U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Morton, David S. (1849-1924) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia by John Davison Sutton Sutton, West Virginia, January, 1919 Page 411 David S. Morton, son of David I. and Sarah J. Jones Morton, was born Nov. 30, 1849, and married Mary Skidmore, Nov. 19, 1874. Their children were Margaret Jane, Ida May, Bertha Viola, Daise Ethel, Ephrasia Esther, Harry Gordon. Few men can boast of having taught longer or more successfully in the public, schools than Mr. Morton. He commenced teaching in 1869, and has taught fifty-eight terms, and was County Superintendent of Schools in 1888-89. He has been in the school work forty-eight years. He is a farmer as well as a teacher, and has been prominent and diligent in his chosen profession. He was appointed to take the census in 1890, and again in 1910 in Holly district. Mr. Morton lives on his farm near Newville. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Braxton County, WV #5707 FULL-NAME: David S. Morton, Jr. BIRTH-DATE: October 30, 1849 BIRTH-PLACE: Virginia DEATH-DATE: May 19, 1924 at age 74y-6m-19d DEATH-PLACE: Newville, Holly District, Braxton County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Teacher FATHER: David S. Morton MOTHER: Mary J. Jones CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Hepatic Dropsy / Senile Pneumonia INFORMANT: Bertha Lee Cottrill (of Newville, W.Va.) BURIAL: Newville, W.Va. (wife of David Morton) From Death Certificate, Braxton County, WV #10175 FULL-NAME: Mary Morton BIRTH-DATE: Mar. 7, 1853 BIRTH-PLACE: Braxton County DEATH-DATE: August 11, 1930 at age 77y-5m-4d DEATH-PLACE: Newville, Holly District, Braxton County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Retired FATHER: Isaac Skidmore (born in Virginia) MOTHER: Lucendie Cogar (born in Braxton County) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cancer of Gall Bladder INFORMANT: Bertha Morton (of Newville, W.Va.) BURIAL: Irving Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Braxton County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/braxton/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------