James Thomas Morris b. 1852 Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania d. 1 Oct 1897 Logansport, Cass Co., Indiana

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1852 - 1897

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Nickname	Tom
Born	1852	Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania
Gender	Male
Died	1 Oct 1897	Logansport, Cass Co., Indiana
Person ID	I6685	Johnson Hindin Tree
Last Modified	26 Dec 2011

Father	John F. Morris, b. 1820, Ceres, Allegany Co., New York , d. 2 Jan 1891, Leavenworth, Kansas
Mother	Rebecca Elizabeth ASHCOM, b. 1830, Ligonier, Pennsylvania , d. 3 Jan 1897, Valparaiso, Porter Co., Indiana
Married	Abt 1847	Herminie, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania
Divorced	Abt 1871
Family ID	F2731	Group Sheet

Notes

In 1884, James was a cook for W.A. Mather in Minneapolis, boarding at 305-1/2 Washington Ave. S. In 1887, he was a bookkeeper at the Minneapolis Hospital. In 1888, James was a bookkeeper for the American Hospital Aid Assn. In 1889, James was a bookkeeper for St. Anthony Hospital. In 1890, James was a bookkeeper for the National Protective Assn.

In July 1895, according to newspaper accounts, James became very ill. In 1896, James was sent off to the Longcliffe Mental Asylum [Northern Indiana State Hospital for the Insane] in Logansport, Indiana.

Cass County, Indiana vital records index shows a James T. Morris aged 45 dying there on October 1,1897. His death certificate states that he died of Enteritis & Melancholia. He was buried in Kirkland, Illinois. If buried in Kirkland, he should have been buried with his brother's family in Maple Cemetery, but Kirkland cemeteries show no tombstone or record of burial.