Thomas J. Morris

1832 - 1866  (33 years)

• Name	Thomas J. Morris  [1]
  Birth	10 Nov 1832	Tyler County, Virginia, now West Virginia, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Nov 1866  [1, 2]
  Person ID	I14337	The Kingealogy
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2024

  
  

  Family	Jane Furbee,   b. 03 Jul 1837, Virginia, United States d. 01 Jun 1923 (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	5 Dec 1861	Tyler County, Virginia, United States   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Mary Susan Morris,   b. 29 Sep 1862, West Virginia, United States d. Abt 1932 (Age 69 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
  Family ID	F5103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 5 Dec 1861 - Tyler County, Virginia, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Histories

  George Campbell Furbee His Journey Home

  
  

• Notes

  King.GEDCOM. Electronic. Date of Import: December13, 2001. [Benjiman Furbee Descendants.FTW] "The part played by Thomas Morris in this great struggle was most interesting and worthy of record. A young man of about thirty when the war began, he had been recently married (1861) and had the leading store in Centreville. By inheritance and family ties, his sympathies went with the southern cause, but the great majority of his neighbors and friends were allied with the cause of the Union. No finer tribute can be paid to his memory than the simple faith and trust that the soldiers of the North had in him and expressed in their letters written to him from the battlefields and camps of Virginia. When they sent their monthly wages home to their families, it was always through his hands that they sent it. It was with him that they discussed the problems of their hard life. Many of these letters are in the writer's possession and they throw interesting light upon this modest and just man. An interesting and colorful incident from the opposite angle happened one evening when a troop of southern cavalry rode down McElroy, across Middle Island and on into the little village of Centreville. Most of the people of the town and community fled or closed and barred their doors, but not so with Tom Morris. He opened wide his store and invited the warriors in and let them help themselves to what they desired from his shelves, which they were not slow in doing. At the close of their visit; they paid their bill--in Confederate bills, legal tender in the realm of Jefferson Davis, but of doubtful value in West Virginia."

  
  

• Sources

  [S220] Gedcom: King.Ged, (Date of Import: Dec 13, 2001). [S36] Gedcom: Benjiman Furbee Descendants.FTW.