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Doris Miller discusses the history of the Morris family in Coleman County.
  
 
==General Interview Information==
 
==General Interview Information==
  
'''Interviewee Name:'''
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'''Interviewee Name:''' Mrs. Doris Miller
  
'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''
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'''Additional Parties Recorded:''' None
  
'''Date:'''  
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'''Date:''' October 06, 1975
  
'''Location:'''
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'''Location:''' Coleman, Texas
  
'''Interviewer:'''
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'''Interviewer:''' Fred Carpenter
  
'''Length:'''
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'''Length:''' 40 minutes
  
  
 
==Abstract==
 
==Abstract==
  
'''Tape 1, Side 1:'''
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'''Tape 1, Side 1:''' Great-grandfather, August S. Morris,
 
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Migration from Germany to DeWitt County, Texas,
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Grandfather, Joseph Phillip Morris,
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Education, Colby College,
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Marriage to Martha Meranda Pinchell (1873),
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Experience as a cattle driver,
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Coleman County, Texas,
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Morris Ranch,
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Land donations,
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Accumulation of land (50 sections),
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Remarriage (1904),
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Division of land (1920),
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Depression (1932),
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Death (1938),
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Oil boom,
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Rafter Three Ranch,
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Formation by Mattie B. Miller,
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Family genealogy.
 
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:'''
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:''' Family genealogy (continued)
 
 
 
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'''Range Dates:'''
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'''Range Dates:''' 1873-1938
  
'''Bulk Dates:'''
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'''Bulk Dates:''' 1904-1938
  
  
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Latest revision as of 19:30, 19 July 2019

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


Access Information

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Recording Format Notes:

Transcript:



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