Newhanover County NcArchives Photo Tombstone.....Morton, Stephen H. 
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Bill Gibson bgibson@uncfsu.edu May 10, 2006, 12:01 pm

Cemetery:           Bellevue Cemetery, Wilmington, NC
Name:               Stephen H. Morton

Date Of Photograph: March 11, 2006
Photo can be seen at:
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Broad view of the Stephen H. Morton/Abram Wilder Family Plots at Bellevue 
Cemetery in Wilmington, NC.  Family members include: Abram Wilder, Jesse T. 
Wilder, Stephen H. Morton, M. Caroline Wilder Morton, George Lee Morton, Sr., 
George Lee Morton, Jr., Mildred Gracey Thompson Morton, Eliza Ward Morton.

Stephen H. Morton (originally of Onslow County) moved his family to the 
Wilmington, NC area about 1871 and joined his brother in law, Jesse Wilder, in 
the lucrative turpentine distilling business.  His son, George Lee Morton, took 
over the business a few years after his father's death in 1886.

George Lee Morton, Sr. later moved his family to the Atlanta, GA area after he 
received a promotion with the Galena Oil Company.  Although his wife, Mildred, 
and his son, George L., Jr., continued to live in the Atlanta area after their 
father's death in 1930, their bodies were interred also at Bellevue Cemetery.

Additional Comments:
Not shown in the picture is a marker for "C. Morton" which I believe to be 
Carrie Ward Morton, the 7 year old daughter of Geo. L., Sr. She died on 29th 
April 1899.

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