Source Text:

Name: Susan Jane Morton Morton
Birth Date: 27 Mar 1840
Birth Location:
Death Date: 25 Oct 1895 (aged 55)
Death Location:
Burial: Elsberry City Cemetery
City: Elsberry
County: Lincoln County
State: Missouri
Country: USA
Memorial ID: 149916606

Robert Thomas Morton, m Susan J. Morton, daughter of Ambrose Morton and granddaughter of Benjamin and Lavina / Viney (Anderson) Morton

On Dec. 24, 1893, Mrs. Sally Ann (Morton) Ford furnished me the following information, viz: .... "Susan Morton, daughter of Ambrose and Nancy (Bourne) Morton, married Thomas Morton, a half brother of Mrs. Sarah Ann (Morton) Ford. Thomas had a son who was a Reformed Preacher."

Letter to Mrs. Sarah Ann (Morton) Ford, Owenton, KY from ____: "I wish you would write to the son of your half-brother, Thomas Morton, who married Susan, dau. of Ambrose, to furnish all the Bible records and traditions he has or can get of the Morton family."

Name: Mrs. Susan J. Morton
Age or Birth Date: 27 Mar 1840
Death Date: 25 Oct 1895
Publication Date: 1 Nov 1895
(Lincoln Co., MO Deaths 1868-1936 in Ancestry.com)

Burials in Elsberry City Cem., Elsberry, MO; Old Section, Block 14, Lot 5W:
Space 2. Sue M. Thayer b 1877, d 1964
Space 3. Mary P. Morton b 1872, d 1960
Space 4. Susan Jane Morton b March 1840; d Oct. 1895
Eight spaces are owned by R. L. & W. P. Morton; only three spaces have been used. Date of purchase is not recorded.
(June 13, 2017 phone call, information provided by Sharon)
Note: R. L. may have been Robert E. Lee Morton and W.P. would have been William P. Morton.

Sandra Koors wrote saying that Susan was born in Madison Co., KY.

Family Members
Parents
Ambrose Morton 1801 – unknown
Nancy Ann Bourne Morton 1801 – unknown
Spouse
Robert Thomas Morton
Siblings
John Bourne Morton 1830–1905
Benjamin Davis Morton 1837–1892
Children
Cordelia S. Morton Blackwell 1856–1889
William P. Morton 1858–1938
Rev Robert E. Lee Morton 1864–1936
Mary Phillip Morton 1872–1960
Kate Bell Morton Meriwether 1875–1928
Susan Thomas "Susie" Morton Thayer 1877–1964
Lenard Joseph Morton 1881–1950