Ancestry of
Cokie Roberts

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Jacob Haight Morrison

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Cokie Roberts — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 28 
  • Father:
  • Christian Morrison 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Mathilda Wheeler   
  • Birth Date:
  • 4 Feb 1818 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Troy, Rensselaer, New York 
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  • Death Date:
  • 3 Oct 1875 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana 
  • Spouse Name:
  • J. Virginia Seghers
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  • Child:

  Edward Seghers Morrison (Ahnentafel No:14 )

• Sources for Jacob Haight Morrison

  • ¹ Arizona, U.S., Death Records, 1887-1968, Death certificate for son Edward S Morrison.
  • ² Federal Census, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, 1860, p. 69, Image 69 of 126.
  • ³ Federal Census, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, 1870, Ward 6, p. 60, Image 18 of 20.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/07/2020).
  • ⁵ Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957, Marriage certificate for son Edward Seghers Morrison and Annie Florette Harriss.
  • ⁶ O'Gorman, Ella Foy, Descendants of Virginia Calverts, Los Angeles, California: n. p. (1947), 526.

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