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About Verilla Morriston
There is some confusion about her parentage. Various compilations call her a daughter of her mother's first husband George Howe (who died six years before she was born) or of her mother's second husband John Mallory (whom her mother married the year after she was born). According to a biography of her husband, she was a niece of Capt. Meriwether Lewis, commander of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (James M. Crump, History of Morriston Family (1941)). This could be a clue to the identity of her father.
The first record of her is the 1850 census, where she is listed as Orrilla Mallory in the household of John and Angeline (Hildreth) Mallory. The 1850 census contains other errors for the John Mallory family, so cannot be considered reliable.
That her name was Verilla, not Orrilla, is established by the pattern of spellings throughout her life. Her name was written Orilla (1850), Vorilla (1856), Verilla (1857), Varilla (1860), Verilla (1870), Verrilla (1875), Verila (1880), Verrilla (1885), Verrila (1900), Varilla (1910), and Verilla (1917.
She was born in 1841 or 1842, so she would not have been counted on the 1840 census. Crump says she was born 8 April 1841. Her death certificate says 8 April 1842. She was aged 11 in 1850, 16 in 1856, 19 in 1860, 30 in 1870, 33 in 1875, 39 in 1880, 44 in 1885, 57 in 1900, 87 in 1910.
Her father cannot have been Angeline's husband first husband George Howe, who died or disappeared in 1835 (or 1832). He was declared dead in 1842, after seven years, according to a biography of his son William Howe (John M. Gresham, Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois (1900)).
It seems unlikely she was a daughter of her mother’s husband John Mallory born before their marriage. She seems to have used the surname Howe, as she would if she were an illegitimate daughter of the widow Angeline (Hildreth) Howe. Her 1857 marriage record to John Moriston calls her Verilla Howe, as does a biography of her husband (Crump, 1941). The birth name Howe is also supported by her death certificate, which says her father was Unk. Howe and her mother was Angelina Hildreth.
- Census: Nov 1 1850 - District 21, Champaign Co, Illinois
- Census: 1856 - Dallas, Dallas Co, Iowa
- Census: June 12 1860 - Dallas, Dallas Co, Iowa
- Census: June 21 1870 - Dallas, Dallas Co, Iowa
- Census: Mar 1 1875 - Potosi, Linn Co, Kansas
- Census: June 17 1880 - Potosi, Linn Co, Kansas
- Census: Mar 1 1885 - Potosi, Linn Co, Kansas
- Census: 1900 - Potosi, Linn Co, Kansas
- Census: 1910 - West Point, Bates Co, Missouri
- Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Nov 28 2016, 20:48:10 UTC
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Verilla Morriston's Timeline
| 1841 |
April 8, 1841
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Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, United States
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| 1859 |
1859
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Iowa, United States
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| 1860 |
1860
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Iowa, United States
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| 1862 |
1862
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Iowa, United States
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| 1864 |
November 22, 1864
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Iowa, United States
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| 1867 |
1867
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Iowa, United States
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| 1871 |
1871
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Iowa, United States
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| 1917 |
February 23, 1917
Age 75
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Amsterdam, Bates County, Missouri, United States
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West Point Cemetery, Merwin, Bates County, Missouri, United States
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