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Henrietta Kelly |
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Born: Dec 10, 1850 Loc: Brown Hill, Rockdale Twp. Crawford Co. PA Died: Nov 23, 1932 Loc: Sac City, Sac Co. Iowa Bur: Oakland Cemetery, Sac City, Sac Co. Iowa Gravestone Photo |
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Father: James Jackson Kelly |
| Married: Dec 23, 1866, Crawford Co. PA Spouse: Warren Liscomb Morton, son of Zacheus Morton and Laura Knapp |
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| Children:
William Jackson/Minnie Armita/Ida May/Laura Louisa/Warren Liscomb/Mary Agnes/ Dora Etta/Dolly/Nellie Lenora/Fred S./Anna Blanche/Elwood/William Jay/Charles Clarence/Lincoln |
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1870 Census: Bloomfield Twp. Crawford Co. PA |
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| Obituary:
Mrs. Etta Morton, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. May Maxson in Sac
City, last week. Wednesday morning, November 23, lacking only 17 days of
being 82 years of age. She was one of the pioneer residents of this
community. Mrs. Morton had been visiting her daughter Mrs. Jerry Stevens,
and family at Bingham Lake, Minn. and returned to her home in Sac City on
Nov 15, she was taken ill soon afterward but her condition was not
considered serious until a week ago Sunday night, after she had spent the
day at the home of her daughter Mrs. Roy Tobin. Her death was quite
unexpected as she was feeling much better and had planned to leave her bed
and partake of Thanksgiving dinner at the table with (unreadable) About 3
a.m. on Wednesday Nov 23, after her daughter had given her a drink of
water and some medicine Mrs. Morton passed quietly away. Funeral services
were held at the Baptist church Sunday afternoon, in charge of the pastor,
Rev. Harry N. Throckmorton. Music was furnished by Mrs. Hazel Hayes, Mrs.
A. T. Brownell, I. H. Salimo and Henry Pontious, who sang "The Old Rugged
Cross", "In The Garden" and "When the Mists Have Rolled Away." Mrs. G. M.
Abernathy was at the piano. Pall-bearers were C. Orville Lee, F. C. Hoyt,
W. E. Wayt, C.A. Hunter, Ernest Waterson, and John Tobin. Burial followed
at Oakland. Henrietta Kelly Morton was born in Brownville, Crawford
county, Penn., Dec. 10, 1850. When a young girl she was converted and
united with the United Brethren church in Rockdale, Penna. In later years
she became a member of the First Baptist church in Sac City where she was
a faithful member at the time of her death. On Dec 23, 1866 she was united
in marriage to Warren L. Morton of Bloomfield, Penn. To this union were
born 14 children, 8 of them preceded their mother in death. Those
remaining are Mrs. May Maxson of Sac City, Mrs. Fred Holloway of Long
Beach, Calif., Mrs. Roy Tobin of Sac City, Mrs. Jerry Stevens of Bingham
Lake, Minn., Mrs. Tom Prawl of Stockton, Calif., and Fred Morton of Lake
Park. Mr. & Mrs. Morton made their home in Pennsylvania until Feb. 24,
1873, when they came to Sac county where they resided until Mr. Morton’s
death which was April 12, 1918. Mrs. Morton continued to live in Sac City
after the death of her husband. Grandma Morton as she was known to
everyone was loved and respected by all who knew her. She lived a
beautiful Christian life. She was a devoted wife and mother. Besides her
children she leaves to mourn her passing 38 grandchildren, 30 great
grandchildren, besides a host of other relatives and many friends. |
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