George Washington Morley

1848 - 1930  (81 years)

• Name	George Washington Morley  [1]
  Born	28 Dec 1848	Table Grove, Fulton Co., Ill   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Jan 1930	Ossawatamie, Kansas   [3]
  Buried	Emporia, Lyon Co., Kansas Maplewood Cem
  Person ID	I115	Paul's Tree
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	George Washington Morley,   b. 1 Jan 1810, Eillcott Mills, Anne Arundel Co., MD ,   d. 19 Apr 1888, Ipava, Fulton Co., Ill  (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rebecca Mills,   b. 19 Aug 1815, York Co., PA ,   d. 28 Aug 1897, Ipava, Fulton Co., Ill  (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	4 Jul 1830	Alleghany Co., Md
  Family ID	F108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Jane Dunblazier,   b. 23 Apr 1848, Wellsburg, Brooke Co., WV ,   d. 5 Jul 1928, Emporia, Lyon Co., Kansas  (Age 80 years)
  Married	28 Jan 1866	Lewistown, Fulton Co., Ill   [4]
  Children	1. Nina Isabelle Morley,   b. 18 Oct 1867, Table Grove, Fulton, Ill ,   d. 17 Jan 1949, Medford, Ore  (Age 81 years)  [natural]   2. "baby" Morley,   b. 17 Oct 1870,   d. 17 Oct 1870  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   3. Lena Leota Morley,   b. 13 Dec 1871, Page Co., IA ,   d. 30 Aug 1965, Oelwein, IA  (Age 93 years)  [natural]   4. Charlotte Morley,   b. 5 Jan 1874, Page Co., IA ,   d. Lincoln, Neb.  [natural]   5. Daisy Agnes Morley,   b. 8 Mar 1877, Henry Co., Ill ,   d. 11 Jul 1916, Emporia, Kansas  (Age 39 years)  [natural]   6. Mattie Elizabeth Morley,   b. 22 Aug 1879, Fulton Co., Ill ,   d. 29 Feb 1964, Lineville, IA  (Age 84 years)  [natural]   7. Bruce Willard Morley,   b. 13 Nov 1883, Page Co., IA ,   d. 11 Jan 1948, Englewood, Colo.  (Age 64 years)  [natural]   8. Bishop Walden Morley,   b. 2 May 1886, Norton Co., Kansas  [natural]   9. Letha Bird Morley,   b. 28 Feb 1891, Harrison Co., MO ,   d. Kansas City, MO  [natural]
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2018
  Family ID	F107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Buried Maplewood Cem, Emporia, Kansas George W. Morley Dec. 28, 1848 - Jan 22 1930 Eliz J his wife Apr 23, 1848 - July 5, 1929 Daisy A Mar 8, 1877 - July 11, 1916 Methodist minister The notes from Joseph Duncan cite the "Eliz. J. Morley Bible" and notes by Mattie E. Duncan 1880 Census Iowa Page Co. Nodowa Twnshp Col 25 e.d. 153 sheet 11 line 49 Morley, George 31 b. Ill/PA/PA Elizabeth D 32 b. VA/Ill/VA Nina B 12 b. Ill Lennie 8 b. Iowa Charlotte 6 b. Iowa Daisy 3 b. Ill Mattey 10/12 b. Ill 1870 Census Fulton Co. Ill Farmers Twp Morley, George W 21 farmer Ill Elizabeth 22 VA Nina ? 2 Ill 1900 Census MO Mercer Co. Lindley Morley, George W head W M b. Dec 1848 age 51 m. 35 years b. Ill/PA/PA Minister Elizabeth wife W F b. Apr 1848 age 52 m. 35 years b. WV/OH/OH 9 children 8 living Bruce son W M b. Nov 1883 age 16 single b. IA/Ill/WV at school Bishop son W M b. May 1886 age 14 single b. IA/Ill/WV at school Letha B dau W F b. Feb 1891 age 9 single b. MO/Ill/WV at school 1910 Census Kansas Lyon 1-Wd Emporia City Morley, George W. head M W 61 Married 40 yrs Ill/PA/PA Real estate Elizabeth wife F W 61 Married 40 yrs WV/OH/OH Bishop son M W 23 single IA/Ill/WV laborer cleaning shop Leatha dau F W 19 single IA/Ill/WV clerk dept. store 1920 Census Kansas, Lyon, Emporia Ward 3, District 53 Morley, George W. Head Own house no mortgage Male White 70 married reads/writes Ill/PA/PA Real Estate Land Dealer ---- Elizabeth J Wife Femal White 71 married reads/writes WV/WV/WV Obit from The Emporia Weekly Gazette Thur. Jan. 30, 1930 George W. Morley died Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. E. Morrison, at Osowatomie, where he had been living. G. W. Morley is the father of Bish W. Morley of Emporia. Funeral arrangements have not been made. G. W. Morley was born in 1848 at Vermont, Ill. He was married to Elizabeth Dunblazier, January 28, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Morley moved to Emporia in 1905. Before Mrs. Morley died, July 5, 1928, Mr. Morley preached in the First Methodist churches in Missouri and Kansas. After Mrs. Morley's death, Mr. Morley lived in Emporia and conducted a real estate and insurance business. George W. Morley is survived by two sons, Bruce W. Morley of Denver, Colo., and Bish W. Morley, of Emporia; five daughters, Mrs. Charlotte Evans, of Hope; Mrs. H. B. Duncan, of Lionville, Iowa; Mrs. Wilee Anders, of Central Point, Ore; Mrs. Del Anders, of Oleweine, Iowa, and Mrs. C. E. Morrison, or Osowatomie; 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Another daughter, Mrs. Daisy Brown, died July 11, 1916.

  
  

• Sources

  [S507] Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Iowa State Archives; Des Moines, Iowa; Volume: 324 (Page - Story). [S171] Lyon Co., Kansas Tombstone Inscriptions Vol. 6, Maplewood Cem. George W. Morley Dec 28, 1848 - Jan 22, 1930 Eliz J., his wife Apr 23, 1848 - July 5, 1928 [S171] Lyon Co., Kansas Tombstone Inscriptions Vol. 6, Maplewood Cem. [S178] Marriage License, Fulton Co., Ill.