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Source: Southwest Louisiana and Biographical and Historical by
William Henry Perrin published in 1891;  page 297.



                        MARCUS L. MORTON
                         Abbeville, LA
                                
Marcus L. Morton was born in Vermilion parish, December 11, 1848. 
His father, John W. Morton, was a native of Kentucky, and on his
way to join the United States army during the Mexican
war he stopped in Louisiana, remaining for some time. While
here he married Miss Adelaide Mouton, our subject's mother.
Subsequently he removed to Jefferson county, Texas. He became
sheriff of Jefferson county, and in 1851 was killed in
an attempt to make an arrest.  Marcus L. Morton received his
education in the public schools of Vermilion parish. At the age
of fourteen years he joined the State Guards and was afterward
transferred to the Eighth Louisiana Regiment, dismounted
cavalry, and with his regiment was a participant in the battles
of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and the skirmishes on Lafourche
bayou and the Mississippi river.  Since the war Mr. Morton has
been successfully engaged in farming and stock raising. His
place, located fifteen miles southwest of Abbeville, consists 
of four hundred acres of land on Cow Island and two hundred
acres on Pine Island. Mr. Morton married, in 1870, Miss Begir
Mouton. To this union five children have been born, viz: Augustus
A., Adams O., Adelaide, Agnes and  Joseph A.     Mr. Morton and
family are members of the Catholic church.  He is  a Mason and a
member of the Farmers' Alliance. He is a Democrat.