MIller, Mrs Doris 1975-10-06
Doris Miller discusses the history of the Morris family in Coleman County.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Mrs. Doris Miller
Additional Parties Recorded: None
Date: October 06, 1975
Location: Coleman, Texas
Interviewer: Fred Carpenter
Length: 40 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: Great-grandfather, August S. Morris,
Migration from Germany to DeWitt County, Texas,
Grandfather, Joseph Phillip Morris,
Education, Colby College,
Marriage to Martha Meranda Pinchell (1873),
Experience as a cattle driver,
Coleman County, Texas,
Morris Ranch,
Land donations,
Accumulation of land (50 sections),
Remarriage (1904),
Division of land (1920),
Depression (1932),
Death (1938),
Oil boom,
Rafter Three Ranch,
Formation by Mattie B. Miller,
Family genealogy.
Tape 1, Side 2: Family genealogy (continued)
Range Dates: 1873-1938
Bulk Dates: 1904-1938
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