Emily Catherine Wright1

Female, #43230, (say 1830 - )

Name Variation  Emily Catherine Wright was also known as Katie. 
Birth*say 1830 Emily was born at Alabama say 1830. 
1850 Census1 Jun 1850 Emily and William was listed as a household member (Emily Payne, 17, F, AL) living with William Walker Payne on the 1850 Census at Eleven Twp, Butler Co., Alabama.2 
Marriage*1850 She married William Walker Payne in 1850.3 
Married Name1850  As of 1850, her married name was Payne. 
1860 Census1 Jun 1860 Emily, William, Robert, M. and Samuel was listed as a household member (E. C. Payne, 27, F, AL) living with William Walker Payne in the 1860 Census at Butler Co., Alabama.4 
Marriage*1 Mar 1865 She married Rev. William H. Morris at Greenville, Butler Co., Alabama, on 1 Mar 1865.5 
Married Name23 Mar 1865  As of 23 Mar 1865, her married name was Morris. 
Biography* In 1880, living in the same household with William and Katie was a Mary Wright, white, age 47, born in GA. Also Martha Wright, balck, age 50, born in AL, Cook. 
1870 Census1 Jun 1870 Emily, Robert and Charles was listed as a household member (Emily Morris, 37, F, W, Keeping house, RE=1100, AL) living with Rev. William H. Morris on the 1870 Census at Butler Co., Alabama.6 
1880 Census1 Jun 1880 Emily was listed as Rev. William H. Morris's wife (Katie E. Morris, F, Md, Wh, 47, AL, GA, GA) on the 1880 Census at Greenville, Butler Co., Alabama.7 

Family 1

William Walker Payne (circa 1825 - say 1864)
Children

Family 2

Rev. William H. Morris (circa 1832 - )
Child

Last Edited 30 Sep 2002

Citations

  1. Marilyn Davis Hahn, Butler County, Alabama in the 19th Century 1978.
  2. 1850 Federal Census, United States.
    Butler Co., AL, Eleven Twp, page 259. Ancestry.com image transcribed by Warren Culpepper.
  3. Marilyn Davis Hahn, Butler County, Alabama in the 19th Century 1978.
    Early County Marriages, p. 109.
  4. 1860 Federal Census, United States.
    Butler Co., AL, Precinct 12, page 252, Ancestry.com image transcribed by Warren Culpepper.
  5. Family Adventures, compiler, Early Alabama Marriages (36 vols.), Shreveport, Louisiana: J & W Ent., 1991, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. US/CAN 976.1 V2e.
  6. 1870 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 409, Family 149, Greenville, Butler Co., AL
    William Morris, 38, M, Livery Stable, PE=$500, GA
    Emily Morris, 37, F, Keepin house, RE=$1,000, AL
    Robert Payne, 17, M, Druggist, $1000, AL
    Charles Morris, 3, M, AL.
  7. 1880 Federal Census, United States.
    Greenville, Butler Co., AL, Page 322A. LDS CD.
  8. 1870 Federal Census, United States.
    Greenville, Butler Co., AL, Transcription from Ancestry.com image 16 of 72 by Warren Culpepper.