Ulysses "Doc" Grant MORTON of Clay Co., WV
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Ulysses "Doc" Grant MORTON of Clay Co., WV
| killarney88 (View posts) | Posted: 19 Oct 2002 11:30AM GMT |
Classification: Query
Interested in corresponding with anyone researching the following family. I am particularly interested in family stories, life events, pictures, etc. U.G. Morton is a descendant of Thomas THROCKMORTON of Halifax Co., VA and Clay Co., WV.
What I have written as "Lizemores Cemetery" is that really called the Morton Cemetery?
Husband: Ulysses "Doc" Grant Morton
Born: 09 Jul 1866 - Lizemores, Clay Co., WV
Died: 05 Sep 1945 - Lizemores, Clay Co., WV
Buried: 07 Sep 1945 - Lizemores Cemetery, Lizemores, Clay Co., WV
Father: John T. MORTON (1823-1913)
Mother: Julia Ann ROGERS (1833-1875)
Other Spouse: Nancy Lavinia MULLINS (1866-1896)
Date: 19 Jun 1886 - Clay Co., WV
Married: 10 Mar 1901
Place: Lizemores, Clay Co., WV
Wife: Alice R. BAKER
Born: 27 Apr 1884 - Nicholas Co., WV
Died: 22 Nov 1952 - Gallipolis, Gallia Co., OH
Buried: 25 Nov 1952 - Lizemores Cemetery, Lizemores, Clay Co., WV
Father: Lewis F. BAKER (1843-1926)
Mother: Sophronia Ela WILLIS (1848-1943)
Children:
Cecil Dewey Morton
Harry Elmer Morton
Gladys M. MORTON
Phala G Morton
Annie Mae Morton
Thirley "Bill" Morton
Juanita Kay Morton
Pauline Morton
Husband's General Notes:
BIRTH: Death certificate states birth date as 31 Jul 1867.
OCCUPATION: Physician and Minister
Ulysses Morton never attended medical school but got a book and studied under Dr. Phil Brown and was a very capable doctor. In about 1912 the state legislature passed a bill that no man could practice medicine without a diploma from a medical school. Jimmy Dorsey who was then sergeant-at-arms in the state Senate explained to the Legislature that the community around Lizemores, WV, would be without a doctor, so the legislature passed a special bill allowing Doc Morton to continue practicing medicine as long as he lived. His tombstone says that he was born in the year 1867. (James B. Dorsey, p. 18)
Wife's General Notes:
BIRTH: Death certificate gives birth date as 25 Apr 1884.
CAUSE OF DEATH: Injured in a car accident on Nov. 17, 1952 when her car hit a school bus on a highway in Mason Co., WV. Taken to Holzer Hospital in Ohio. She suffered a fractured sternum which later caused a coronary thrombosis which lead to her death.
What I have written as "Lizemores Cemetery" is that really called the Morton Cemetery?
Husband: Ulysses "Doc" Grant Morton
Born: 09 Jul 1866 - Lizemores, Clay Co., WV
Died: 05 Sep 1945 - Lizemores, Clay Co., WV
Buried: 07 Sep 1945 - Lizemores Cemetery, Lizemores, Clay Co., WV
Father: John T. MORTON (1823-1913)
Mother: Julia Ann ROGERS (1833-1875)
Other Spouse: Nancy Lavinia MULLINS (1866-1896)
Date: 19 Jun 1886 - Clay Co., WV
Married: 10 Mar 1901
Place: Lizemores, Clay Co., WV
Wife: Alice R. BAKER
Born: 27 Apr 1884 - Nicholas Co., WV
Died: 22 Nov 1952 - Gallipolis, Gallia Co., OH
Buried: 25 Nov 1952 - Lizemores Cemetery, Lizemores, Clay Co., WV
Father: Lewis F. BAKER (1843-1926)
Mother: Sophronia Ela WILLIS (1848-1943)
Children:
Cecil Dewey Morton
Harry Elmer Morton
Gladys M. MORTON
Phala G Morton
Annie Mae Morton
Thirley "Bill" Morton
Juanita Kay Morton
Pauline Morton
Husband's General Notes:
BIRTH: Death certificate states birth date as 31 Jul 1867.
OCCUPATION: Physician and Minister
Ulysses Morton never attended medical school but got a book and studied under Dr. Phil Brown and was a very capable doctor. In about 1912 the state legislature passed a bill that no man could practice medicine without a diploma from a medical school. Jimmy Dorsey who was then sergeant-at-arms in the state Senate explained to the Legislature that the community around Lizemores, WV, would be without a doctor, so the legislature passed a special bill allowing Doc Morton to continue practicing medicine as long as he lived. His tombstone says that he was born in the year 1867. (James B. Dorsey, p. 18)
Wife's General Notes:
BIRTH: Death certificate gives birth date as 25 Apr 1884.
CAUSE OF DEATH: Injured in a car accident on Nov. 17, 1952 when her car hit a school bus on a highway in Mason Co., WV. Taken to Holzer Hospital in Ohio. She suffered a fractured sternum which later caused a coronary thrombosis which lead to her death.