When John Hansford Morris Sr was born on 13 May 1840, in Virginia, United States, his father, Fenton Mercer Morris, was 24 and his mother, Rebecca Lloyd, was 21. He married Felicita Rebecca Hill about 1860, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Nicholas, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Jefferson District, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 25 February 1895, in Nicholas, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Hill Cemetery, Belva, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States.
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In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
English and Scottish: from Maurice, an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans. It is derived from Latin Mauritius, a derivative of Maurus (see Moore ). This was the name of several early Christian saints. In some cases it may be a nickname of the same derivation for someone with a swarthy complexion.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muirghis, a variant of Ó Muirgheasa (see Morrissey ).
Welsh: Anglicized form of the personal name Meurig (from Latin Mauritius), which was gradually superseded in Wales by Morus, Morys, a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French form of the name (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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