Middy Douglas Civil War Pension (Debbie's G-G-G-Grandmother)

Debra Sue's Great-Great-Great-Grandmother, Middy Beard Douglas, wife of William Pascal Douglas

Middy Douglas, mother of Silias Douglas,
Silas, father of Mary Florence Douglas (wife of Leander Dennis Morrow),
Leander 'Dennis' Morrow, father of Floyd 'Glen' Morrow,
Floyd 'Glen' Morrow, father of Donald Morrow.

Civil War soldiers (or their spouses, dependents) could file for a civil war pension.  This had to be verified that the person was who they said they were, the person deserving of a pension was a vetern of the war, and the situation for the pension was what it was.  The government would send someone out to verify all this with people who knew the situation and didn't have a vested interest in the outcome.  Middy Douglas (1805-1883) was appling for a pension due to her son Benjamin, who had been killed in the war and had been supporting her, and as her husband, and Benjamin's father had died earlier in Kentucky in 1854, and she was now a widower, left with no support now that Benjamin had been killed, and thus was due a pension.  The attached documents are the government's investigator's report.  The people interviewed were John Allgood (notice he made a 'mark'), who was Middy's son-in-law, and William Harrison Douglas, her son.  Benjamin's officier also made a report stating that Benjamin had been in good health when entering the war, where and how he died.

Morrow - Meyer Family Calendars

Attached are calendars of the Morrow-Meyer family birthday and anniversaries that I am aware of, I had the choice of excluding non-living relatives but chose not to, as I want to remember their special days. Please download the calendar or I can email it to you.

John N Morrow Death Record 1855 Kentucky

Attached is the Death Record of Debbie's G-G-G-Great-Grandfather, John N. Morrow, born in 1777 South Carolina, died 8/24/1855 in Hickman County, Kentucky, which is located in southwestern Kentucky.  John owned many slaves in Kentucky. (His record is towards the bottom)  To get to John, from Donald to Floyd 'Glen', to Leander, to James Russell, to James William, to John, then to his father James.

Glen Morrow WW1 Draft Registration Card

This is Floyd Glen Morrow's WW1 Registration Card.  While all of you know your Grandpa Morrow as 'Glen', his real first name was Floyd, with lots of documentation to show that.  Why he chose to go by Glen instead of Floyd I do not know.  He was born at Dows, Iowa, which is in Hardin County, Iowa, just off of I-35 in central Iowa.  At this time he was living in Wilken County, which is in northwest Minnesota by Breckenridge.  I was not aware of him living there before this.  He was farming there, and was 21 years old, on June 5th, 1917 when the card was filled out.

Grandma Sophia Morrow 1959 Prayer

Debbie inherited from her mother, a cookbook that belonged to Sophia. In it she found some of her handwritten recipes in it, but also 3 prayers that she wrote. The first is from 1958. I will try to publish these prayers and recipes over the holidays. Hope you enjoy.

WW1 photo and service record of Alvin Henry Meyer, Debbie’s Great Uncle, brother of her grandfather Henry Meyer.

Alvin Henry Meyer, Wagoner. Son of Mr. And Mrs. Henry H. Meyer, Welcome, Minnesota. Born at Monee, Illinois, March 9, 1898. Resident of Welcome, Minnesota, when called to federal service from National Guard at Fairmont, Minnesota, July 15, 1917, as a private in the infantry. Assigned to Company e, 136th Infantry, 34th Division at Camp Cody, New Mexico. Transferred in France to Headquarters, 205th Ammunition Train, 80th Division. Embarked from Hoboken, New Jersey, June 27, 1918, arriving at LeHavre, France, July 14, 1918. Engaged at St. Miciel and Meuse-Argenne. Retuned to United States June 1, 1919, discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, June 13, 1919.

Morrow Great-Grandparents, Leander and Mary Florence abt 1891

These are Debbie's Great-Grandparents, Leander and Mary Florence (Douglas) Morrow about 1891. The children are presumably Ora and Hazel, which would be Grandpa Glen's older siblings. Leander, born February 26, 1865, in Oskaloosa, Iowa and died, May 19, 1930 in Fairmont. Mary Florence Douglas was born June 27, 1867 in Oskaloosa, Iowa and died December 20, 1946 in Pleasant Prairie Township, Martin County. They were married September 1, 1887 in Mahaska County, Iowa (Oskaloosa). By the mid 1890s, they moved farther north in Iowa to around Dows, Iowa (right off I-35), which is where Glen was born. By 1911 they were living in Pilot Grove, Minnesota and by 1925 had moved to Fairmont.




Leander's middle name was Dennis, and he went by that. Mary's maiden name was Douglas. hmmm