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Merrill Caroline [Female] b. 17 OCT 1814 Johnstown, Montgomery Co, NY - d. 11 OCT 1850 Waterloo, Seneca Co, NY
Died of Consumption.
Died of consumption.
b. Jul. 12, 1819, Oneida Co., NY; d. Dec. 5, 1865, Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., NY; bur. Elton Cemetery [photo], Cattaraugus Co., NY. Her birth date may have been b. Jul. 9, 1819, based on her grave marker: Elizabeth M. MOREY, wife of Philo TUPPER, died Dec. 5, 1865, ae 45 Ys, 4 Ms, 27 Ds. A family source states that she died at Johnsonburg, Wyoming Co., NY, but this is unlikely. Elizabeth traveled from NY to MI about 1836 (at about age 17) with the family of her sister Amanda (MERRILL) SMITH. Evidence, including photos of Elizabeth and all children except Charles, indicates that Elizabeth returned to NY about 1851 with her six children under the age of 10 upon the death of Elijah. The New York State 1855 census of the Town of Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., NY, lists Elizabeth in household 43, together with her daughter Maria (Mariett in census), with children William, Homer, and Anne living in two other households nearby. There is an account in the name of Elizabeth MOREY for merchandise purchased at her brother Smith MERRILL's store in Franklinville, dated Aug. 11, 1853. Subsequently, two children, William and Homer, returned to MI. Elizabeth married second Philo TUPPER of Elton, NY, probably shortly before her death. A photo of Elizabeth was taken about 1865, and is marked on the reverse "Grandmother Morey" in the handwriting of her grand-daughter Minnie Elsie (MOREY) FREEMAN. Daughter of Allen MERRILL and Tamma SMITH.
A tailor at Belleville and Mannsville, he is said to dress impeccably
A farmer and son of Nathan Dye
Served in Civil War
Killed in Civil War.
Served in Civil War
Served in Civil War
Killed in Civil War.
Served in Civil War. Killed Accidentally.
Charles owned and published the Waterloo Observer. He remarried twice after the death of Caroline.
Died Young.
Died in infancy.
He was a resident of Cortland Co., NY on Nov. 27, 1835 when he purchased 80 acres of land in Section 35 of Pennfield, Calhoun Co., MI. The Calhoun County Business Directory (1869-70) states that Mason MOREY arrived in the county in the spring of 1836. On Jun. 25, 1836, Elijah asked to join the Battle Creek United Congregational and Presbyterian Church by letter from Preble, NY. The membership letter was received Jul. 30, 1836, and he became the eighth member of the church. On Jan. 1, 1838, Elijah purchased 20 acres of land in Pennfield from Samuel ROBINSON, and on Dec. 25, 1838, he and wife Elizabeth witnessed a deed for Pennfield land from John GIFFORD to Francis PATTERSON. The 1840 census of Penfield, Calhoun Co., MI lists his household as having one male age 0-5 (son William), one male age 20-30 (Elijah), and one female age 15-20 (Elizabeth). The 1850 census of Penfield, Calhoun Co., MI, lists all six children, and includes 'Ellen F. Wright' (age 13), probably a daughter of Sarah (MOREY) WRIGHT, sister of Elijah. Married Dec. 6, 1838, Battle Creek, MI by Rev. Justin MARSH, with witnesses John VanBRUNT and Edwin MOREY. Rev. MARSH was minister-elect of the church, John S. VanBRUNT was deacon of the church, and Edwin was Elijah's brother.
Dentist.
b. Jan. 12, 1840, Elton, Cattaraugus Co., NY; d. Dec. 2, 1912, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX; bur. Oakwood Cemetery [photo], Tarrant Co., TX (block 100 lot 26 space 1, with monument marker). Son of Elijah Mason MOREY and Elizabeth MERRILL. Some family sources and census records indicate William was born in MI (Calhoun Co.), but a signed, witnessed and notarized statement in his Civil War pension file indicates he was born at Elton, NY. Served in the Civil War as a private in Company F, 5th New York Cavalry, Union Army. The National Archives has both a pension file (WC 760-022) and Civil War service file for Pvt. Morey, who is described as 5' 10" in height, with light complexion, light hair, and blue eyes. William is found in the 1855 census of Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., NY, and entered the service on Sep. 17, 1861, a non-resident of the Town of Freedom, NY, as a paid replacement for another, and was discharged at New York City on Oct. 17, 1864. William's first cousin, Emmett MERRILL, wrote on Apr. 24, 1864 from Brandy Station that he "went over to the 5th Cav. to day... I see Wm Morey he is O.K. Homer was out on Picket So I did not see him... Wm says he thinks that Homer will get detailed to drive ambulance with him." William's basis for a pension, dated Jun. 6, 1889, at Wichita, KS, was that in "Dec. 1861, he contracted a severe cold on march from Baltimore, Maryland to Annapolis, Maryland, and said cold resulted in pleursy and heart trouble." One document gives his residences after the war as Freedom, NY 1864; Johnsonburg, NY to 1866; Alpine, MI to 1872; Big Rapids, MI to 1882; Kiowa, KS in 1883; Wichita, KS to 1891; Fort Worth, TX to 1909; and San Antonio, TX beginning Jun. 1909. He returned to Fort Worth about 1911. The family is found in the 1870 census of Alpine, Kent Co., MI and the 1880 census of Big Rapids, Mecosta Co., MI. William C. is found in the Wichita City Directory for 1888 as a farmer, and in 1889 as a hardware dealer, his address both years being 1903 So. Mosley. Also living at the same address in 1888 were his children Willie A., Rose B., Jennie, and Charley. A diary entry dated Aug. 2, 1891, made by Melinda (HOWE) MERRILL at Elton, NY, reads, "Who should come, but Wm. Morey, Wife & daughter - staid til next night. Went to J. B. JONES - staid all night. Went to Perry's next morn - staid there til the next day AM. Then went to Franklinville - staid til Monday night. Left on train for Johnsonburg." In the 1900 census of Glenwood, Tarrant Co., TX, the William C. MOREY family is found residing at 108 Cromwell, with children William A., Minnie E. and Kittie in the household. The occupation of William C. MOREY is given as peddler, and that of William A. as day laborer. William C. MOREY's daughter Minnie related that her father was an itinerant Methodist minister. Married Mar. 12, 1865, at Johnsonburg, Wyoming Co., NY, with George W. and Maria T. (MOREY) GOULD as witnesses.
bur. on battlefield in the Civil War. A memorial to Charles was placed in the cemetery at Elton, Cattaraugus Co., NY, reading "In Memory of Charles S. MOREY of Co. D, 64th Regt. NY Volunteers. Killed in Battle May 3rd, 1863. At Chancellorsville, VA. Aged 26 Yrs, 3 Mons, & 22 Ds. Burial place unknown." Charles, named for his uncle and husband of Caroline (MERRILL) SENTELL, enlisted Oct. 8, 1861 in Co. D, 64th Reg't, NY Vols., being listed as a non-resident of the Town of Freedom and serving as a paid replacement for another. He is described as 5' 9" in height, with light complexion, brown hair, and blue-grey eyes. Charles' first cousin, Henry Smith MERRILL, wrote on Feb. 26, 1863 from Bells Landing, VA that "Emm and I returned from the 64th last evening.... I did not see Charley Morey he was at commasary head quarters on guard some 4 miles distant." Charles' Regiment, commanded by Col. Daniel G. BINGHAM, was one of five regiments composing the Fourth Brigade, First Division, Second Corps, Army of the Potomac in the Chancellorsville Campaign. The brigade had 19 known killed, 64 known wounded, and 446 either captured or otherwise missing in the campaign. Pvt. Charles was a brigade commissary guard for the 3 months before being killed in action. A Civil War Letter written on May 30, 1863 by Warren B. PERSONS just three weeks after the battle of Chancellersville includes the following: "Eight of our Co. were shot dead in the works and four wounded. ...the fourth man on my left Charles Morey of Freedom was also killed." Charles' death is described more graphically in Warren's letter of May 11th to his mother, capturing the horrors of war: "Charles Morey was the fourth man on my left, he was struck in the side of the head near the ear and fell like a log, the blood spouting in a torrent from the wound."
George and Maria, who lived at Looneyville, Erie Co., NY, were witnesses to her brother William's marriage. The heirs of Maria, who died at the home of her daughter Lydia, included all four children, brother William in Fort Worth, TX, and his son Charles C. MOREY in Great Falls, MT. A signed affidavit by Maria is in the pension file of brother Homer.
Homer is listed with his two brothers as non-residents of the town of Freedom, NY, serving in the Civil War as a paid replacement for another. He was in the same Civil War service unit as brother William (Company F, 5th New York Cavalry), enlisting on Feb. 27, 1864, and being discharged on Jul. 19, 1865. Homer's cousin, Emmett MERRILL, wrote on Apr. 24, 1864 from Brandy Station that he "went over to the 5th Cav. to day... I see Wm Morey he is O.K. Homer was out on Picket So I did not see him... Wm says he thinks that Homer will get detailed to drive ambulance with him." According to his Invalid Pension application, "in June 1864, near Stony Creek, Virginia, he contracted typhoid pneumonia and lung disease, which resulted in consumption" (Widow's Pension Claim 357628). His photo, taken at Johnsonburg, NY, is included in the Civil War Pension File (Invalid Pension 601040; Widow's Pension 254213). Homer's middle name is the married name of his great aunt Mary (MASON) ATWOOD. Married Oct. 1, 1870, Cohocton, NY, Catherine 'Kate' A. QUINN (family sources give her name as Kate IRWIN). Children: Maimie; Helen 'Nellie' married Mr. STROTHER; Mary D.; and Maude Anna did not marry (the probate papers of the Estate of Maude A. Morey provide valuable family history information).
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