Biography of Samuel Washington and Minttie Morrison, Bowie County, Texas

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Samuel Washington Morrison and Minttie Elzada Jenkins were married at Maud,
Oklahoma, on August 27, 1911, and moved into Pontotoc County, northwest of
Francis about one year later, settling in the Happyland Community, ten miles
northeast of Ada. Sam farmed and ran a sorghum mill, which was popular in the
area; he was a deacon for the Happyland Free Will Baptist Church and served
several terms on the school board. Sam and Minttie had 11 children, six of whom
are still living, and Sam had three children by a previous marriage to "Uni"
Hulsey in Bowie County, Texas, who are all deceased.

Sam was born at Woodstock, Bowie County, Texas, on February 13, 1874, and lived
there until around 1910 when he moved to Paris. He began working for the
railroad as a tie cutter and followed the construction into Oklahoma, through
the towns of Hugo, Boswell, Bennington, Bokchito, Allen, and Lamar. While a
young man in Bowie County, Texas, he was offered the job of schoolteacher but
preferred farming at that time. Sam and Minttie probably met in Henryetta, where
her mother and stepfather ran a hotel. Sam died at Happyland May 2, 1941, and
Minttie, in Ada, on December 22, 1975; both are buried along with other family
members at Cedar Grove Cemetery northeast of Francis.

Sam's father was named either Henry L.or Sam (there is conflicting information
about this), and he reportedly came to Bowie Co. from northern Georgia by boat.
This interesting bit of information is yet to be confirmed. His mother was
Martha C. Daniels, who was born in Bowie Co. Texas; she had two husbands after
Sam's father, a Cooley (may be spelled Cowley) and a Wheeler, with children
named Nina Cowley and Mamie Wheeler. Martha died of blood poisoning from an
injury around 1888. Her parents were William and Elizabeth R. Daniels, born in
1820 and 1822, respectively, both in Tennessee and migrating to Bowie Co. TX
around 1840. William apparently died prior to 1860, and Elizabeth married R. W.
Woodard. It is believed, according to census records, that William's parents
were Jesse and Sarah (Sally) Daniels, who were both born in Tennessee in 1789
and 1800, respectively, and also migrated to Bowie Co. TX around 1840.

Minttie was born in Pope County, Arkansas on Aug. 6, 1893, to Columbus Allen and
Charlotte Frances (Cagle) Jenkins. He was a traveling photographer and met and
married his wife as a result of a photo session. She said she didn't have money
for a photograph; he said he'd take her as payment, and in fact, they were
married soon afterward, around 1891. They had four boys and a girl, born in Pope
County and Sulphur Springs, Arkansas, and Henryetta, Oklahoma. Columbus died in
Henryetta on May 4, 1904, and is buried in an Indian cemetery there. Charlotte
Frances ("Fannie") later remarried twice, to a Carter and a Williams. She
apparently lived at El Reno in 1909, in Henryetta for one year, and several
years at Maud. She then moved to Allen, Happyland (where her son Elbert drowned
in Boggy Creek) and then to Ada, where she died on Jan. 24, 1932; her grave is
at Rosedale Cemetery in the name of Jenkins.

Columbus Allen was born in July, 1859, in Mississippi; his parents were Rueben
and Malinda Ann Jenkins. Rueben was born July 19, 1830, in Georgia or Alabama,
and the family lived in the states of Georgia and Alabama and in Tishomingo
County, Mississippi, and White County, Arkansas. Malinda was born in 1831 in
Georgia.

Charlotte Cagle was born April 3, 1865, in North Carolina, to Jemes (James?) and
Laura Jane (Austin) Cagle, both of whom where born in North Carolina, in 1829
and 1831, respectively. He was a blacksmith and an MP in the Confederate Army.
Jemes and Laura had at least seven children with four probably born in Stanley
County, North Carolina, and three, in Pope County, Arkansas. Jemes and Laura
both died at Henryetta, Oklahoma. Several of their children later lived at
Allen, Oklahoma, and died there. Laura's mother was named Lydia A. and was born
in 1809 in North Carolina.