When Laura Emily Shepperd was born on 4 February 1855, in Hopkins, Texas, United States, her father, Elijah Byrd Shepperd, was 42 and her mother, Martha Adeline Mings, was 38. She married Wiley R Morris on 20 January 1876, in Hunt, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Upshur, Texas, United States in 1860 and Justice Precinct 3, Van Zandt, Texas, United States in 1910. She died on 16 December 1928, in Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Fargo, Wilbarger, Texas, United States.