Daniel Elmer Morris Daniel had one older sister who died shortly after birth. Daniel's mother died when he was only one and a half years old and his aunt Mary raised him until he was five years old. His father then raised him until he was twenty one years of age. Daniel attended his schooling in Colorado. His father moved to Sterling Colorado with a brother and they took claims of land there. His father was a carpenter, he went through the Civil War, and lived until he was eighty three years old. Daniel got married at twenty one years old to Jenny Dickenson at Morristown, Minnesota. She only lived about a year, passing away when their baby boy was born. They lived at Malby, Minnesota and Daniel had a claim there. Daniel and his father now lived togeather again for another five years. Daniel met Hattie Braman in the depot at Bemidji Minnesota where he had come to pick up Mrs. Braman and the children. On Nov. 5 1902 Daniel and Hattie were married. They lived on Daniel's homestead at Malby, Minnesota for one and a half years. They then sold out and moved to Charlson, North Dakota. Daniel worked in the harvest fields there through threshing time. Hattie and Daniel lived on a claim for sixteen years, then moved from one farm to another renting. They moved to Canton, South Dakota where their tenth child was born, Della Hattie in 1919. The Morris family then went to Missouri in 1919 when Della was six months old. They later moved back to South Dakota in 1920. They also lived in Westerham North Dakota for seven years by Sentenial Butte North Dakota, then moved to Minnesota, where Daniel Elmer Morris died on June 30, 1945 while living in Cass Lake. Daniel was buried at Bemidji, Minnesota. After Daniel passed away, Hattie was in Wyoming and Colorado, then later moving to Yacolt, Washington. Daniel Elmer Morris and Hattie Morris were the parents of ten children; Evalena, Florence, George, Clara, Stella, Daniel, Walter, Robert, Frank, and Della. By 1959 Hattie had fifty three living grandchildren and sixty four living great-grandchildren. Daniel 1875-1945 is buried in Bemidji, Minnesota # 115348676. ============================================= 1875 Pueblo, Colorado "On Thursday about noon the residence of Mr. Nathan Morris, in East Pueblo, was struck by lightning. The lightning struck a tall iron stove pipe on the kitchen chimney, demolished it and passed into the kitchen, knocking Mrs. Morris down, and thence into the yard where it upset a son of Mr. Morris who was standing there at the time. Neither of the parties were much hurt. The plastering was knocked off the wall in the kitchen and quite a large hole in the floor . Nathan Morris was buried April 1, 1914 in Pueblo, Colorado # 111282488. Mrs. Nathan Morris is buried 10-28-1899 in Pueblo # 106331445,  |