According to Pat Eickhoff, a descendant: James Quinn Morton and Artemisia (Ellison) Morton were charter members of Pleasant Hill Church (Baptist), having withdrawn from the Mt. Nebo Baptist Church where her sisters Nancy Woolery and Polly Gentry were members.
James and Artemisia lived 12 miles north and east of Pilot Grove, MO and are buried in Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery a mile from the old home. The graves are not marked with headstones. (per Tandy Newton Dix 1895-1969, grandson)
One correspondent indicated that the burial was possibly in Pleasant Green Cemetery in Cooper Co., MO. Another reported burial location was an unspecified cemetery in Sleter, Saline Co., MO.
According to Pat Eickhoff, a descendant: James Quinn Morton and Artemisia (Ellison) Morton were charter members of Pleasant Hill Church (Baptist), having withdrawn from the Mt. Nebo Baptist Church where her sisters Nancy Woolery and Polly Gentry were members.
James and Artemisia lived 12 miles north and east of Pilot Grove, MO and are buried in Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery a mile from the old home. The graves are not marked with headstones. (per Tandy Newton Dix 1895-1969, grandson)
One correspondent indicated that the burial was possibly in Pleasant Green Cemetery in Cooper Co., MO. Another reported burial location was an unspecified cemetery in Sleter, Saline Co., MO.
Family Members
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Harriet Morton Franklin
1833–1901
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PVT Thomas Jefferson Morton
1834–1865
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James Monroe Morton
1835–1923
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Sarah Elizabeth Morton Houk
1837–1921
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John Rucker Morton
1839–1910
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William Harrison Morton
1841–1913
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Benjamin Hawkins Morton
1842–1864
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Robert Morton
1843–1891
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George Phillips Morton
1846–1932
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Nancy "Nannie" Morton Allison
1848–1879
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Mary Gibson "Mollie" Morton Rucker
1849–1916
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Artie Missy Morton Dix
1851–1938
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Minerva E. Morton Miller
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