Enoch was born March 15, 1830, in Indiana, USA, and died October 11, 1920, in Windsor, Illinois, USA. In October of 1874, Enoch Canada and Lydia Morris loaded all of their belongings onto a covered wagon, gathered up their children, and began the trek westward from their home in Indiana. They headed south-southwest, and stopped in Cumberland County, Illinois. The following October (1875), they moved north-northwest into Shelby County, stopping at Middlesworth, Shelby County, Illinois. Middlesworth today is nothing more than a collection of a few houses just north of Route 16, east of Shelbyville, but it was a more bustling area in earlier days. A post office was established here January 25, 1870 and remained open until May 13, 1875. It was opened again from January 21, 1876, until August 7, 1876. It enjoyed a long record of service from November 13, 1882, until 1931, probably because the nearby Lithia Springs Chautauqua attendees disembarked from the railroad at Middlesworth every summer. When the chautauquas ended, the post office no doubt began its final decline.
In October 1877 the family moved to their new home northwest of Windsor, Shelby County, Illinois. Enoch found a wooded area near the banks of the Kaskaskia River. He cleared the area for the house, and he built their home from the logs of the trees that he had felled. From 1877 to 1885 Enoch was engaged in timber work, mostly in getting out railroad ties, chopping wood, etc. It was here, on April 24, 1893, that their daughter, Melissa Catherine Morris died. It may be that she succumbed to the terrible outbreak of influenza that struck Shelby County in the winter of 1892. It was also here that Enoch and Lydia Morris' youngest child, Milford Manford Morris, was born on September 14, 1878. The family relates that he was afflicted with "the fits," a term usually indicating some form of epileptic seizures. He had one such seizure in the spring of 1901 and drowned when he fell into a creek. Enoch and Lydia were both very devout in their religious beliefs. He was a member of the old Predestinarian Church on Walnut Creek in Putnam Co., Ind. Lydia was formerly a member of the Church of the Brethren near Clinton Falls, Ind. After she came to Shelby Co., Ill., she transferred her membership to the Church of Christ at Bethany. It should be noted that, in this instance, "Bethany" does not refer to the town of Bethany in Shelby County. It refers to the old Bethany Church area northwest of Windsor.
In February 1906, Enoch and Lydia moved into Windsor, Illinois, to live the remainder of their days with their son, John Will Morris, and his family. Lydia died on October 1, 1916, at age 83, and is buried in the old Bethany Church Cemetery.
Enoch lived until October 11, 1920, and died at age 90. He, too, is buried in the Bethany Church Cemetery. This cemetery is located northwest of Windsor, Illinois, down a dirt trail, behind a farmer's barn. The graves of Enoch Canada Morris and Lydia Etter Morris are small and worn smooth, and they are located just down a sloping hill south from the gravestone marking the double grave of their sons Frederic Nelson Morris and Milford Manford Morris.
This grave is located at the southeast corner of the old Bethany Church Cemetery. Plot numbers are not available.
According to the Peffley family history, Enoch Canada Morris was the great-grandson of Robert Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independence. This "fact", however, has not been proven.
In October 1877 the family moved to their new home northwest of Windsor, Shelby County, Illinois. Enoch found a wooded area near the banks of the Kaskaskia River. He cleared the area for the house, and he built their home from the logs of the trees that he had felled. From 1877 to 1885 Enoch was engaged in timber work, mostly in getting out railroad ties, chopping wood, etc. It was here, on April 24, 1893, that their daughter, Melissa Catherine Morris died. It may be that she succumbed to the terrible outbreak of influenza that struck Shelby County in the winter of 1892. It was also here that Enoch and Lydia Morris' youngest child, Milford Manford Morris, was born on September 14, 1878. The family relates that he was afflicted with "the fits," a term usually indicating some form of epileptic seizures. He had one such seizure in the spring of 1901 and drowned when he fell into a creek. Enoch and Lydia were both very devout in their religious beliefs. He was a member of the old Predestinarian Church on Walnut Creek in Putnam Co., Ind. Lydia was formerly a member of the Church of the Brethren near Clinton Falls, Ind. After she came to Shelby Co., Ill., she transferred her membership to the Church of Christ at Bethany. It should be noted that, in this instance, "Bethany" does not refer to the town of Bethany in Shelby County. It refers to the old Bethany Church area northwest of Windsor.
In February 1906, Enoch and Lydia moved into Windsor, Illinois, to live the remainder of their days with their son, John Will Morris, and his family. Lydia died on October 1, 1916, at age 83, and is buried in the old Bethany Church Cemetery.
Enoch lived until October 11, 1920, and died at age 90. He, too, is buried in the Bethany Church Cemetery. This cemetery is located northwest of Windsor, Illinois, down a dirt trail, behind a farmer's barn. The graves of Enoch Canada Morris and Lydia Etter Morris are small and worn smooth, and they are located just down a sloping hill south from the gravestone marking the double grave of their sons Frederic Nelson Morris and Milford Manford Morris.
This grave is located at the southeast corner of the old Bethany Church Cemetery. Plot numbers are not available.
According to the Peffley family history, Enoch Canada Morris was the great-grandson of Robert Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independence. This "fact", however, has not been proven.
Enoch was born March 15, 1830, in Indiana, USA, and died October 11, 1920, in Windsor, Illinois, USA. In October of 1874, Enoch Canada and Lydia Morris loaded all of their belongings onto a covered wagon, gathered up their children, and began the trek westward from their home in Indiana. They headed south-southwest, and stopped in Cumberland County, Illinois. The following October (1875), they moved north-northwest into Shelby County, stopping at Middlesworth, Shelby County, Illinois. Middlesworth today is nothing more than a collection of a few houses just north of Route 16, east of Shelbyville, but it was a more bustling area in earlier days. A post office was established here January 25, 1870 and remained open until May 13, 1875. It was opened again from January 21, 1876, until August 7, 1876. It enjoyed a long record of service from November 13, 1882, until 1931, probably because the nearby Lithia Springs Chautauqua attendees disembarked from the railroad at Middlesworth every summer. When the chautauquas ended, the post office no doubt began its final decline.
In October 1877 the family moved to their new home northwest of Windsor, Shelby County, Illinois. Enoch found a wooded area near the banks of the Kaskaskia River. He cleared the area for the house, and he built their home from the logs of the trees that he had felled. From 1877 to 1885 Enoch was engaged in timber work, mostly in getting out railroad ties, chopping wood, etc. It was here, on April 24, 1893, that their daughter, Melissa Catherine Morris died. It may be that she succumbed to the terrible outbreak of influenza that struck Shelby County in the winter of 1892. It was also here that Enoch and Lydia Morris' youngest child, Milford Manford Morris, was born on September 14, 1878. The family relates that he was afflicted with "the fits," a term usually indicating some form of epileptic seizures. He had one such seizure in the spring of 1901 and drowned when he fell into a creek. Enoch and Lydia were both very devout in their religious beliefs. He was a member of the old Predestinarian Church on Walnut Creek in Putnam Co., Ind. Lydia was formerly a member of the Church of the Brethren near Clinton Falls, Ind. After she came to Shelby Co., Ill., she transferred her membership to the Church of Christ at Bethany. It should be noted that, in this instance, "Bethany" does not refer to the town of Bethany in Shelby County. It refers to the old Bethany Church area northwest of Windsor.
In February 1906, Enoch and Lydia moved into Windsor, Illinois, to live the remainder of their days with their son, John Will Morris, and his family. Lydia died on October 1, 1916, at age 83, and is buried in the old Bethany Church Cemetery.
Enoch lived until October 11, 1920, and died at age 90. He, too, is buried in the Bethany Church Cemetery. This cemetery is located northwest of Windsor, Illinois, down a dirt trail, behind a farmer's barn. The graves of Enoch Canada Morris and Lydia Etter Morris are small and worn smooth, and they are located just down a sloping hill south from the gravestone marking the double grave of their sons Frederic Nelson Morris and Milford Manford Morris.
This grave is located at the southeast corner of the old Bethany Church Cemetery. Plot numbers are not available.
According to the Peffley family history, Enoch Canada Morris was the great-grandson of Robert Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independence. This "fact", however, has not been proven.
In October 1877 the family moved to their new home northwest of Windsor, Shelby County, Illinois. Enoch found a wooded area near the banks of the Kaskaskia River. He cleared the area for the house, and he built their home from the logs of the trees that he had felled. From 1877 to 1885 Enoch was engaged in timber work, mostly in getting out railroad ties, chopping wood, etc. It was here, on April 24, 1893, that their daughter, Melissa Catherine Morris died. It may be that she succumbed to the terrible outbreak of influenza that struck Shelby County in the winter of 1892. It was also here that Enoch and Lydia Morris' youngest child, Milford Manford Morris, was born on September 14, 1878. The family relates that he was afflicted with "the fits," a term usually indicating some form of epileptic seizures. He had one such seizure in the spring of 1901 and drowned when he fell into a creek. Enoch and Lydia were both very devout in their religious beliefs. He was a member of the old Predestinarian Church on Walnut Creek in Putnam Co., Ind. Lydia was formerly a member of the Church of the Brethren near Clinton Falls, Ind. After she came to Shelby Co., Ill., she transferred her membership to the Church of Christ at Bethany. It should be noted that, in this instance, "Bethany" does not refer to the town of Bethany in Shelby County. It refers to the old Bethany Church area northwest of Windsor.
In February 1906, Enoch and Lydia moved into Windsor, Illinois, to live the remainder of their days with their son, John Will Morris, and his family. Lydia died on October 1, 1916, at age 83, and is buried in the old Bethany Church Cemetery.
Enoch lived until October 11, 1920, and died at age 90. He, too, is buried in the Bethany Church Cemetery. This cemetery is located northwest of Windsor, Illinois, down a dirt trail, behind a farmer's barn. The graves of Enoch Canada Morris and Lydia Etter Morris are small and worn smooth, and they are located just down a sloping hill south from the gravestone marking the double grave of their sons Frederic Nelson Morris and Milford Manford Morris.
This grave is located at the southeast corner of the old Bethany Church Cemetery. Plot numbers are not available.
According to the Peffley family history, Enoch Canada Morris was the great-grandson of Robert Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independence. This "fact", however, has not been proven.
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