Description
Mrs. Eliza Morton, one of the oldest colored women in Platte County, died last Saturday. She was between 90 and 95 years of age (born ~1810 to ~1815). She has suffered with neuralgia for some years, but otherwise her facilities were undimmed; she could see to thread a needle as well as an anyone. A week before her death she had a stroke of paralysis and never recovered. Her husband was Jesse Morton, who died 5 years ago at the age of 80 (born ~1815, died ~1895). More than 50 years ago (Eliza would have been ~40 to 45 years old in ~1850) the old lady was brought up the river by slave traders and sold to Wm. Bates, from whom she passed to Miles Harrington, with whom she remained long after the war.Date(s) of Creation
2/22/1900
