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Re: Burning of Barnesville, Reynolds Co.

James Morris Born 1831 Ripley Co MO to William and Nancy (Harris) Morris married to Julia(ene) Pennington.

Using a bit of sleuthing and logic which appears to fit:

1850 Census shows James Morris age 19 living with parents and male siblings Alfred 14, Joshua 12, William 7, Marion 4.

1860 Census shows James married to Juliene above and now farming on his own. Above siblings are now listed as Alfred 20, Joshua 18, William 17, Marion 14.

The Missouri SOS files have a bunch of J. Morris, James Morris listings with few if any distinguishing characteristics. Search of pension applications does not help as I found nothing with Julia or Juliene filing as a spouse or widow.

Cross checking male siblings above Alfred does not help much, two Joshua's are listed one from the Pike/Montgomery County area and the other an officer from Cass county area; A likely hit for William shows up as an entry in the 2nd MO Cav, 1st Division MSG. Of more importance though is a listing for a William Morris in the 16th Infantry, Co C. Following that line of thought and looking at Marion there is again a listing for a M. Morris in the 16th Infantry, Co C. Making the leap of imagination and logic turns out there is a listing for a J B Morris in the 16th Infantry who gets transfered to Robert's Battery (or 1st Field Battery Missouri Light Artillary). A review of history shows that this artillary unit remained essentially attached to Parson's Brigade of which the 16th Infantry was a core unit.

There is absolutely no proof that your James Morris listed above is the J.B. Morris as described but given family ties, knowledge that the 16th Mo Infantry was raised from the Reynolds County area, its as good a guess as I could put together for you and perhaps leads to further investigation. FWIW :>)

John R.

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