David Millikin

GEDCOM Note

George Harvey Elms, son of George Elms and Sarah Jones Elms, was born Feb. 22, 1863. He died June 27, 1947 and is buried in Greene Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg, Pa. He married (1) Eva Morris Oct. 18, 1894. She was born May 13. A daughter of Robert Morris and [space] Brown, a descendant of the pioneer, Peter Brown. She died January 17, 1902. I wish here to insert this note about Aunt Eva's father. He was not the famous "Financier and Signer" of American Revolution as some relatives claim. Uncle Harvey told me that his father-in-law's father was Dennis Morris. He was much older than his wife. He never cared for children and Robert Morris was reared by the Millikens who lived between Sycamore and Nineveh. Dr. Milliken always considered Robert Morris as being one of the Milliken family. Although Uncle Harvey did state that Milliken told him when Robert Morris was a boy, he would get angry and would visit his Morris relatives at Blacksville, W. Va. This is a clue to his family. He also stated Dennis lived in Ohio until he reached the age of in his 90's. Aunt Eva's father was an excellent carpenter. It was he who worked years on the Main Hall of Waynesburg College. He and Dr. Miller were the best of friends. I hope to insert these Morris records in my Morris history later. Source: Laura Elms Morris, The Story of George and Sarah (Jones) Elms, self-published, p. 19, no place or date given, but Cicely Stewart cited the date as 1959. [Note: Laura Elms married Thomas Henry Morris, son of Andrew Jackson Morris and Missouri (Goodwin) Manis. This Morris family was not related to Robert Morris. Laura retired in 1959. See pp. 20-21 of her book.]