Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Joseph Morford and Elizabeth Fell




Husband Joseph Morford 1

           Born: 1774 - New Jersey 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Mar 1861 3
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 1804 2

   Other Spouse: [Unk] Morford (      -Bef 1804) 2

• Note: This may be the same person as : Joseph Morford.




Wife Elizabeth Fell 1 4

           Born: 25 Sep 1785 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Jul 1868 3
         Buried: 


         Father: Nathan Fell (      -1835) 4 5
         Mother: Ann Smith (      -1842) 4 6




Children
1 M George Morford 2

           Born:  - West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1888
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Sarah Brown (      -      ) 2


2 F Martha Morford 2

           Born: 1809 - West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1876 - Illinois 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Robert Woods (      -      ) 2


3 F Rachel Morford 2

           Born:  - West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1888
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elisha Fox (      -Bef 1888) 2


4 M Benjamin Morford 2

           Born:  - West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1888
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rebecca Stem (      -      ) 2


5 M Hon. Nathan Morford 2




           Born: 14 May 1817 - West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Feb 1881 - Mercer Co, PA 7
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Ann Smith (      -Aft 1888) 2
           Marr: 10 Jan 1841 2


6 M Joseph Morford, Jr. 2

           Born:  - West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1888 - Trumbull Co, OH
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Hannah Dunbar (      -      ) 2


7 F Rebecca Morford 2

           Born:  - West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1888 - Greenville, Mercer Co, PA
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Andrew Burnett (      -Bef 1888) 2



General Notes: Husband - Joseph Morford


He was born in New Jersey and there grew to manhood. In the last decade of the eighteenth century, he came into the Shenango Valley and settled on a tract of land in what is now West Salem Township, Mercer County, PA, in 1798 or 1799. He was a justice of the peace for many years, and became comfortably wealthy. He and his wife were the parents of ten children, seven of whom grew to maturity.

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Sources


1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 905, 1193.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1193.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 608, 1193.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 728.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 741, 905.

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 905.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1194.


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