Nellie Joyce Morton

1892 - 1986  (94 years)

• Name	Nellie Joyce Morton  [1]
  Born	30 May 1892	, Barry, MO   [1]
  	She and her twin Nettie were successfully delivered at 4 am by her father because Dr. Overton was 2 hours late arriving from Cassville, Barry County's county seat. [1]
  Gender	Female
  Address	1900	Mineral Twp, Jasper, MO   [2]
  Address	1910	Purcell, Jasper, MO   [3]
  Address	1917	Baxter Springs, Cherokee, KS   [4]
  Address	1920	Florence, Fremont, CO   [5]
  Address	1925	Virgil, Greenwood, KS   [6]
  Address	1930	Pueblo, Pueblo, CO   [7]
  Address	1935	Laramie, Albany, WY   [8]
  Address	1939	411 S. Ash, Yuma, Yuma, CO   [1]
  	Per receipt for land purchase.
  Address	1940	Peetz, Logan, CO   [9]
  Address	1942	Luray, Russell, KS   [10]
  Address	1946	Winfield, Cowley, KS   [11]
  Address	1955	Dickinson Rd, Greenleaf, Brown, WI   [1]
  	They were living in the rectory next door to Lark United Methodist Church, 7031 Dickinson Rd, Greenleaf, Brown county, Wisconsin, before Rolland married Johanna Hueppchen, Aug 20, 1955, at Lark Church with John officiating.
  Address	1972	2412 South 15th Street, Sheboygan, Sheboygan, WI   [12]
  Address	Abt 1983	Chilton, Calumet, WI   [12]
  	Per her obituary, she was a resident of Chilton Village Nursing Home for several years before she died.
  Died	9 Sep 1986	Chilton, Calumet, WI   [12]
  Buried	Sunrise Memorial Gardens, Sheboygan, Sheboygan, WI   [1]
  Notes	She and Nettie Gladys were identical twins. [1]
  Person ID	I2	Allison | Allison
  Last Modified	8 Apr 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  [8]
  Family ID	F57	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Philip Allison,   b. 25 Jan 1896, Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS ,   d. 14 Mar 1975, Sheboygan, Sheboygan, WI  (Age 79 years)
  Married	29 Oct 1916	Cave Springs, Benton, AR   [1]
  	Rev. William Mosby Allison officiated. [1]
  Children	1. Gale Wallace Allison,   b. 15 Sep 1917, Baxter Springs, Cherokee, KS ,   d. 15 Sep 1917, Baxter Springs, Cherokee, KS  (Age 0 years) + 2. Bennie Elizabeth Allison,   b. 15 Nov 1918, Cave Springs, Benton, AR ,   d. 1 Nov 2013, Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles, CA  (Age 94 years)   3. Woodson Max Allison,   b. 6 Jan 1921, Florence, Fremont, CO ,   d. 6 Jul 1935, , Carbon, WY  (Age 14 years) + 4. Lute Philip Allison,   b. 21 Sep 1922, Southwest City, McDonald, MO ,   d. 9 Aug 2006, Sheboygan, Sheboygan, WI  (Age 83 years)   5. Earl Allison,   b. 21 May 1924, Pittsburg, Crawford, KS ,   d. 21 May 1924, Pittsburg, Crawford, KS  (Age 0 years) + 6. Rolland Morton Allison,   b. 25 May 1926, Ozawkie, Jefferson, KS ,   d. 23 Nov 1999, Pewaukee, Waukesha, WI  (Age 73 years) + 7. James Howard Allison,   b. 3 May 1928, Pueblo, Pueblo, CO ,   d. 16 Sept 2012, Wilsonville, Clackamas, OR  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2019
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		John Philip Allison family John Philip Allison and Nellie Joyce Morton Allison, 20th wedding anniversary, October 1936
  		John Philip Allison family (Back, far right): John and Nellie. (Front): Al, Lute and Jim. The other people in the photo could be extended family or friends. Date and place and date unknown.
  		John Philip Allison family A scratched up but rare photo of the Allison family. (Back) Nellie, John, and Betty. (Front) Jim, Lute, and Al, doubtless just back from church. Taken sometime after Max died in 1935.
  		The Homestead at Roach Sketch depicting John Philip Allison transporting logs from a home he deconstructed to the new home site for reconstruction. Artist: Hyatt Moore, painter, son of Betty Allison Moore and Hy Moore, II.
  		Anna E. Mayes teapot, view 1 This teapot was given to Anna E. Mayes (Allison) as a wedding gift. It was passed down to her daughter-in-law, Nellie Joyce Morton (Allison), then to Anna's granddaughter, Betty Allison (Moore) and finally to Anna's great-grandson Hyatt Moore III and his wife Anne. Bottom marking: Reed & Barton 2940, silverplate
  		Anna E. Mayes' teapot, view 2. This teapot, a wedding gift to Anna E. Mayes, was damaged years later when it was accidentally left on a wood burning stove. Bottom marking: Reed & Barton 2940, silverplate
  		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, Florence, Fremont, CO John P Allison listed as head of household, which included his wife, Nellie J. and daughter Bennie E. (Betty).
  		1925 Kansas State Census, Virgil, Greenwood J.P Allison listed as head of household, which included wife, Nellie, daughter Bennie (Betty) and sons, Max and Lute.
  		1930 United States Census, Pueblo City, Pueblo, CO John P Allison listed as head of household, which included wife, Nelle J., daughter Betty, and sons Max, Lute, Rolland and James.
  		1940 Unites States Census, Peetz, Logan, CO John P Allison listed as head of household, which included wife, Nell J., Lute P., Rolland M., James H.
  		John Philip Allison family 1946 City Directory, Winfield, Polk, KS listing for John and Nellie Joyce Morton Allison.
  		John Philip Allison and Nellie Joyce Morton, children's birth records Nellie is the most likely author of these notes. It matches samples of her handwriting.

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		The Homestead at Roach Betty Allison Moore's recollection of the Homestead in Roach, Colorado, 1930 or 1931.
  		Max Allison's death Betty Allison Moore's recollection of her brother Max' death in 1935.
  		Nellie Joyce Morton obituary notice Chilton Times Journal, Chilton, Calumet, Wisconsin, September 18, 1986
  		Anna E. Mayes Memories of Anna as told to Betty by her dad, John Philip Allison.
  		Mortons hold reunion Newspaper article from Aug 1977. Reunion was held Aug 22-23, 1977. The newspaper article most likely appeared in the Porterville Recorder, the paper that served the Strathmore area.
  		Story of John Lawsha Morton delivering the twins, Nettie and Nellie, in May 1892 Handwritten note, dated Nov 12, 1950, by, I believe, Eva Edith Morton. She's the only family member whose name starts with an E, who would call John L. Morton "daddy," and who was alive in Nov 1950. She was 7 years old when the twins were born.
  		John Lawsha Morton, obituary Cassville Republican Cassville, Missouri Thursday, 15 May 1930

  
  

• Sources

  [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.). [S15] U.S. Draft Registration, WWI, National Archives, Washington, D.C. [S38] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S11] 1925 Kansas Census, Kansas Historical Society, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S48] 1930 United States Federal Census , Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S60] Blackburn Family Association, (https://www.blackburn-tree.org/). [S13] 1940 United States Federal Census , Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S16] U.S. Draft Registration, WWII, National Archives, Washington, D.C. [S17] U.S. City Directories, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S5] Find A Grave.