By: Dr. Phil Plotz
2nd great grandson of Edwin Morrow
His given name was Ernest Edwin Morrow but he went by Edwin, perhaps to distinguish him from another Ernest Morrow who was living in St. Landry Parish at the time; or it may have just been his preferred name. The Opelousas Courier referred to him as Mr. Ernest E. Morrow but his marriage license and his grave marker use the name Edwin E. Morrow and that is the name passed down by his descendants.
Edwin E. Morrow was born in Louisiana, probably St. Landry Parish, on 16 Sep 1846, to parents John C. Morrow (1801- 6 Mar 1861) and Olivia A. Burton Morrow (b:ca. 1812-1816- d: bef. 29 Jan 1853). His father was from Pennsylvania and his mother was a native of St. Landry. Edwin had the following siblings: Chizonia J. Morrow (1834-1880), Henry Preston Morrow (1837-1912), Burton Montgomery Morrow (1840 - 1862), and Butnnor Morrow (1846-?).
Edwin Morrow is shown on the 1850 St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, census in the household of his parents. In 1860, Edwin and his brother, Burton, are shown as students on the Avoyelles Parish census, in the household of John D. O'Quinn. At some point in his youth, prior to 1860, Edwin's mother had died and his father had moved to Caddo Parish where he had a large plantation. Edwin and his brother, Burton, lived with his sister, Chizonia, and her husband John O'Quinn, Jr., son of Rev. John O'Quin, Sr.
After Edwin's father died 1861, the succession of his will designated John S. Edwards to be the tutor of Edwin, as he was still a minor.
Later in 1861, when he was just 14, he enlisted as a private in the 8th Louisiana Cavalry Regiment and served with the unit in the Civil War until the war's end in 1865. This reflects that he would have owned his own horse and was skilled in horsemanship and was a survivor. His Civil War service is documented by his wife Alice's widow's pension application and accompanying affidavits.
On 28 Dec 1871, six years after the war's end, Edwin married Alice Cleo Godwin (b: 30 Apr 1849 in St. Landry; d: 8 Jun 1919 in Ruston, LA) in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. The marriage application indicates they were married by E. Moore, Minister of the Gospel, and that Rev. William Daniel Godwin, father of Alice Godwin, was a party to the wedding and a witness on the marriage license. Other witnesses were: F. M (W.) Chaney, David Elliott (Alice Godwin's uncle), and E. Moore, Minister of the Gospel.
Edwin and Alice lived in the Big Cane area of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. They were likely members of Big Cane Baptist Church in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. One of the founders of the Church was Rev. John D. O'Quinn.
Edwin acquired a plantation in St. Landry Parish and worked it with his wife and children until his death on Oct 15, 1890, at the age of 44, when a worker accidentally turned on the cotton gin machine he was working on and it killed him. According to articles in The Oppelousas Courier newspaper, Edwin was the owner of the steam cotton gin. The gin had burned on 15 Nov 1884 and was insured for $1,500. Apparently Edwin rebuilt the cotton gin and some six years later suffered an untimely death in it. The gin was located on the property of his father-in-law, Rev. Godwin. The accident was reported in the paper as the second cotton gin death in one week in St. Landry.
He was buried in Big Cane Baptist Church Cemetery alongside his 3-year-old daughter, Elizabeth "Georgie" Morrow.
Edwin had been a prominent farmer and citizen of Big Cane and St. Landry Parish as a whole. In 1885, he was appointed to the Commission for the Sale of Unbranded Stock for the 5th Ward and was also appointed as a Road Overseer to develop public roads for the planters. In 1876, he was named as a delegate to the Democratic Conservative Parish Convention and was charged with receiving, counting and reporting ballots. He was also a member of the Democratic Executive Committee.
In 1915, his widow, Alice Morrow applied for a Confederate's Widow Pension but was denied due to lack of documentation. On the pension application, Alice indicated that Edwin was buried at the "Big Cane Baptist Church Burying ground."
Alice Godwin Morrow was to live almost another 30 years after the death of her husband. She did not re-marry. She died in Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, while visiting her daughter, Eva Edwina Gill. She was buried in the Newlin Cemetery, in Singer, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, next to her grandson who had been struck by lightning. Likely he was the main reason she wanted to be buried there.
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The Children of Edwin Morrow and Alice Cleo Godwin were:
(1) Madella Morrow (born: 14 March 1873). She married Daniel Webster Bailey
(2) William Reynolds Morrow (born: 29 Aug 1875). He never married.
(3) Elizabeth (Georgie) Morrow (born: 24 June 1877) (died: 19 June 1880 in Big Cane, La.)
(4) John Godwin Morrow (born: 22 Aug 1879). He married Marie Teresa Cassidy, who was born on 16 January 1878 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. They married on 23 October 1902 in Dallas, Texas. John Morrow died on 23 September 1945 in Dallas, Texas, and is buried in the Calvary Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. Marie Teresa Cassidy Morrow died in Dallas, Texas, on 13 September 1960 and is buried in the Calvary Cemetery in Dallas, Texas.
(5) Edwina (Eva) Morrow (born: 16 September 1881 in St. Landry's Parish, Louisiana). She marred Michael Baughman Gill in 1909. He was born on 19 October 1874 in Farmerville, Louisiana. Edwina (Eva) Morrow Gill died on 16 November 1944) and Michael Baughman Gill died on 28 February 1946.
(6) Alice Elliott Morrow (born: 6 September 1884). She married Louis Stewart. Alice Morrow Stewart died in 1974 in Shreveport, Louisiana.
(7) Stella Maubry Morrow (born: 10 July 1887). She married William K. Toler.
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2nd great grandson of Edwin Morrow
His given name was Ernest Edwin Morrow but he went by Edwin, perhaps to distinguish him from another Ernest Morrow who was living in St. Landry Parish at the time; or it may have just been his preferred name. The Opelousas Courier referred to him as Mr. Ernest E. Morrow but his marriage license and his grave marker use the name Edwin E. Morrow and that is the name passed down by his descendants.
Edwin E. Morrow was born in Louisiana, probably St. Landry Parish, on 16 Sep 1846, to parents John C. Morrow (1801- 6 Mar 1861) and Olivia A. Burton Morrow (b:ca. 1812-1816- d: bef. 29 Jan 1853). His father was from Pennsylvania and his mother was a native of St. Landry. Edwin had the following siblings: Chizonia J. Morrow (1834-1880), Henry Preston Morrow (1837-1912), Burton Montgomery Morrow (1840 - 1862), and Butnnor Morrow (1846-?).
Edwin Morrow is shown on the 1850 St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, census in the household of his parents. In 1860, Edwin and his brother, Burton, are shown as students on the Avoyelles Parish census, in the household of John D. O'Quinn. At some point in his youth, prior to 1860, Edwin's mother had died and his father had moved to Caddo Parish where he had a large plantation. Edwin and his brother, Burton, lived with his sister, Chizonia, and her husband John O'Quinn, Jr., son of Rev. John O'Quin, Sr.
After Edwin's father died 1861, the succession of his will designated John S. Edwards to be the tutor of Edwin, as he was still a minor.
Later in 1861, when he was just 14, he enlisted as a private in the 8th Louisiana Cavalry Regiment and served with the unit in the Civil War until the war's end in 1865. This reflects that he would have owned his own horse and was skilled in horsemanship and was a survivor. His Civil War service is documented by his wife Alice's widow's pension application and accompanying affidavits.
On 28 Dec 1871, six years after the war's end, Edwin married Alice Cleo Godwin (b: 30 Apr 1849 in St. Landry; d: 8 Jun 1919 in Ruston, LA) in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. The marriage application indicates they were married by E. Moore, Minister of the Gospel, and that Rev. William Daniel Godwin, father of Alice Godwin, was a party to the wedding and a witness on the marriage license. Other witnesses were: F. M (W.) Chaney, David Elliott (Alice Godwin's uncle), and E. Moore, Minister of the Gospel.
Edwin and Alice lived in the Big Cane area of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. They were likely members of Big Cane Baptist Church in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. One of the founders of the Church was Rev. John D. O'Quinn.
Edwin acquired a plantation in St. Landry Parish and worked it with his wife and children until his death on Oct 15, 1890, at the age of 44, when a worker accidentally turned on the cotton gin machine he was working on and it killed him. According to articles in The Oppelousas Courier newspaper, Edwin was the owner of the steam cotton gin. The gin had burned on 15 Nov 1884 and was insured for $1,500. Apparently Edwin rebuilt the cotton gin and some six years later suffered an untimely death in it. The gin was located on the property of his father-in-law, Rev. Godwin. The accident was reported in the paper as the second cotton gin death in one week in St. Landry.
He was buried in Big Cane Baptist Church Cemetery alongside his 3-year-old daughter, Elizabeth "Georgie" Morrow.
Edwin had been a prominent farmer and citizen of Big Cane and St. Landry Parish as a whole. In 1885, he was appointed to the Commission for the Sale of Unbranded Stock for the 5th Ward and was also appointed as a Road Overseer to develop public roads for the planters. In 1876, he was named as a delegate to the Democratic Conservative Parish Convention and was charged with receiving, counting and reporting ballots. He was also a member of the Democratic Executive Committee.
In 1915, his widow, Alice Morrow applied for a Confederate's Widow Pension but was denied due to lack of documentation. On the pension application, Alice indicated that Edwin was buried at the "Big Cane Baptist Church Burying ground."
Alice Godwin Morrow was to live almost another 30 years after the death of her husband. She did not re-marry. She died in Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, while visiting her daughter, Eva Edwina Gill. She was buried in the Newlin Cemetery, in Singer, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, next to her grandson who had been struck by lightning. Likely he was the main reason she wanted to be buried there.
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The Children of Edwin Morrow and Alice Cleo Godwin were:
(1) Madella Morrow (born: 14 March 1873). She married Daniel Webster Bailey
(2) William Reynolds Morrow (born: 29 Aug 1875). He never married.
(3) Elizabeth (Georgie) Morrow (born: 24 June 1877) (died: 19 June 1880 in Big Cane, La.)
(4) John Godwin Morrow (born: 22 Aug 1879). He married Marie Teresa Cassidy, who was born on 16 January 1878 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. They married on 23 October 1902 in Dallas, Texas. John Morrow died on 23 September 1945 in Dallas, Texas, and is buried in the Calvary Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. Marie Teresa Cassidy Morrow died in Dallas, Texas, on 13 September 1960 and is buried in the Calvary Cemetery in Dallas, Texas.
(5) Edwina (Eva) Morrow (born: 16 September 1881 in St. Landry's Parish, Louisiana). She marred Michael Baughman Gill in 1909. He was born on 19 October 1874 in Farmerville, Louisiana. Edwina (Eva) Morrow Gill died on 16 November 1944) and Michael Baughman Gill died on 28 February 1946.
(6) Alice Elliott Morrow (born: 6 September 1884). She married Louis Stewart. Alice Morrow Stewart died in 1974 in Shreveport, Louisiana.
(7) Stella Maubry Morrow (born: 10 July 1887). She married William K. Toler.
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By: Dr. Phil Plotz
2nd great grandson of Edwin Morrow
His given name was Ernest Edwin Morrow but he went by Edwin, perhaps to distinguish him from another Ernest Morrow who was living in St. Landry Parish at the time; or it may have just been his preferred name. The Opelousas Courier referred to him as Mr. Ernest E. Morrow but his marriage license and his grave marker use the name Edwin E. Morrow and that is the name passed down by his descendants.
Edwin E. Morrow was born in Louisiana, probably St. Landry Parish, on 16 Sep 1846, to parents John C. Morrow (1801- 6 Mar 1861) and Olivia A. Burton Morrow (b:ca. 1812-1816- d: bef. 29 Jan 1853). His father was from Pennsylvania and his mother was a native of St. Landry. Edwin had the following siblings: Chizonia J. Morrow (1834-1880), Henry Preston Morrow (1837-1912), Burton Montgomery Morrow (1840 - 1862), and Butnnor Morrow (1846-?).
Edwin Morrow is shown on the 1850 St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, census in the household of his parents. In 1860, Edwin and his brother, Burton, are shown as students on the Avoyelles Parish census, in the household of John D. O'Quinn. At some point in his youth, prior to 1860, Edwin's mother had died and his father had moved to Caddo Parish where he had a large plantation. Edwin and his brother, Burton, lived with his sister, Chizonia, and her husband John O'Quinn, Jr., son of Rev. John O'Quin, Sr.
After Edwin's father died 1861, the succession of his will designated John S. Edwards to be the tutor of Edwin, as he was still a minor.
Later in 1861, when he was just 14, he enlisted as a private in the 8th Louisiana Cavalry Regiment and served with the unit in the Civil War until the war's end in 1865. This reflects that he would have owned his own horse and was skilled in horsemanship and was a survivor. His Civil War service is documented by his wife Alice's widow's pension application and accompanying affidavits.
On 28 Dec 1871, six years after the war's end, Edwin married Alice Cleo Godwin (b: 30 Apr 1849 in St. Landry; d: 8 Jun 1919 in Ruston, LA) in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. The marriage application indicates they were married by E. Moore, Minister of the Gospel, and that Rev. William Daniel Godwin, father of Alice Godwin, was a party to the wedding and a witness on the marriage license. Other witnesses were: F. M (W.) Chaney, David Elliott (Alice Godwin's uncle), and E. Moore, Minister of the Gospel.
Edwin and Alice lived in the Big Cane area of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. They were likely members of Big Cane Baptist Church in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. One of the founders of the Church was Rev. John D. O'Quinn.
Edwin acquired a plantation in St. Landry Parish and worked it with his wife and children until his death on Oct 15, 1890, at the age of 44, when a worker accidentally turned on the cotton gin machine he was working on and it killed him. According to articles in The Oppelousas Courier newspaper, Edwin was the owner of the steam cotton gin. The gin had burned on 15 Nov 1884 and was insured for $1,500. Apparently Edwin rebuilt the cotton gin and some six years later suffered an untimely death in it. The gin was located on the property of his father-in-law, Rev. Godwin. The accident was reported in the paper as the second cotton gin death in one week in St. Landry.
He was buried in Big Cane Baptist Church Cemetery alongside his 3-year-old daughter, Elizabeth "Georgie" Morrow.
Edwin had been a prominent farmer and citizen of Big Cane and St. Landry Parish as a whole. In 1885, he was appointed to the Commission for the Sale of Unbranded Stock for the 5th Ward and was also appointed as a Road Overseer to develop public roads for the planters. In 1876, he was named as a delegate to the Democratic Conservative Parish Convention and was charged with receiving, counting and reporting ballots. He was also a member of the Democratic Executive Committee.
In 1915, his widow, Alice Morrow applied for a Confederate's Widow Pension but was denied due to lack of documentation. On the pension application, Alice indicated that Edwin was buried at the "Big Cane Baptist Church Burying ground."
Alice Godwin Morrow was to live almost another 30 years after the death of her husband. She did not re-marry. She died in Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, while visiting her daughter, Eva Edwina Gill. She was buried in the Newlin Cemetery, in Singer, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, next to her grandson who had been struck by lightning. Likely he was the main reason she wanted to be buried there.
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The Children of Edwin Morrow and Alice Cleo Godwin were:
(1) Madella Morrow (born: 14 March 1873). She married Daniel Webster Bailey
(2) William Reynolds Morrow (born: 29 Aug 1875). He never married.
(3) Elizabeth (Georgie) Morrow (born: 24 June 1877) (died: 19 June 1880 in Big Cane, La.)
(4) John Godwin Morrow (born: 22 Aug 1879). He married Marie Teresa Cassidy, who was born on 16 January 1878 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. They married on 23 October 1902 in Dallas, Texas. John Morrow died on 23 September 1945 in Dallas, Texas, and is buried in the Calvary Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. Marie Teresa Cassidy Morrow died in Dallas, Texas, on 13 September 1960 and is buried in the Calvary Cemetery in Dallas, Texas.
(5) Edwina (Eva) Morrow (born: 16 September 1881 in St. Landry's Parish, Louisiana). She marred Michael Baughman Gill in 1909. He was born on 19 October 1874 in Farmerville, Louisiana. Edwina (Eva) Morrow Gill died on 16 November 1944) and Michael Baughman Gill died on 28 February 1946.
(6) Alice Elliott Morrow (born: 6 September 1884). She married Louis Stewart. Alice Morrow Stewart died in 1974 in Shreveport, Louisiana.
(7) Stella Maubry Morrow (born: 10 July 1887). She married William K. Toler.
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2nd great grandson of Edwin Morrow
His given name was Ernest Edwin Morrow but he went by Edwin, perhaps to distinguish him from another Ernest Morrow who was living in St. Landry Parish at the time; or it may have just been his preferred name. The Opelousas Courier referred to him as Mr. Ernest E. Morrow but his marriage license and his grave marker use the name Edwin E. Morrow and that is the name passed down by his descendants.
Edwin E. Morrow was born in Louisiana, probably St. Landry Parish, on 16 Sep 1846, to parents John C. Morrow (1801- 6 Mar 1861) and Olivia A. Burton Morrow (b:ca. 1812-1816- d: bef. 29 Jan 1853). His father was from Pennsylvania and his mother was a native of St. Landry. Edwin had the following siblings: Chizonia J. Morrow (1834-1880), Henry Preston Morrow (1837-1912), Burton Montgomery Morrow (1840 - 1862), and Butnnor Morrow (1846-?).
Edwin Morrow is shown on the 1850 St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, census in the household of his parents. In 1860, Edwin and his brother, Burton, are shown as students on the Avoyelles Parish census, in the household of John D. O'Quinn. At some point in his youth, prior to 1860, Edwin's mother had died and his father had moved to Caddo Parish where he had a large plantation. Edwin and his brother, Burton, lived with his sister, Chizonia, and her husband John O'Quinn, Jr., son of Rev. John O'Quin, Sr.
After Edwin's father died 1861, the succession of his will designated John S. Edwards to be the tutor of Edwin, as he was still a minor.
Later in 1861, when he was just 14, he enlisted as a private in the 8th Louisiana Cavalry Regiment and served with the unit in the Civil War until the war's end in 1865. This reflects that he would have owned his own horse and was skilled in horsemanship and was a survivor. His Civil War service is documented by his wife Alice's widow's pension application and accompanying affidavits.
On 28 Dec 1871, six years after the war's end, Edwin married Alice Cleo Godwin (b: 30 Apr 1849 in St. Landry; d: 8 Jun 1919 in Ruston, LA) in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. The marriage application indicates they were married by E. Moore, Minister of the Gospel, and that Rev. William Daniel Godwin, father of Alice Godwin, was a party to the wedding and a witness on the marriage license. Other witnesses were: F. M (W.) Chaney, David Elliott (Alice Godwin's uncle), and E. Moore, Minister of the Gospel.
Edwin and Alice lived in the Big Cane area of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. They were likely members of Big Cane Baptist Church in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. One of the founders of the Church was Rev. John D. O'Quinn.
Edwin acquired a plantation in St. Landry Parish and worked it with his wife and children until his death on Oct 15, 1890, at the age of 44, when a worker accidentally turned on the cotton gin machine he was working on and it killed him. According to articles in The Oppelousas Courier newspaper, Edwin was the owner of the steam cotton gin. The gin had burned on 15 Nov 1884 and was insured for $1,500. Apparently Edwin rebuilt the cotton gin and some six years later suffered an untimely death in it. The gin was located on the property of his father-in-law, Rev. Godwin. The accident was reported in the paper as the second cotton gin death in one week in St. Landry.
He was buried in Big Cane Baptist Church Cemetery alongside his 3-year-old daughter, Elizabeth "Georgie" Morrow.
Edwin had been a prominent farmer and citizen of Big Cane and St. Landry Parish as a whole. In 1885, he was appointed to the Commission for the Sale of Unbranded Stock for the 5th Ward and was also appointed as a Road Overseer to develop public roads for the planters. In 1876, he was named as a delegate to the Democratic Conservative Parish Convention and was charged with receiving, counting and reporting ballots. He was also a member of the Democratic Executive Committee.
In 1915, his widow, Alice Morrow applied for a Confederate's Widow Pension but was denied due to lack of documentation. On the pension application, Alice indicated that Edwin was buried at the "Big Cane Baptist Church Burying ground."
Alice Godwin Morrow was to live almost another 30 years after the death of her husband. She did not re-marry. She died in Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, while visiting her daughter, Eva Edwina Gill. She was buried in the Newlin Cemetery, in Singer, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, next to her grandson who had been struck by lightning. Likely he was the main reason she wanted to be buried there.
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The Children of Edwin Morrow and Alice Cleo Godwin were:
(1) Madella Morrow (born: 14 March 1873). She married Daniel Webster Bailey
(2) William Reynolds Morrow (born: 29 Aug 1875). He never married.
(3) Elizabeth (Georgie) Morrow (born: 24 June 1877) (died: 19 June 1880 in Big Cane, La.)
(4) John Godwin Morrow (born: 22 Aug 1879). He married Marie Teresa Cassidy, who was born on 16 January 1878 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. They married on 23 October 1902 in Dallas, Texas. John Morrow died on 23 September 1945 in Dallas, Texas, and is buried in the Calvary Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. Marie Teresa Cassidy Morrow died in Dallas, Texas, on 13 September 1960 and is buried in the Calvary Cemetery in Dallas, Texas.
(5) Edwina (Eva) Morrow (born: 16 September 1881 in St. Landry's Parish, Louisiana). She marred Michael Baughman Gill in 1909. He was born on 19 October 1874 in Farmerville, Louisiana. Edwina (Eva) Morrow Gill died on 16 November 1944) and Michael Baughman Gill died on 28 February 1946.
(6) Alice Elliott Morrow (born: 6 September 1884). She married Louis Stewart. Alice Morrow Stewart died in 1974 in Shreveport, Louisiana.
(7) Stella Maubry Morrow (born: 10 July 1887). She married William K. Toler.
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Gravesite Details
Edwin Morrow is buried in Row 4 of the old part of the cemetery near the church and the marker on his grave is broken.
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