WILLIAM AND SUSANNA MORCOM, Bio, Granite Co., MT

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	WILLIAM AND SUSANNA MORCOM

Born:  William Morcum was born in 1858 the son of John Morcum 
(1834-   ) and Johanna Jeffery (   -   ).
Place:  Par, Tywardreath, Cornwall, England.
Died:   he died after 1912.
Place:  Cornwall, England

Occupation:  he was pioneer Miner and rancher near Garnet, 
Montana.

Married: William married Susanna (Susannah) Warden Sleep in 1891 
at Cornwall, England.  She was the daughter of Thomas Warden Sleep 
(1842-   ) and Amelia Jane Collings (1845-   ).
	Born:  she was born about 1870.
	Place: probably at Cornwall, England.
	Died:  she died after 1912.
	Place:  she died in Michigan, USA.

Children:  William and Susanna Morcom has two daughters.
	1)  Ethel May Morcom (Rule)
		Born:  March 11, 1893.  Mrs. Page was midwife.  She was 
baptized by a "circuit rider" preacher. 
No birth certificate was recorded at 
Missoula, Montana.
		Place: Garnet, Granite County, Montana.
		Died: May 1991 at age 98.
		Place: Saline, Michigan, USA.
		Married: she married John Rule in 1920.  They resided in 
Royal Oak, and Saline, Michigan.
		Children:  Ethel and John Rule had one child.
			1)  Doris Mae Rule (Bable)
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				Married:  she married James Bable.
				Children: they had two daughters.
				1)  Leslie Kay Bable (Saari)
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					Married: she married John Milton Saari.
					Children: Leslie and John had two 
daughters.
					1)  Katrina Mae Saari
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					2)  Kristen Marie Saari
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					2)  Pamela Bable (Frankhouser)
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						Married: she married William Silas 
Frankhouser.
						Children: Pamela and William has two 
sons.
						1)  William Frankhouser
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						2)  John Rule Frankhouser
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	2)   Violet Ada Morcom
		Born: after 1893 and prior to 1912.
		Place:  Cornwall, England
		Died:
		Place: Bradenton, Florida, USA
		Married:

William and his four Brothers, Thomas born in 1856, Charles born 
in 1859, Joseph born in 1861 and a half brother Podolphus Rundle 
emigrated to America about 1880-1889.  They first went to 
California, then found their way to Colorado.  By 1888-89 they 
located in Montana, where they staked out a claim.  The property 
they selected was three miles from Clinton, and southeast of 
Missoula.  They worked as miners and mine agents for the Anaconda 
Mine.  The little spare time they had was spent building a log 
cabin, out buildings and  establishing a "ranch". 

William returned to Cornwall, England and married Susanna in 1891. 
 William and Susanna returned to Montana where she kept house for 
him and his brothers.  When Susanna became pregnant, William 
decided she should go up to Garnet, so that she might be near Mrs. 
Page (midwife) when the time arrived.  On a cold and snowy day in 
November, William hitched up his sturdy team of horses to the 
cart, and up the mountain they went to Mrs. Pages' cabin.  It was 
a good decision, as the winter was severe.  Ethel was born safely, 
and it was April 1893 before the roads were passable enough to 
return to the Morcom ranch.

Life was hard for the Morcom's.  It was hard to get use to the 
cold, and all the hard work, after living in the milder climate of 
Cornwall, England.  Susanna looked forward to the Indians passing 
by, and often traded them a hot dinner for cutting firewood or 
bringing her water from the pump.  They returned to Cornwall, 
England where daughter Violet was born.  

In 1912 they again returned to the United States and settled at 
Ironwood, Michigan.

Bibliography:

Garnet Preservation Association, 1995.  Family information 
supplied by Ethel May Morcom, unpublished.

Rule, Doris, 1995.  Letter to Bureau of Land Management for the 
Garnet Centennial Celebration Family Day, Family history of the 
Morcum and Rule Families, July 3, 3 pages.