Joseph Bowman Morris and Julia L. Murray

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Husband Joseph Bowman Morris ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 11 Aug 1827 - Young Twp, Jefferson Co, PA 4 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Jul 1909 - Punxsutawney, Jefferson Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Olive Cemetery, Oliver Twp, Jefferson Co, PA

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         Father: Obed Morris (1792-      ) 1 2 6
         Mother: Mary Bowman (1791-1859) 1 4 6

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       Marriage: Spring, 1853 4 5

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   Other Spouse: Catherine Crissman (1837-1887) 4 5 - 1858 5

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   Other Spouse: Margaret Brewer (      -      ) 4 - 2 Jan 1890 5

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Wife Julia L. Murray ^{4 5}

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           Born:  - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 1857 5
         Buried: 

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Bowman Morris

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He was born on the old family homestead in Young township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, and passed his youth under the ordinary circumstances of rural life in those days. When he reached his majority he went into the lumber business on his own account, and followed it for the next twenty years. For three years he was in the mercantile business at Punxsutawney, being associated in that line with a Dr. Shields, as dealers in dry goods, general merchandise and drugs. Later he returned to the farm in Young township where he had been born and reared, purchasing the property in 1854 and making his permanent home there, giving a large share of his time to its cultivation. In 1848 he opened a vein of coal there, which proved to be well worth working, and he operated it for many years.
He was county auditor, jury commissioner, and for thirty years justice of the peace, and filled a number of minor positions also. For many years he was a member of the State militia, and served as a captain in the State Guards. In political opinion he was a Republican. His religious connection was with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Punxsutawney, in which he served as a ruling elder from 1882 until his death. Before his death he moved from the farm to the West End, Punxsutawney.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1078.

2 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 375.

3 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 448, 609.

4 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 376.

5 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 448.

6 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 447, 609.