Provenance Detail
People - Morris Series - Elizabeth Jane (Davis) (Rex) Morris CollectionAcquisition Method
DigitalAcquisition Date
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The Elizabeth Jane (Davis) (Rex) Morris Collection was passed from Jonathan Morris Morris [1832-1915] and his wife, Charlotte (Rinehart) Morris [1834-1916], with the ownership of the Morris Bicentennial Farm in Fordyce, Greene Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, to their son, Jesse Hull Morris [1875-1947], and his wife, Elizabeth Jane (Davis) (Rex) Morris [1879-1980]. Elizabeth added her Davis family heritage to the collection, before passing it to her son, Jonathan Rex Morris [1919-2003], and his wife, Sarah Elaine (Hostetler) Morris [1924-2009], whose children, John Robert Morris and Kathleen (Morris) Miller, owned and shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2023.
SOURCE CITATION: [Left-Right]: John Franklin "Frank" Morris [1857-1915] and Unidentified in a hay wagon that Frank invented; circa 1880-1900, image by Rogers, Public Square, Carmichaels, Pa.; item no. MORK-AN001-0003-0009, Morris Series, Elizabeth Jane (Davis) (Rex) Morris Collection, shared by her grandchildren, John Robert Morris and Kathleen (Morris) Miller; Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).![John Franklin "Frank" Morris [1857-1915] on left: See WEB LINKS to DOWNLOAD high-resolution image.](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/4150/3622d530-1137-11ee-90f2-ef679540f3e3-wxSatUf.lg-nt@2x.jpg)
![John Franklin "Frank" Morris [1857-1915] on left: See WEB LINKS to DOWNLOAD high-resolution image.](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/4150/3622ae20-1137-11ee-90f2-ef679540f3e3-wxSatUf.lg-nt@2x.jpg)