Event Held, in Sigourney News--Review, 1974.
- S91 Family Records of Elaine (Smith) Schulte. Received by Dennis Nicklaus Sept. 1996.
- S92 Georgia Deaths 1919-1998. Viewed on the WWW in 2001 at www.ancestry.com who said the original data is from State of Georgia, Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths 1919-1998.
- S93 Regina Smith (Obituary), in Sigourney News--Review, Abt 22 Jan 1993. Also another obituary, published after the funeral, paper unknown. Some notes from Lyman Morrison give the exact location of the school where she taught.
- S94 Funeral program for Regina (Shannon) Smith. Photocopy received from Rita Keller, 1999. Contains the same info as published in an obit in the Sigourney News--Review.
- S95 Obituary of Avesta F. Scott. A newspaper clipping given to Trudy (Morrison) Heiman from Nardah (Sherwood) Reed. Publication uncertain, but prob. the North English Record. Copy in possession of Dennis Nicklaus.
- S96 Obituary of Mary Gilchrist, in North English Record, 22 Feb? 1919. There was also another article, published before her funeral (date unknown), also in the North English Record.
- S97 Scotland 1857 Civil Births Register for Kirkpatrick Fleming Parish, Dumfriesshire, Filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Microfilm Number 280470, at Scottish Record Office in Edinborough (New Reigster House).
- S98 Email from Sue Maxwell.
- S99 CA Death Records, Online Index. http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi
- S100 Miscellaneous records of Trudy Heiman, passed through Lyman Morrison. Trudy got some of her information from Donna Jean O'Connor and Ida (Scott) Medlin April 16, 1981. Other information was from 1978 from Ida and Rosemary Scott (Albert's daughter).
- S101 Funeral Card for Albert A. Scott. ``In memory of Albert A. Scott. Date of Birth September 26, 1888, Date of Death January 30, 1967. Service from The Henry Funeral Home, 536 No. Snelling Ave. Wednesday, February 1st at 1:30 P.M. Officiant Rev. Arthur Foote. Interment Roselawn Cemetery.'' The 23rd Psalm was also on the card.
- S102 1900 US census, Iowa, Iowa Co., English Twp.
- S103 City Directories of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at Wisconsin State Historical Soc. Library.
- S104 Letters and mentions of Elisha Scott, in The Christian Record, at Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Nashville, TN. A Disciples of Christ periodical. Includes the following mentions or writings of Elisha Scott: September, 1852, p. 96; October, 1852, p. 121; Feb. 1853, p. 255; April 1853, pp. 292-294; November 1853, pp. 142-3; June 1854, pp. 189-190; Feb. 1854, pp. 46-47; Oct. 1854, p. 317; Oct. 1854, p. 319; Nov. 1854, p. 338-9; March 1855, p. 93; October 1856, pp. 318-319; July 1857, pp. 214-215; Oct. 1857, pp. 310-314; Nov. 1857, p. 329; Nov. 1857, pp. 341-342; March 1858, page 88; Oct. 1859, p. 253; May 1860, p. 158; June 1860, p. 191.
- S105 The Passing Of A Pioneer, E.C. Scott, in The Christian Press. This obituary of Ruth Matthews Bates apparently used much of the info in TQ's letter to Ruth. The publication where this appeared is apparently some publication of the Church of Christ, perhaps local to Des Moines (the Univ. Church, affiliated with Drake)
- S106 History of the North English Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 1856 -- 1973, Filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Microfilm Number 1003429.
- S107 Brief History of the Iowa Christian Convention, J. B. Vawter, in Iowa Pulpit of the Church of Christ by J.H. Painter, St. Louis: John Burns Publishing Company, 1884, pages 441--469. Viewed on the WWW in 1999 at: http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/mcmillan/Restlit/States/Iowa/vawter.htm
- S108 Obituary of Ruth Matthews Bates, in North English Record, at possession of D. Nicklaus and Lyman Morrison.
- S109 California Death Index. Barclay M. Scott, spouses initials A.B., reg number 110, state file 42-8003.
- S110 International Genealogical Index, page 807, Filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Microfilm Number 1239624. Searched on the WWW at www.familysearch.com, 1999.
- S111 Iowa Gravestone Records; Polk Co, Rachel Redington, 1953, at Wisconsin State Historical Soc. Library.
- S112 Obituary of E. C. Scott, in Des Moines Register, Feb. 15 1927, page 2. Also funeral notice in the Des Moines Evening Tribune Capitol Thursday Feb. 17, 1927, page 10. Both on microfilm at the State Historical Soc., Des Moines, Iowa.
- S113 Obituary of Josepha Dolly Dunshee. Publication unknown. The writing style is reminiscent of Elisha Challen Scott's. Possibly published in some Christian Church publication. Copy in possession of Dennis Nicklaus.
- S114 City Directories of Des Moines, Iowa, 1900-1962, at Wisconsin State Historical Soc. Library.
- S115 Index to WORLD CALL (1919-1973), David McWhirter, Nashville, TN: Disciples of Christ Historical Society, 1998. Viewed 1998 on the WWW at http://www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/texts/world/WORLD.HTM
- S116 Maxwell Centennial, page 215. Looked-up by a Story Co. researcher as a favor.
- S117 Alkire family records on the WWW at Http://www.alkire.org/ viewed 1998..
- S118 Last Will and Testament for Patrick Shannon. Also probate records for his estate found at the Clinton Co. Courthouse, including a Petition to set aside the will dated Dec. 1903, a petition to sell real estate May 9, 1904, and a Petition for Sale, March 7, 1905.
- S119 General index to deeds 1844--1855 vol 1--5 Clinton Co. Iowa, Filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Microfilm Number 1005141.
- S120 General index to deeds 1856--1859 vol 6--8 Clinton Co. Iowa, Filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Microfilm Number 1005142.
- S121 Atlas of Clinton Co. Iowa Drawn from Actual Surveys and the County Records, Clinton,Iowa: Harrison and Warner, 1874.
- S122 Farrell--Shannon, in Clinton Advertiser, Clinton, Iowa. Marriage announcement, publication date unknown.
- S123 1895 Iowa State Census, Clinton Co..
- S124 Obituary of Julia Lucey, in Clinton Daily Advertiser, June 1, 1910.
- S125 Biography of Patrick Lane, in History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 1882.
- S126 Letter from Becky Saunders of Santa Ynez, CA to Dennis Nicklaus, June 1996. Becky is a descendent of Honora (Shannon) McGrath's daughter Mary.
- S127 Obituary of Mary Shannon, in Clinton Daily Herald, April 7, 1930.
- S128 British Parliamentary Papers. 1851 Census of Ireland, Great Britain Parliament, Irish University Press, Volumes 12-14 (population), at University of Wisconsin Memorial Library, upstairs stacks of the reference section, numbered 319, 320, 321. Part of the 1000 volume series.
- S129 Death records of Clinton county, Iowa, at Clinton courthouse.
- S130 Obituary of Jeremiah Lucey, in Boone County Democrat, October 29, 1897. Also the Boone Weekly News, Friday, October 29, 1897 also Clinton Herald, Tuesday, November 2, 1897 There is yet another obit, publ. unknown, in possession of D. Nicklaus and L. Morrison.
- S131 Ordnance Survey Map of Ireland, at University of Wisconsin Robinson Map Library. One inch to one mile scale, maps 185--186.
- S132 Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Archive, at Univ. of Illinois at Chicago library. Compiled into a database accessed over the internet. http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/datalan.html
- S133 Bureau of Land Management Federal Land Patent Databases. Searchable on the WWW in 1999, at: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Includes indexes and TIFF images of the scanned land patents.
- S134 History of the Catholic Church, DeWitt, Iowa, John Lucey, Sr.. After John Lucey wrote it, he sent it to Mrs. James McDermott of Charlotte, Iowa. The envelope it was sent in was postmarked Dec. 17, 1900 in Omaha (John lived in Sutherland, NE). Mrs. McDermott sent it on to C.F. Griffith Oct. 25, 1927, and he copied it in its entirety. It was reprinted in the
- em Campaign News dem on Oct.3, 1954, page 2. That's presumably some Clinton Co. paper.
- S135 1880 Federal Census, Boone Co., Iowa.
- S136 Family records of Monica (Gieske) Northcutt of Elsmere, KY. Sent to D. Nicklaus in Sept-Oct 1996. Monica is a descendent of Bridget Ellen (Lucey) Lovejoy.
- S137 Obituary of Edward Wiseman, in Boone (Iowa) Standard, March 25, 1882.
- S138 Wiseman Family Records. One typed page, received in email from Camilla Holverson in April 2001. Her great-grandfather was Roger Kelly, whose second wife was Mary Wiseman, daughter of Raleert/Robert and Johannah (Lucey) Wiseman. Roger was the second husband of Mary. This page was in with old family records she found. It contains names of Wiseman children and grandchildren and spouses. The latest birth or date on it is 1956.
- S139 Obituary of Edward Daley, in Boone County (Iowa) Democrat, March 17, 1899.
- S140 Irish families : their names, arms, and origins, Edward MacLysaght, at Univ. Wisc. Memorial Library.
- S141 Boone, IA 1885-86 Directory, Boone, Iowa: R.L. Polk, 1885. Searched Jan 2001 at www.ancestry.com.
- S142 A letter written by TQ Matthews to his daughter Ruth. Dated 5 Nov 1876
- S143 A History of Pulaski County, Kentucky, Tibbals, Alma (Owens), Bagdad, Ky.: Moore, c1952, at Wisconsin State Historical Soc. Library.
- S144 History of the Church of Christ on Little Flatrock, Rev. William Norris. Located in Indiana by Shirley Anderson Reed.
- S145 A Ram in the Thicket, Frank Chester Robertson, Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1994. Originally published by Hastings House, New York. The 1994 edition includes additional material by the author's son Glen.
- S146 South English Herald Bicentennial Edition, 1976, at possession of Shirley (Anderson) Reed. There is also a Supplement published in 1986.
- S147 Pioneers of a Great Cause: History of the Disciples of Christ in Iowa, Charles Blanchard (1861-1938), 1931, pages 128--132, at Drake University and the Disciples of Christ Historical Society in Nashville has a microfilm copy (which is where I got it from). Chapter XVII.
- S148 Pioneer Preacher and College Professor, Andrew Scott, in Christian Standard, February 12, 1921, page 1888.
- S149 Index to the Tecumseh Chieftain. Information located by Shirley (Anderson) Reed. The Chieftain was a Johnson County, NE newspaper, and they published some index to their old issues. Shirley has copies of a few relevant pages.
- S150 Footprints of our Past, Wright, Don Perry. WWW Site at http://footprints.org/ in 2002. formerly at http://members.castles.com/ftprints/index1.html. includes a good biography for Alfred Shipman (husband of Permelia Matthews) and a partial list of descendents of James Matthews (Permelia's grandfather). The descendents list has mostly the Shipman family, but also new-to-me descendents of Earl Leroy Wilkinson. WWW pages viewed June, 1998. For the Shipman biographies, it cites letters from Edna and Grace Shipman.
- S151 A History of the Family of Morgan, from the Year 1089 to Present Times, Appleton Morgan, New York: Shakespeare Press, ca. 1902, page 92, at Wis. State His. Soc. Library (on microfilm).
- S152 Obituary of George Farrell, in Lyons News, April 1, 1882. Also another obituary, apparently in the Clinton County Advertiser, exact date unknown. This other one was written by members of the Abstinence Society, titled, ``In memory of George Farrell.'' Copy of the clipping received from Michael Buck in 1999.
- S153 Farrell Family History 1830-1966, William Torpey, Jr.. Two typewritten manuscripts, not actually published. They list descendents of George Farrell. These formed the initial basis for much of the Farrell info in this database. One is for George's 1st family and other for 2nd family. The First Family part has no dates for the people. Dennis Nicklaus received a copy from Mel Foley with a few corrections Mel had penciled in, mostly on the first family.
- S154 The History of Clinton County, Iowa, L. P. Allen, Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879, at Wisconsin State Historical Soc. Library.
- S155 Birth date computed from age at death, usually from tombstone.
- S156 In Memory of George Farrell, in Clinton Advertiser. I believe it was in the advertiser from the text of the article, publication date uncertain. Copy received from Michael Buck, Aug. 1999.
- S157 Clinton County Gateway Genealogical Society newsletter, Camanche, Iowa: Gateway Genealogical Society, April-June 1995, Volume 9, Number 2. Reprint of an article from the Clinton Herald of September 24, 1864 showing draftees from Clinton County.
- S158 WWW postings of Mark Wakefield. Posted to the Clinton Co., Iowa GenWeb Queries Forum, June 1999. The postings describe the civil war service of George Ferrel, born 1841-2 in Canada, enlisted 1862, died 21 Feb 1863 Youngs Point, LA.
- S159 Saggart parish, Dublin, Ireland records. cited in a letter from the Dublin Heritage Group to Dennis Nicklaus, dated 29 June 1994.
- S160 Wolfe's History of Clinton County, Iowa, P.B. Wolfe, editor-in-chief, Indianapolis,Indiana: B.F. Bowen and Company, 1911, pages 821-822, at Wisconsin State Historical Soc. Library.
- S161 Memories, Ellen Jane (Kealy) Hirsch, edited by Ellen F. Cahill. Seven typewritten pages. Photocopy received from Ellen L. Hirsch, July 1998, who thought it was written in the late 1970s or 1980s.
- S162 Family records of Monica Sharp. Posted to Genforum at http://genforum.genealogy.com/.
- S163 Pedigree chart of Melvin George Foley. Received by Dennis Nicklaus July 1996 from Doug Knott of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- S164 Obituary of Catherine Lawler, in Clinton Daily Advertiser, Dec. 12, 1913.
- S165 Obituary of Patrick Lawler, in Clinton Weekly Herald, Oct. 11, 1889.
- S166 1880 Federal Census, Clinton Co., Iowa.
- S167 1885 Iowa State Census, Crawford Co.
- S168 History of Crawford County, Iowa, A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, F.W. Meyers, Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1911, at Wisconsin State Historical Soc. Library.
- S169 Durrow, Co. Queens, Ireland Marriage Register (1811-1899). Cited in a letter to Amy Stewart from the Irish Midlands Ancestry, Bury Quay, Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland. June 1997.
- S170 Abbeyleix, Co. Queens, Ireland baptismal register 1824-1899. Cited in a letter to Amy Stewart from the Irish Midlands Ancestry, Bury Quay, Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland. June 1997.
- S171 Family records of Bessie Keenan Brady, received in email April, 1998, and later dates.
- S172 Old Pioneer Dead (Obituary of Thomas Morgan), in Keokuk County News, September 17, 1903.
- S173 Plat Map of English River Twp, Keokuk Co., Iowa, 1964-1965. Obtained from Sigourney somewhere by Lyman Morrison.
- S174 Notes of Carl R. Bogardus, Scott Co., Ind. researcher. Obtained by a Scott Co. researcher hired by Lyman Morrison in 1994 so I believe they must be on file at a library there somewhere.
- S175 Probate Court Records Scott County, Indiana 1820-1847, William Greear and Carl R. Bogardus, Sr., Muscatatuck Press, 1969, at Wisconsin State Historical Soc. Library.
- S176 Year book of the Society of Indiana Pioneers, Society of Indiana Pioneers, Indianapolis,Indiana: The Society. (I don't know which year or volume.) Mary Osterman section?
- S177 Executive Proceedings of Indiana, 1816-1836, Dorothy Riker, ed., Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau, 1947, at Wisconsin State Historical Soc. Library. ``SEPT. 19, 1822, DAVID MORGAN, SCOTT CO., FINE REMITTED.''
- S178 A Branch of the Ballard Family, Dorothy Foubert, Jean Schwab, Greta Newberry, Maxine Allen, North English, Iowa: (self-published manuscript), 1988. Photocopy of a couple pages sent to me by Burrell Brennemann in 1996.
- S179 Family records of Harold Davey.
- S180 Bourbon Co., KY, Deed Book D 1790-1799, page 79, at Bourbon Co., KY courthouse. Indenture between Henry DeWitt and Reese and David Morgan 20 Feb 1796. Copied May, 1969 and received by Dennis Nicklaus from Mary M. Morgan in 1995.
- S181 Scott Co., Indiana court records, May term 1836, one typed page extracted from the court records by Marian (Morgan) Lyons. Received by D. Nicklaus in 1995 from Mary M. Morgan.
- S182 Eld. Alexander Scott, A Pioneer's Record, in The Christian Standard, 1 Feb 1879, page 39, at Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Nashville, TN.
- S183 The Alexander Scott Family, in Scott Genealogical Quarterly, Kensington,MD: Clan Scott, USA, Jul 1992, Volume 6, Number 2, at Wis. State His. Soc. Library.
- S184 Death of Alexander Scott. Monticello Democrat, November 1, 1878, Taken from the Logansport Daily Pharos Also a Jan. 10, 1879 article titled ``A Pioneers Record'' from the same paper.
- S185 History of the Scotts, Sylvester A. Scott. It notes, ``now in possession of Mrs. J.A. Stewart (Myrtle Burget who lives E. of Patton Station).'' I don't think this was every actually formally published. One thing I have is a photocopy of this Scott history which says that it is mostly copied from Sylvester's work. This photocopy was located by an Indiana researcher hired by Lyman Morrison. It mostly copies material found in other things such as Alexander and Caleb's obituaries. Also included in this is titled ``Extracts from an address delivered at an annual reunion of the Scott's held at Logansport, Indiana on the 26th of August, 1936. Reverend Ezra Scott of Westville gave the address.'' which notes that ``the complete address may be found in the family record by Sylvester A. Scott.''
- S186 Elder Alex. Scott (death announcement), in The Christian Standard, 16 Nov 1878, page 371, at Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Nashville, TN.
- S187 Index to The Christian Record, David McWhirter, Nashville, TN: Disciples of Christ Historical Society, 1987. Viewed 1998 on the WWW at http://www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/texts/cr/crintro.html
- S188 1860 Federal Census, White Co., Indiana, pages 621,622 (and Jackson Twp for Greenup Scott's listing).
- S189 Unity R. Scott (Obituary), in The Christian Standard, Sept. 21, 1878, page 307, at Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Nashville, TN.
- S190 Indiana DAR book, pages 281--282. CHECK!! I thought I really did find this. (I don't know the exact title of this publication. These pages were found by an Indiana researcher hired by Lyman Morrison in 1994.)
- S191 A Genealogical History of the Scott Family : Descendants of Alexander Scott Who Came to Augusta Co., Virginia, ca. 1750, Josephine McCord Vercoe, Kensington,MD: Scott Genealogical Quarterly, 1990 (reprinted from 1940), at Wis. State His. Soc. Library.
- S192 Cass County, Indiana Cemetery and Tombstone Records, Spring Creek Cemetery, Filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Microfilm Number 1295550 item 106. Scott excerpt found on internet from a different Scott researcher.
- S193 pages 535,547. LDS Baptisms and Confirmations for the dead. April 16, 1928 submitted by Mary Matthews Robertson
- S194 Pulaski County, Kentucky tax list index 1799-1829, Pulaski County Historical Society, Somerset,KY: The Society, 1982, at Wisconsin State Historical Soc. Library.
- S195 Early landowners of Rush County, Indiana, Maurice Holmes, Shelbyville, Ind: 1975, at Wisconsin State Historical Society Library.
- S196 Court Records Shelby County, Indiana 1822-1862, Maurice Holmes, 1974, at Wisconsin State Historical Soc. Library. pointing to original records of book B, p. 108 (yrs 1836-1842).
- S197 Pulaski Co. Tax Records 1799-1822. Compiled from an LDS microfilm by John Walker of Ft. Worth, Texas.
- S198 Pulaski Co., Kentucky Court Orders, Filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Microfilm Number 804646. Order Books 1 and 2.
- S199 Pre-1800 Tax Lists for Greene Co., Tennessee. Viewed 1999 on the WWW at http://www.tngenweb.org/greene/earlytax.htm (through the Greene Co., TN USGenWeb page.
- S200 Old (pre-1855) Parochial Register for Kirkpatrick Fleming Parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Microfilm Number 1067965 (at the end). Indexed in LDS Scotland Old Parochial Records.
- S201 Passenger lists of vessels arriving at New York. May 18 to May 28, 1870, at Wis. State His. Soc. Library microfilm P77-1133. National Archive catalog microfilm M237 roll 328
- S202 New York Times, May 19-20, 1870. Shipping Arrivals column.
- S203 Scotland 1855 Civil Births Register for Kirkpatrick Fleming Parish, Dumfriesshire, Filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Microfilm Number 103391, at Scottish Record Office in Edinborough (New Reigster House).
- S204 Scotland Civil Deaths Register for Kirkpatrick Fleming Parish, Dumfriesshire, Filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Microfilm Number (various numbers), at Scottish Record Office in Edinborough (New Reigster House).
- S205 Obituary of Florence Morrison, at possession of D.Nicklaus and Lyman Morrison.
- S206 Obituary of Anna Margret Morrison, in Atlanta Jounal, Dec. 9, 1983.
- S207 Letter from Edna (Zilske) (Morrison) forwarded to Dennis by Charlene (Morrison) Hedrick, 1996.
- S208 Letter from Edna Morrison of Chamblee, GA, to D. Nicklaus June 1997.
- S209 Obituary of Rena Schilling, in Keokuk County News, November 13, 1924.
- S210 Couple Honored at Reception June 19, in Sigourney News--Review, 1971. Reception was for Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Morrison and Roseanne of Sigourney. Mrs. Morrison was the daughter of Warren Ray. Also another article titled ``Honored on Birthdays and Anniversary'' from the Sigourney News--Review in 1972. Copy received 1999 from Rita Keller.
- S211 Family records of Earlene (Seaba) Morrison.
- S212 Keswick Couple Are Married In Pretty Ceremony Saturyday Night. Newspaper wedding announcement for Norma Higgins and Kenneth Morrison and a photocopy of their wedding invitation, rec'd 1999 from Rita Keller.
- S213 Obituary of Leona M. Higgins, 25 Dec 1986. Mother of Norma Higgins Morrison. From some Keokuk Co. paper. Copy received 1999 from Rita Keller.
- S214 Mahlon Higins Dies Apr. 4. Father of Norma Higgins Morrison. From 1977, probably the Sigourney newspaper. Copy received 1999 from Rita Keller.
- S215 Keswick Class of 1945 Reunion Held, in Sigourney News Review, 24 Jun 1998.
- S216 Obituary of Mary Morrison, Indianola, in Des Moines Register, 24 Nov 2001.
- S217 Leonard Wilkerson of North English Dies, in Sigourney News Review, 3 Sep 1997. Also another short death notice and a funeral card photocopy.
- S218 Main - Morrison. Article describing the wedding of Ada Main and Edward Earl Morrison. publication unknown, copy in possession of Dennis Nicklaus. The article says it was ``taken from the Hartford, S.D., Herald.''.
- S219 Golden Anniversary Open House, in Sigourney News Review. 50th wedding anniversary celebration for Clem and Ruth Seiwert
- S220 Family records of Earlene (Seaba) Morrison.
- S221 Mark Seiwert (Obituary). Publication unknown, Copy from Lyman Morrison's retyped version.
- S222 Newspaper announcement of 40th wedding celebration of Fremont and Marilyn Sieren held Aug. 4th. Sigourney paper, I think.
- S223 Cloyd Johnston Dies Friday, in Sigourney News--Review, 1983. Cloyd was Elma (Johnston) Morrison's brother.
- S224 Records of Connie (Morrison) Shaull
- S225 Family records of Rita (Morrison) Keller. Received 1999-2001.
- S226 Carl Scurlock (Obituary), in Ottumwa Courier.
- S227 Donnellson man dies in 3-vehicle mishap on frosty Highway 61, in Fort Madison Daily Democrat, 29 Jan 1988, page 1.
- S228 Funeral Card for Thomas Lee Morrison. ``In memory of Thomas Lee Morrison. June 25 1968 -- Jan 29, 1988. Services, St. James Catholic Church, St. Paul, Iowa, Feb. 1, 1988, 10:30 a.m. Interment Evangelical Cemetery Donnellson, Iowa.''
- S229 A Standard History of Ross Co. OH, Lyle S. Evans, Ed., Chicago: 1917, reprinted 1987, at Wis. State His. Soc. Library.
- S230 Lewis Morgan (1728 -- ca. 1800) of Bedford County, Virginia, Elizabeth Pearson White, in National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Sep 1977, Volume 65, Number 3, at Wis. State His. Soc. Library.
- S231 Ross County, Ohio families, Bicentennial Edition, Ross County Genealogical Society, 1976, Volumes III, IV, pages 175--179,491--492,506,542, at Wis. State His. Soc. Library.
- S232 Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Richmond: Virginia Historical Society, 1901, Volume 9, page 139.
- S233 Tax lists of Chester Co., PA.
- S234 Sunlight On the Southside, Landon C. Bell, Philadelphia: 1931, pages 120-121, 135, 136, at Wisconsin State Historical Soc. Library.
- S235 Henry County, Virginia Deeds, Volumes 1--3, pages 200--201, Filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Microfilm Number 0031966. Also summarized (but incompletely) in a book of Henry Co. Deed Books I and II by Lela C. Adams, 1975.
- S236 North Carolina Revolutionary Army accounts : Secretary of State, Treasurer's and Comptroller's papers, Haun, Weynette Parks, Durham, NC: W.P. Haun, 1988-1995, at Wisconsin State Historical Soc. Library.
- S237 Scotland Civil Marriage Register for Kirkpatrick Fleming Parish, Dumfriesshire, 1856, Filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Microfilm Number 256547.
- S238 Passenger lists of vessels arriving at New York. April 18 to May, 1861, at Wis. State His. Soc. Library on microfilm. The Jeremiah Thompson is the first ship on the roll. The Gilchrists are passengers 58--64.
- S239 Marine Intelligence -- Arrivals column, in New York Times, April 18, 1881, page 8. ``Ship Jeremiah Thompson, Blake [captain], 13 ds [days] with mdsc. and 184 passengers to Sam'l thompson's Nephew. Arrived and anchored on the bar 16th.
- S240 Obituary of Janet Bell Gilchrist Simmons, in Ferris Obituaries Scrapbook, page 48.iteS720
- S241 Keokuk Land and Heir Record, Vol. 1 1865-1885. Records extracted from Keokuk Co. courthouse by Lyman Morrison.
- S242 Memories of Frances Ann Thompson (Morgan), Frances Ann Thompson (Mrs. Valentine Morgan), 1903, at Possession of Dennis Nicklaus, received from Mary Malita Morgan 1995. One page, dictated to a granddaughter, Hazel Kirk Morris, in Tennessee when Frances was elderly and spending the winter with the Morris family. Passed on through Hazel's daughter Hazel Sledge.
- S243 Family history sheets, descendent charts, and notes of Mary Malita Morgan, Mary Malita Morgan and Rebah (Morgan) Fraustein, at Possession of D. Nicklaus, received from Mary Malita Morgan 1995.
- S244 The Fairfax proprietary; the Northern Neck, the Fairfax manors, and beginnings of Warren County in Virginia, Dickinson, Josiah Look, Front Royal, Va.: Warren Press, c1959, page 12, at Wisconsin State Historical Society Library. (I haven't seen the book, I only know of it from citations and a map fragment emailed to me from Harold Davey.)
- S245 Genealogy Website of Kenneth Reveal. Viewed 1999 on the WWW at: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/r/e/v/Kenneth-Harvey-Reveal/.
- S246 Reliving History All in the Family, Tammy Ayer, in Terre Haute Tribune-Star, 27 Nov 1998. On the WWW as message 49 in 2000 at: http://www.egroups.com/archives.cgi/PrairieCreek
- S247 Jackson County, Indiana, DAR book, page 50. Copy received from Mary M. Morgan by D. Nicklaus, 1995
- S248 Bourbon County, Kentucky taxpayers, 1787-1799, Miami Beach, FL: T.L.C. Genealogy, c1992, at Wisconsin State Historical Society Library.
- S249 FrederickCo, VA Land Records. Bk. 23, p. 392, 18 Aug 1792. Harold Davey also located this in some book of abstractions of contents of Frederick Co., VA deeds by Harold Davey in email of 1999. Maybe it was: Frederick County, Virginia : deed book series, abstracted / compiled by Amelia C. Gilreath. -- Nokesville, Va. (14200 Vint Hill Rd., Nokesville 22123) by Gilreath, Amelia Cleland (at Wi.St.His.Soc.Lib.)
- S250 Letter from Mrs. Louis (Mary) Ostermann of Seymour, IN to Mrs. T.N. (Marian Morgan) Lyons of Austin, IN. Letter dated 2 Nov 1965, cc. sent to Reba Morgan Fraunstein, in possession of Mary Morgan of Indianapolis, IN, 18 April 1999. Cited by Harold Davey, 1999.
- S251 1870 US census, Iowa, Keokuk Co.
- S252 Photocopies of a page each of births and deaths (names and dates) from an old Morgan bible in the possession of Mildred (Yoakam) Mugge. Sent to D. Nicklaus in a letter Nov., 1996
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