Parents: Pleasant Spivey and Martha A Morris b 1828 Tennessee
Census 1880 Kaufman, Texas
Parents: Ples Spivey b Missouri Martha Spivey b Tennessee
Siblings: Louisa Spivey, Margeret Spivey, Cathrine Spivey
and LIDDIE Spivey
******************************
Uncle of Liddie/Lydia Virginia/Jennie
Judge William Wright Morris (1805-1883)
Born in Halifax County, North Carolina, William Wright Morris moved with his family to Coosa County, Alabama in 1840. He taught school, studied law, and was elected Judge. In 1847 he brought his mother, widowed sister Martha (Morris) Spivey, her three children, and family slaves to Henderson. The Judge practiced law and built a fine plantation home (3 mi NW) for the family. An influential man, he was elected district Judge in 1854, served as a Texas legislator, and helped promote the first railroad in East Texas. Morris County was named for him in 1875.
*********************
William Wright Morris
Birth 1805 - Death 20 Jun 1883 (aged 77–78)
Burial Old Henderson City Cemetery
Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, USA
Memorial ID 13483927
===================
Martha A. (Morris) Spivy
BIRTH unknown - DEATH 9 Aug 1904
BURIAL Old Henderson City Cemetery
Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, USA
MEMORIAL ID 32277802
****************************
Suggested By: June Hale, 19 Oct 2022
Mother
Martha A. (Morris) Spivy (unknown-1904)
Empty
Spouse
Emerson Annis (1869-1917)
Emerson Annis (1869-1917)
Census 1880 Kaufman, Texas
Parents: Ples Spivey b Missouri Martha Spivey b Tennessee
Siblings: Louisa Spivey, Margeret Spivey, Cathrine Spivey
and LIDDIE Spivey
******************************
Uncle of Liddie/Lydia Virginia/Jennie
Judge William Wright Morris (1805-1883)
Born in Halifax County, North Carolina, William Wright Morris moved with his family to Coosa County, Alabama in 1840. He taught school, studied law, and was elected Judge. In 1847 he brought his mother, widowed sister Martha (Morris) Spivey, her three children, and family slaves to Henderson. The Judge practiced law and built a fine plantation home (3 mi NW) for the family. An influential man, he was elected district Judge in 1854, served as a Texas legislator, and helped promote the first railroad in East Texas. Morris County was named for him in 1875.
*********************
William Wright Morris
Birth 1805 - Death 20 Jun 1883 (aged 77–78)
Burial Old Henderson City Cemetery
Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, USA
Memorial ID 13483927
===================
Martha A. (Morris) Spivy
BIRTH unknown - DEATH 9 Aug 1904
BURIAL Old Henderson City Cemetery
Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, USA
MEMORIAL ID 32277802
****************************
Suggested By: June Hale, 19 Oct 2022
Mother
Martha A. (Morris) Spivy (unknown-1904)
Empty
Spouse
Emerson Annis (1869-1917)
Emerson Annis (1869-1917)
Parents: Pleasant Spivey and Martha A Morris b 1828 Tennessee
Census 1880 Kaufman, Texas
Parents: Ples Spivey b Missouri Martha Spivey b Tennessee
Siblings: Louisa Spivey, Margeret Spivey, Cathrine Spivey
and LIDDIE Spivey
******************************
Uncle of Liddie/Lydia Virginia/Jennie
Judge William Wright Morris (1805-1883)
Born in Halifax County, North Carolina, William Wright Morris moved with his family to Coosa County, Alabama in 1840. He taught school, studied law, and was elected Judge. In 1847 he brought his mother, widowed sister Martha (Morris) Spivey, her three children, and family slaves to Henderson. The Judge practiced law and built a fine plantation home (3 mi NW) for the family. An influential man, he was elected district Judge in 1854, served as a Texas legislator, and helped promote the first railroad in East Texas. Morris County was named for him in 1875.
*********************
William Wright Morris
Birth 1805 - Death 20 Jun 1883 (aged 77–78)
Burial Old Henderson City Cemetery
Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, USA
Memorial ID 13483927
===================
Martha A. (Morris) Spivy
BIRTH unknown - DEATH 9 Aug 1904
BURIAL Old Henderson City Cemetery
Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, USA
MEMORIAL ID 32277802
****************************
Suggested By: June Hale, 19 Oct 2022
Mother
Martha A. (Morris) Spivy (unknown-1904)
Empty
Spouse
Emerson Annis (1869-1917)
Emerson Annis (1869-1917)
Census 1880 Kaufman, Texas
Parents: Ples Spivey b Missouri Martha Spivey b Tennessee
Siblings: Louisa Spivey, Margeret Spivey, Cathrine Spivey
and LIDDIE Spivey
******************************
Uncle of Liddie/Lydia Virginia/Jennie
Judge William Wright Morris (1805-1883)
Born in Halifax County, North Carolina, William Wright Morris moved with his family to Coosa County, Alabama in 1840. He taught school, studied law, and was elected Judge. In 1847 he brought his mother, widowed sister Martha (Morris) Spivey, her three children, and family slaves to Henderson. The Judge practiced law and built a fine plantation home (3 mi NW) for the family. An influential man, he was elected district Judge in 1854, served as a Texas legislator, and helped promote the first railroad in East Texas. Morris County was named for him in 1875.
*********************
William Wright Morris
Birth 1805 - Death 20 Jun 1883 (aged 77–78)
Burial Old Henderson City Cemetery
Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, USA
Memorial ID 13483927
===================
Martha A. (Morris) Spivy
BIRTH unknown - DEATH 9 Aug 1904
BURIAL Old Henderson City Cemetery
Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, USA
MEMORIAL ID 32277802
****************************
Suggested By: June Hale, 19 Oct 2022
Mother
Martha A. (Morris) Spivy (unknown-1904)
Empty
Spouse
Emerson Annis (1869-1917)
Emerson Annis (1869-1917)
Family Members
Parents
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
