Onslow-Newhanover County NcArchives Obituaries.....Morton, Elizabeth November 25, 1936
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Morning Star, Wilmington, NC 3 Dec 1936
Neighboring Counties
Funeral Rites Conducted For Mrs. Elizabeth Morton
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JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 2.--Mrs. Elizabeth Morton, 83, widow of John B. Morton, died 
at her home, near Jacksonville, at 7:35 o'clock a.m., Wednesday, November 25.  
She had been in declining health for several years but was confined to her bed 
only a few weeks.
  Surviving are two sons, I. T. and J. W. Morton, Jacksonville; 23 
grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren, three married daughters having 
preceded her in death.
  Funeral services were conducted at the graveside in the family burying ground 
at 2:30 p.m. Thursday by Elder E. F. Pollard, Jacksonville The many beautiful 
floral offerings and the large number of friends and relatives present attested 
the high esteem in which the deceased was held.

Additional Comments:
Elizabeth Dixon (Morton) was the daughter of Stephen and Mary Dixon.  She 
married John Buckner Morton, the son of Isaac B. and Susan Ann Morton, on 24 
Sep 1865.

Their children being: Anlizer (b.17 Apr 1871), Della (b. 07 Oct 1873), Isaac T. 
(b.16 Jan 1876), Mattie (b. 16 Apr 1879) and Joseph Whitehurst Morton (b. 25 
Aug 1881). [The source for the children and their birth dates was the "Isaac B. 
Morton Bible.]

[Not to be confused with John Best Morton who married Serena Thomas on 19 Sep 
1865, also Onslow County, NC.]

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