These injuries seem to have made him an invalid and Albert died three years later, in August 1917.Īccording to his obituary, “Mr. Morton got into a car to follow the horses, and when he got near the horses he alighted from the still-moving vehicle, fell, and suffered severe bruises and internal injuries. He was unloading the cement when the horses attached to the wagon were frightened by the approach of an automobile and ran away. Albert received the patent, or ownership, of their homestead in 1892. The Mortons were truly pioneers in that area as the homesteading boom didn’t come to that region until the 1910s and 1920s, 20 to 30 years after they had filed on 160 acres. In Colorado, the Mortons eventually took up a homestead in the south eastern portion of the state in Las Animas County. They also had a daughter named Emma, but her birthdate and place could not be determined. By 1882, the Mortons had moved to Colorado, and daughter Jennie was born there that year. They then moved to Missouri, where son Albert was born in 1875. Sanitary Commission during the Civil War.Īfter Albert and Annie married, they moved to Iowa, where son Melvin was born in 1873. After all, at that time, how would anyone know differently? According to her husband’s obituary, Annie had worked with the U.S. Perhaps Annie just found it easier to say she was born in the U.S. To further muddy the waters, the 19 census said Annie and her parents were all born in New York. However, her marriage license said she was born in Illinois, like her new husband. 31, 1871.Īccording to the 1870 census, Annie was living in Nebraska and she and her parents were all born in Canada. While in Nebraska, he met his future wife, Annie, and they married Dec. He also told many interesting stories about his encounters with bear, antelope, panther and buffalo on the western frontier.
According to his obituary, during that time he drove a stage from Cheyenne to Denver. Being a bit too young to join the Army - even though he tried - he decided to go west and took up the life of a cowboy in Nebraska, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming. He was just 16 when the Civil War broke out. Its sounds like they both led quite the life.Īlbert was born in Springfield, Illinois, in October 1845.
Today’s column is about early residents Albert Lorenzo Morton and his wife, Annie. The longer I write this column, the more interesting people I unearth whose names and stories have been lost to history.
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