Caldwell County MO Archives History .....MORROW FAMILY  
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THE MORROW FAMILY IN HAMILTON 1864
	Narrators:  Members of the Morrow Family

     Courtland Morton Morrow brought his family to Hamilton to live in 1864, 
right after the close of the war when the town was a mere hamlet.  There were 
eventually 5 daughters and 2 sons in the family.  One daughter died when 
small.  C.M. Morrow was born 1820 in Belmont county Ohio.  He was married 1843 
in Monroe co. O. to Rosanna Jane Miller born 1827 in Clarksville Md.  He was a 
carpenter by trade and a plasterer.
     He was the first town marshall of Hamilton, after the town in 1869 became 
a town.  He served in that office for several years.  He might be called away 
from his work anytime to attend to his marshall job, for it did not take full 
time, as now.  He was a charter member of the Masonic lodge here and was Tyler 
of the lodge 28 years.  He and his family, including sons-in-law were 
Methodists.
     During most of his life, he and family lived in a small cottage on the 
present site of the Robert Minger home.
     The children were Myrta who married John Fronk, a leading Methodist.  He 
was manager for Ford and Darby harness shop for a long time and finally bought 
it.  His store was near the present A.P. store.  The Fronk family lived for 
some time in a cottage west of the south school, but finally bought the large 
Wm. Partin home north of the Morrow cottage.  Another daughter was Mrs. Jos. 
Allen who moved to Kans., another Mrs. Sarah Thompson of Princeton (long known 
as "Dot" Morrow a popular primary teacher at the old school on site of M.E. 
Parsonage); another was Mrs. John Phillips who lived here in Hamilton in the 
present Lit Gregory home near the south school and moved to Stanberry; the 
boys Charles and Clifford.
     C.M. Morrow died in Hamilton 1896, and his wife died 1901, both are 
buried in the Morrow lot at Highland cemetery.  There also was Charles buried, 
his dying request being that he lie by his parents.
     Descendants in Hamilton of this early Hamilton family are Mrs. Clementina 
Fronk Shively, wife of post master Harley Shively, and her children.
     Interview  1933.


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