Dr. Robert Morris

I also have a death date of 06/18/1891?

Biography

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Morris-15677

Son of Robert Morris and Anna Shoemaker, his wife, graduated A.B. at the University of Pennsylvania; member of the Philadelphia bar; also M.D. ;

Married (1), 5 mo. 27, 1836, his cousin Caroline Nixon, daughter of Henry Nixon and his wife Maria Morris. She died 3 mo. 31, 1837.

Married (2), 6 mo. 1, 1854, his cousin Lucy P. Marshall, daughter of Robert Morris Marshall, of Fauquier County, Virginia, who was son of Judge James Markham Marshall, of Virginia, and his wife Hetty Morris.

From https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9CHN-Y41

Dr. Robert Morris, of Philadelphia, married first, 27 May, 1836, his cousin, Caroline, daughter of Henry and Maria (Morris) Nixon, who died in 1837. He married secondly, 1 June, 1854, his cousin, Lucy Pickett, daughter of Robert Morris Marshall, of Fauquier County, Va.

Son of Robert Morris, Jr., b. 19 Dec. 1769 [son of Robert Morris 1734-1806]. Married 5 May, 1796, Anna Shoemaker (1777-1865), daughter of Benjamin Shoemaker.
Anna Shoemaker, married Robert Morris, the son of the Treasurer of the Revolution, from whom are descended the Morris family of that line in Philadelphia.

ISSUE (surnamed Morris)—First Marriage:

• 1.Robert, born March 13, 1837; died in Libby Prison Aug. 13, 1863, as major 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry; married Jan. 19, 1860, Ellen Markoe Wharton, daughter of George M. Wharton, of the Philadelphia bar, born Jan. 18, 1837, died Dec. 31, 1908. She married, secondly, George Mifflin Dallas, judge in U. S. Circuit Court, Oct. 22, 1867.

ISSUE (surnamed Morris)—Second Marriage:

• 2. Henry, born June 6, 1855; graduated M.D. Jefferson College; married Oct. 12, 1880, Bessie Thomas Elliott.
• 3. James Markham, born Feb. 21, 1858; d. y. Dec. 23, 1864.
• 4. Anna, born Nov. 11, 1859; married Jan. 14, 1892, James Alfred Marye, of Virginia, born Nov. 12, 1847, son of James Braxton Marye and Jane Christian Jett. No issue.
• 5. Susan Marshall, born Nov. 26, 1860; married John Tyler, Jr., of Richmond, Va., Nov. 20, 1889.
• 6. Lucy Marshall, born March 24, 1866, Philadelphia; married Richard P. Tinsley, of Virginia, June 10, 1896, Philadelphia, born Aug. 10, 1867, York Co., Va., assistant comptroller Standard Oil Co., son of Alex. Tinsley and Mary Dare Panan. No issue.

Source: Samuel Carpenter and His Descendants: Comp, Edward Carpenter, Louis Henry Carpenter; private circulation, 1912.

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Origins

The children of Anna Shoemaker and Robert Morris (d. 1805) were:

1. Robert, b. 24 March 1797, bp. 24 March 1797, died young
2. Elizabeth Anna, b. 18 November 1798, bp 5 November 1815, d Dec 24, 1870. Married 1) Sylvester Malsan, 7 Jun 1821 2) John Cosgrove of Albany, NY Elizabeth Anna Cosgrove
3. Mary White, b. 28 November 1800, bp 5 November 1815, d June 14, 1838 Mary White Wilkins
4. Robert, b. 2 December 1802, bp 5 November 1815, m cousin Caroline Nixon May 27, 1836, who died within a year; m 2nd, cousin Lucy P. Marshall, June 1, 1854 Dr. Robert Morris
5. Benjamin Shoemaker, b. Birth Date,8 Jan 1804, bp 5 November 1815. Died 28 January 1840, unmarried.

Anna married second Francis Bloodgood November 3, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[4] Anna died March 5, 1865 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[5]

References

• Date: November 5, 1815. Church Records. Norristown, Pennsylvania: Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania. < AncestrySharing >. (document attached). 4 children of Robert & Anna Morris baptized, Church of the Transfiguration (Roman Catholic): Elizabeth Anna, Mary White, Robert, Benjamin Shoemaker.
• Genealogy of the Shoemaker Family of Cheltenham, (page 333) Compiled by Benjamin H. Shoemaker Printed for Private Circulation by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA MDCCCCIII (1903) [1] Thanks to [ [Hill-11959S|S Willson] ] for the source.
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 17 2021, 22:00:05 UTC
• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Jan 18 2023, 0:28:21 UTC