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As is typical of just about any family tree, mine has roots in a number of
different ethnic backgrounds: Irish, Scottish, Dutch, Spanish, American Indian,
etc., etc.. Until recently, the Morrow branch of the family that immigrated to
Arizona in the late 1890s could trace its origins back only as far as a Thomas
Henry Morrow, who served as a rifleman and artilleryman in the Confederate Army,
then later became a Baptist Preacher. This unlikely individual was my
great-great-grandfather.
Since originally posting the genealogy I pasted together from from my
father's interviews with his aunts and uncles, I have gotten several updates and
corrections in email messages from folks who came across this site. Among these
are:
- Data from a second cousin of my father's named
Zella Flohr Morrow; Zella filled in some
previously leafless patches on "Sam Morrow's" (brother of great-grandfather
"William King") branch of the tree.
- Corrected information about the parents and siblings of Thomas H. Morrow
from a correspondent I know only as "CindyHMB" from Dallas: previously, based
on erroneous leads from an earlier correspondent who called herself "Lady
Mustang," I had listed Thomas's father as the colorfully-named "Lewis 'Lord
Byron' Morrow"; Cindy had done some more careful work with the 1850 & 1860
census data and clued me in to his true parents, namely, Joseph S. Morrow and
Nancy Finley.
- A marvelously-annotated version of a typewritten letter from my
great-uncle John Morrow. This was done by Texas über-researcher Theresa
Hodge, who further expanded on census data from the 1800s with her own
extensive historical excavations.
- Some additional names and specific dates that hail from the excellent
Family Search Internet
Genealogy Service maintained by the Mormon
Church.
- Some real "heavy lifting" by Cousin Francine (niece of Zella Flohr Morrow), whose "Morrows Nut House" family-tree
page on Ancestry.com is a true wonder of Morrow genealogical detail and
research.
I do plan to continue adding to this page when I feel plucky enough to dive
into the sea of genealogical data available online; I especially want to flesh
out the non-patrilineal roots, such as the Gutierrez family of Nacozari,
Mexico.
Please feel free to contact me with any additional names, dates, places you
may have uncovered. As I mention above, I'm deeply indebted to those who
have already taken the time to write me.
Follow the links in the schematic below for more information about birth
dates, marriages, children, and so forth:
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