John Ainsworth MORRIS ³

  General Notes:

1900 IA CENSUS, Linn Co, Monroe Twp: John A. Morris, Mar 1875, 25, wd, (married 1 yr crossed out), b. IA, father b. NJ, mother b. MD, farmer; son George J.(?), Jun 1899, 11/12, b. IA, parents b. IA. (They were listed next to Sarah E. Morris, 56, wd, b. MD on census.)

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918: John Ainsworth Morris, RFD#1, Toddville, Linn Co, IA; 43; b. Mar 13, 1875; farmer, for myself, RFD#1, Toddville, IA; nearest relative: Mary Etta Morris, RFD#1, Toddville, IA; tall, slender, light brown eyes, dark brown hair.

John married Amanda OLIPHANT, daughter of Jacob OLIPHANT and Uantha (---), about 1898 in IA.¹ (Amanda OLIPHANT was born about 1882 in IA ⁶ and died about 1899 in IA ¹.)

John next married Mary Etta HEMPHILL, daughter of Valentine HEMPHILL and Samantha Anna OLIPHANT, about 1901 in probably Linn Co, IA.² (Mary Etta HEMPHILL was born on 4 Mar 1883 in CA ⁷ and died in Feb 1975 in Toddville, Linn Co, IA ⁷.)