Bessie Bell Morton

1886 - 1970  (83 years)

• Name	Bessie Bell Morton  [1, 2]
  Born	27 Dec 1886	, Barry, MO   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1900	Mineral Twp, Jasper, MO   [3]
  Residence	1910	Purcell, Jasper, MO   [4]
  Residence	1920	Cave Springs, Colville Twp, Benton, AR   [5]
  Died	26 Feb 1970	, Fremont, CO   [6]
  Buried	Union Highland Cemetery, Florence, Fremont, CO   [6]
  Person ID	I280	Allison | Allison
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	John Lawsha Morton,   b. 28 May 1853, Richland Twp, Grant, IN ,   d. 7 May 1930, Seneca, Newton, MO  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Martha Jane Skinner,   b. 23 Mar 1853, El Paso, McLean, IL ,   d. 12 Dec 1933, Florence, Fremont, CO  (Age 80 years)
  Married	21 Apr 1872  [1]
  Family ID	F57	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Park Cooper,   b. Feb 1871, , , TN ,   bur. 15 Sep 1955, Union Highland Cemetery, Florence, Fremont, CO  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Married	30 Aug 1931	Miles City, Custer, MT
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2019
  Family ID	F17	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Nellie Joyce, Mary May, Eva Edith, and Bessie Bell Morton Date and place unknown

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		1900 United States Census, Mineral, Jasper, MO John L. Morton listed as head of household, which included wife Martha J., sons Ami, John and Lute, daughters Rosa, Mattie, Mary, Bessie, Eva, and Nellie.
  		1910 United States Census, Purcell, Jasper, MO John L. Morton listed as head of household, which included wife Martha J, daughters Mattie, May, Bessie, Eva, Nellie and son Lute.
  		1920 United States Census, Cave Springs, Colville Twp, Benton, AR John Morton listed as head of household, which included wife Martha, and daughters May, Bessie and Eva.
  		George Park Cooper family George Park Cooper and Bessie Bell Morton, Marriage Record.

  
  

  Headstones

  Bessie Bell Morton 1886-1970 Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in me tho he were dead, yet shall he live." John 11:25. Plot: Section 67, Lot 512

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		John Lawsha Morton, biography Compiled by Dona Morton Adams, Betty Morton Baird,Mary Klock Silverthorn and Betty Allison Moore in 1977, from Eva Morton Woods' notes from "The Tribe of John" in 1943, and gathered from Bibles in the homes of Silas Lute Morton of Fresno, California and Joshua Morton of Grants Pass, Oregon in 1922.
  		John Lawsha Morton, obituary Cassville Republican Cassville, Missouri Thursday, 15 May 1930
  		Evangelist Bessie Morton Marries G. P. Cooper Miles City Reporter Miles City, Montana August or September, 1931
  		Eva, Bessie and May, Morton Sisters Sail for Jerusalem Cassville Republican Cassville, Missouri Thursday, 29 January 1925

  
  

• Sources

  [S60] Blackburn Family Association, (https://www.blackburn-tree.org/). [S50] Morton Family records. [S44] 1900 United States Federal Census , Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S38] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S5] Find A Grave.