 1854 - 1937 (82 years)
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| Name |
Samuel Leslie Morris [1, 2] |
| Suffix |
D.D., L.L.D. |
| Born |
25 Dec 1854 |
Abbeville, McCormick Co., SC  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1889 |
Moved to Macon, GA [1, 2] |
| Residence |
1900 |
Moved to Atlanta, GA [1, 2] |
| Occupation |
Aft 1901 |
Secretary Home Missions [1, 2] |
| Buried |
1937 |
Atlanta, GA |
| Died |
10 May 1937 |
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA [1, 2] |
| Notes |
- Samuel Leslie Morris, Sr., was called February 25, 1877, to the ministry of the
Presbyterian church at Walhalla, S.C., for an annual salary of $300. Two
small country churches promised another $300, and he wrote, "I now had an
income of $600 a year--not equal to that of Vanderbilt or Astor; but it gave
me the temerity to take unto myself a wife. As one of my church officers had
borrowed all of my "savings," something less than $100, I went to the town
bank and secured a small loan to buy a wedding suit and bring home my bride.
I was accordingly formally married October 23, 1877, to Ella M. Brice, only
child of Christopher S. Brice, Sr., of New Hope Associate Reformed
Presbyterian congregation near Woodward, S.C."
Author of:
"At Our Own Door"
"The Task that Challenges"
"Christianizing Christendom"
"Presbyterianism: Principles and Practices"
"The Records of the Morris Family"
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From Leslie Gilbert Christy:
"We always spelled the lovey names "Ma-ma" and Da". Hers derived from the SC lowcountry name for mother---maybe started out as the French "Maman". I'm not really sure but several generations of our family used it. My mother called her grandmother "Ma-ma" and she in turn was called that by her grandchildren. I should have kept the tradition, but some of mine call me "Grandma" and the younger ones say "Mi-mi". My brother Stephen who was the first grandchild designated "Da". Probably the first word he verbalized and as it happened in Da's presence, he doubtless thought he was talking to him."
Note: Ma-ma was his wife, Ella Brice Morris.
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| Person ID |
I0003 |
Hull |
| Last Modified |
21 Jan 2010 |
| Father |
James Hervey Morris, b. 6 May 1829, Reedy Branch, near Harrisburg, SC , d. 29 Jun 1864, Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA (Age 35 years) |
| Mother |
Anne Elizabeth McCaslan, b. 17 Dec 1831, Abbeville Co., SC , d. 22 Jun 1922, Mt. Airy, Habersham Co., GA (Age 90 years) |
| Married |
3 Jan 1854 |
| Family ID |
F012 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Ella Martha Brice, b. 31 Oct 1856, SC , d. 2 Jun 1949, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (Age 92 years) |
| Married |
23 Oct 1877 |
Woodward, SC? |
| Children |
| | 1. Margaret Annie Morris, b. 5 Feb 1883, SC , d. 10 May 1978, Atlanta, GA (Age 95 years) |
| | 2. Hattie Woodrow Morris, b. 3 Dec 1886, Trenton, SC , d. 19 Dec 1979, Bossier City, LA (Age 93 years) |
| | 3. Marion Christine Morris, b. 16 Aug 1889, Trenton, SC , d. 3 Aug 1982, Walnut Creek, CA (Age 92 years) |
| | 4. Samuel Leslie Morris, Jr., M.D., b. 8 May 1891, Macon, Bibb Co., GA , d. 1 Dec 1970, Augusta, Richmond Co., GA (Age 79 years) |
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| Photos |
 | Four Generations of Morrises
Top to bottom: Samuel Leslie Morris Jr., Margie Morris Akers, Marion Morris Wood, Hattie Morris Hughes Gilbert, Clyde Matheson Wood Jr., Steven Tillman Hughes III, Ella Brice Morris (Ma-Ma), Anna McCaslan Morris, Samuel Leslie Morris Sr. (Da) |
| Documents |
 | Census: 1930, Fulton County GA
50 Westminster Drive, Atlanta
Leslie Morris Head
Martha E. Wife
Samuel Son
Marion Daughter-in-law |
| Family ID |
F003 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S02930] Morrisbricedesc.GED.FTW.
Date of Import: Nov 20, 1999
- [S03436] chance.FTW.
Date of Import: Dec 19, 1999
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