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George Washington Morey

Male 1855 - 1936  (80 years)


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  • Name George Washington Morey  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Born 18 Nov 1855  Johnson County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Race White  [1, 2, 3, 5] 
    Residence 1880  Brush Creek, Saline, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Age: 24; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self 
    Residence 1900  Grange, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Age: 44; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head 
    Residence 1910  West Fork, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Age: 65; Age: 55; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head 
    Residence 1920  Grange, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1925  [6] 
    Age: 69 
    Residence 1930  Grange, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Age: 74; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head 
    Died 2 Jan 1936  Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Climbing Hill, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Westfork Township Cemetery, Find A Grave Memorial# 125805215
    Person ID I10061  Clark Benscoter
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 

    Father Stillman Morey,   b. Abt 1814, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Melinda _____,   b. Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F1507  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ellen Benscoter,   b. 14 Mar 1857, New Hampton, Chickasaw, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1946, Luton, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 12 May 1874  Wilber, Saline, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Children 
     1. Mary Abbie Morey,   b. 20 Apr 1900, Luton, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1988, Choteau, Teton, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)  [natural]
     2. Lennie Della Morey,   b. 3 Apr 1897, Luton, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1989, Placer, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)  [natural]
     3. Iva May Morey,   b. 4 Apr 1889, Palisade, Hitchcock, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1995, Inman, Holt, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 106 years)  [natural]
     4. Thomas Jefferson Morey,   b. 28 Nov 1878, Wilber, Saline, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1967, Onawa, Monona, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)  [natural]
     5. William Harrison Morey,   b. 20 Aug 1876, Saline, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1944, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)  [natural]
     6. Harry Morey,   b. 12 May 1883, Saline, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1973, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)  [natural]
     7. George Albert Morey,   b. Apr 1885, Saline, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1974, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 88 years)  [natural]
     8. Bert Monroe Morey,   b. 23 Feb 1887, Plattsmouth, Cass, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1971, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F3127  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Nov 1855 - Johnson County, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 May 1874 - Wilber, Saline, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Jan 1936 - Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Climbing Hill, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 
    • Found this in the Sioux City Journal 05 Jan 1936.

      George W. Morey 81, of Luton, IA, USA. died Thursday in a Sioux City hospital following a sickness of two weeks. Born in Johnson Co. Iowa 08 Nov 1854. Mr. Morey lived there until 41 years ago when he moved to Woodbury county.

      Surviving him are his widow Mary of Luton: four sons Tom, Harry, George and Burt of Luton; three daughters Mrs. Ivan Hopkins of Inman, Nebr. Mrs. W. Wright of Sioux City and Mrs. Abby Van Auken of Chateau, Mont.

      Funeral services will be held at 2'o'clock Saturday afternoon in W. Harry Christy's funeral parlour.

      Interment will be in Climbing Hill.

      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=morey&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=14&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GSsr=121&GRid=125805215&df=all&

      History of Woodbury County, Iowa 1984

      George and Mary Morey
      By Jeanenne Leedom

      George Washington Morey was the sixth child of Stillman Sadley and Malinda (Neely) Morey. His father was born ca 1810 in New York, and his mother was born ca 1815 in Ohio. George Washington was born November 8, 1855, in Millersberg, Iowa County, Iowa. During the 1870’s, his parents moved the family to Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska. There, in 1873, George lost his mother, two sisters, a brother, some cousins, and some friends in a devastating prairie fire. Because of this, George didn’t talk much about his family.

      On May 12, 1874, in Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska, George married Mary Ellen Benscoter, the daughter of Henry D and Sarah Ann (Smothers) Benscoter. Mary Ellen was born March 14, 1857, in New Hampton, Chicasaw County, Iowa. George and Mary Ellen’s first four children: William Harrison, Thomas Jefferson, Harry, and George Albert-were all born in Saline County, Nebraska. Their fifth child, Bert Monroe, was born in Sarpy County, Nebraska. After Bert was born, the family moved to Palisade, Hitchcock County, Nebraska, where three more children, Iva May and a set of twin boys, were born. The twins died when they were only a few weeks old.

      George was a farmer by trade, and wherever fields needed worked that’s where he would go. Mary Ellen would always take the family and go with him; even if she was baking bread, they would pack up the wagon and go. When it came time to bake the bread, they would stop, build a fire, bake it, and move on.

      Some time around 1886 George lost his right arm while operating a corn sheller. At first the doctor cut his had off at the wrist but the bone split so the doctor cut the arm off just above the elbow. Once again, the bone split, but George told the doctor, ‘No more soup bones off me!’ and the arm remained.

      In the late 1890’s the family came to Luton, Woodbury County, Iowa and two more children, Lennie Della and Mary Abbie, were born. In 1904 the family moved to Dorsey, Holt County, Nebraska, where George and his two sons worked on a farm. After the season was over, they moved to Stafford, Holt County, Nebraska, where the men worked in the hay fields. In 1908, the family moved for the last time, coming back to Luton, where George farmed and owned and operated a service station for a short time before his death on January 2, 1936. Mary Ellen lived alone in their home until her death on February 26, 1946. They are both at rest in Climbing Hill, Woodbury County, Iowa.
      http://iagenweb.org/boards/woodbury/biographies/index.cgi?read=296922

  • Sources 
    1. [S118] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was;), Year: 1910; Census Place: West Fork, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: T624_429; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0164; FHL microfilm: 1374442.
      Record for Mary C Mercay

    2. [S225] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Brush Creek, Saline, Nebraska; Roll: 755; Family History Film: 1254755; Page: 116A; Enumeration District: 222; Image: 0233.
      Record for Mary Morey

    3. [S149] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Grange, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: 466; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0151; FHL microfilm: 1240466.
      Record for M E Morey

    4. [S51] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
      Record for Mary Ellen Benscoter `

    5. [S778] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Grange, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: 689; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 92.0; FHL microfilm: 2340424.
      Record for M E Money

    6. [S797] Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;).
      Record for Tom J Morey


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