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--- Dec.12, 1944
. Oquawka Man Drops Dead
. Oquawka—James Morris 85. dropped dead Monday at 10:30 a. m. while shoveling snow at his home here. He had been ill for a number of years with heart trouble.
. He was found by his wife, who summoned help and a doctor, who pronounced him dead on his arrival.
. Morris was the son of Andrew L. and Lucinda Noyes Morris and was born on a farm north of Oquawka on June 28, 1861. When he was 8 years old he went to Kansas with his parents, making the trip in a covered wagon. He remained there until he was 20 years of age when he returned to Oquawka, where he made his home following his marriage to Malinda Hess on June 18, 1872. He followed different vocations but the latter years when he was able to work, he was employed as a carpenter with his brother-in-law, S. S. Essex, in Oquawka.
. Surviving are his wife: 3 sons. James E., of Moline: Joseph V., of Muscatine: and Noyes of Garvey. Cal. One son, Robert Morris, died in 1912. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Rebecca Johnson, who lives in Kansas: 3 grand-children and 3 great-grandchildren.
. The body was taken to the Lugg funeral home in Monmouth where arrangements are pending.
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parents: Andrew Morris,​ Lucinda Noyse
spouse: Malinda Hess


name: James H. Morris
death date: 11 Dec 1944
death place: Oquawka, Henderson, Illinois
gender: Male
age: 83
estimated birth year: 1861
birth date: 28 Jun 1861
birthplace: Oquawka, Illinois
father: Andrew Morris
father's birth place: Not Known
mother: Lucinda Noyse
mother's birth place: Not KNown
occupation: Laborer
spouse: Malinda Hess
burial date: 14 Dec 1944
burial place: Oquawka, Henderson, Illinois
cemetery: Oquawka
digital folder number: 4152641
volume/page/certificate number: cn 47073