Maude Grace Middleton, 1872

Name
Maude Grace /Middleton/
Given names
Maude Grace
Surname
Middleton
Also known as
Maude Grace /Morris/
Birth
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Funeral service for Mrs. Lewis Morris, well known Greenville woman who died at 2 o'clock Sunday morning were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Jamer-Coker-Peters Chapel. Mrs. Morris had been ill several months.
Born in Benton, Mississippi,, Mrs. Morris,the former Maude Grace Middleton, was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Rufus M. Middleton, prominent pioneers of that state. She was educated in Port Gibson Female College, Port Gibson, Mississippi, and was known as one of Greenville's most charming hostesses. Her home at 3214 Stonewall Street had been the scene of many affairs of a civic and social nature. She was married to Lewis Morris, nephew and foster son of Mrs. J.D. Lassiter. Surviving are two children, Johnnie Mayes Morris of Galveston and Frank Morris of Chicago. Her husband and two brothers, John D. Middleton and F. E. Middleton preceded her in death (they also lived in Texas)

Birth of a brother
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Birth of a daughter
Note: Approximate birth date obtained from her entry in Ancestral File. Brent Baxter August 2010
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Death of a daughter
Note: David Smith is noted to have died in Dallas County in 1965 and to have been a widower at that time in the Texas Burial Index, 1903-2000
Family with parents
father
1835
Birth: January 9, 1835Franklin, Mississippi, United States
mother
Marriage MarriageMarch 23, 1855Yazoo, Mississippi, United States
6 years
elder sister
1860
Birth: about 1860 24 25 Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States
3 years
elder brother
1862
Birth: about 1862 26 27 Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States
4 years
elder brother
1865
Birth: about 1865 29 30 Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States
8 years
herself
1872
Birth: November 7, 1872 37 37 Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States
-4 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
1870
Birth: about 1870 34 35 Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States
11 years
younger brother
1880
Birth: June 1880 45 45 Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States
Family with Lewis Morris
husband
18631941
Birth: June 25, 1863 Louisianna, United States
Death: May 25, 1941Hunt, Texas, United States
herself
1872
Birth: November 7, 1872 37 37 Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States
Marriage MarriageApril 27, 1892Greenville, Hunt, Texas, United States
4 years
daughter
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18961965
Birth: July 19, 1896 33 23 Greenville, Hunt, Texas, United States
Death: August 17, 1965Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
3 years
son
Birth
Text:

Funeral service for Mrs. Lewis Morris, well known Greenville woman who died at 2 o'clock Sunday morning were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Jamer-Coker-Peters Chapel. Mrs. Morris had been ill several months.
Born in Benton, Mississippi,, Mrs. Morris,the former Maude Grace Middleton, was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Rufus M. Middleton, prominent pioneers of that state. She was educated in Port Gibson Female College, Port Gibson, Mississippi, and was known as one of Greenville's most charming hostesses. Her home at 3214 Stonewall Street had been the scene of many affairs of a civic and social nature. She was married to Lewis Morris, nephew and foster son of Mrs. J.D. Lassiter. Surviving are two children, Johnnie Mayes Morris of Galveston and Frank Morris of Chicago. Her husband and two brothers, John D. Middleton and F. E. Middleton preceded her in death (they also lived in Texas)

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