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Charles Edward Morrett

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Charles Edward Morrett

Birth
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
22 Apr 1918 (aged 78)
Akron, Fulton County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Akron, Fulton County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Charles was my Great-Granduncle.

He was the son of Michael Morrett, Sr. and Elizabeth Eyler.

He was married to Mary Pontias on April 11th, 1872 in Fulton County, Indiana, USA.

Their children together were:

William W.
Bertha B. Morrett Lukens (1877)
Charles Frank Morrett (1881-1959)
Irvin Bruce

Civil War:
Name: Charles Morrett
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Indiana
Regiment: 40th Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Company: B
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private

Obituary

Charles E. MORRETT, 79, a veteran of the Civil war, died Monday evening at 9:30 at his home in Akron, after an illness lasting two weeks. Previous to his last illness, he had enjoyed perfect health all of his life. Funeral at 1:30 Thursday afternoon in the Methodist church in Akron.Mr. Morrett was born in Pennsylvania, August 11, 1839. When very young, his parents moved to Fulton county and at the outbreak of the Civil war, he enlisted in the 40th Indiana, serving until the end. He was a member of the Akron post, G.A.R. Returning to Fulton county after the war, he became a railroad engineer, working in that capacity for years.On April 11, 1872, he married Mary PONTIOUS, who survives. He leaves four children: William MORRETT, of near Perrysburg; Mrs. Bertha LUKENS, of near Disko; C. F. MORRETT, of Huntington and Bruce MORRETT of Rochester. He also leaves two brothers and three sisters: John [MORRETT] and Newton MORRETT, of Kansas, Mrs. Mollie CASE and Mrs. Ella TUDOR, of Kansas and Mrs. Katherine GRIFFITH, of Summitville, Ind
Charles was my Great-Granduncle.

He was the son of Michael Morrett, Sr. and Elizabeth Eyler.

He was married to Mary Pontias on April 11th, 1872 in Fulton County, Indiana, USA.

Their children together were:

William W.
Bertha B. Morrett Lukens (1877)
Charles Frank Morrett (1881-1959)
Irvin Bruce

Civil War:
Name: Charles Morrett
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Indiana
Regiment: 40th Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Company: B
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private

Obituary

Charles E. MORRETT, 79, a veteran of the Civil war, died Monday evening at 9:30 at his home in Akron, after an illness lasting two weeks. Previous to his last illness, he had enjoyed perfect health all of his life. Funeral at 1:30 Thursday afternoon in the Methodist church in Akron.Mr. Morrett was born in Pennsylvania, August 11, 1839. When very young, his parents moved to Fulton county and at the outbreak of the Civil war, he enlisted in the 40th Indiana, serving until the end. He was a member of the Akron post, G.A.R. Returning to Fulton county after the war, he became a railroad engineer, working in that capacity for years.On April 11, 1872, he married Mary PONTIOUS, who survives. He leaves four children: William MORRETT, of near Perrysburg; Mrs. Bertha LUKENS, of near Disko; C. F. MORRETT, of Huntington and Bruce MORRETT of Rochester. He also leaves two brothers and three sisters: John [MORRETT] and Newton MORRETT, of Kansas, Mrs. Mollie CASE and Mrs. Ella TUDOR, of Kansas and Mrs. Katherine GRIFFITH, of Summitville, Ind


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