|
a.
|
Note: Mary first appears in the 1850 census of Lackawaxen Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania, living with Horace W. and Eleanor Twichell. She is listed as Mary L. Hichcock, age 5, born in Pennsylvania. In the 1860 census she appears living with Horace and Eleanor Twichell in Goodhue County, Minnesota. She is listed as Mary L. Twitchell, age 15, born in New York. In the 1870 census she is living with Daniel and Harriet Mallan in Belvidere, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Her age is given as 25, born in New York. Her death record gives her birth as May 14, 1845, in Sullivan County, New York. The father is given as Horace Warner Twitchell and the mother as Harriet Twitchell ( who is actually Horace's daughter). Judging by her name when she first appears in the census records, it is likely that she was an orphan, or child of a deceased relative, who came to live with the Twichells.
After the death of Horace W. Twichell on February 12, 1886, the executor of his estate filed the Petition of Executor Presenting Will for Probate on April 17, 1886, in the Todd county probate court. This document lists the heirs of Horace W. Twichell and makes no mention of Mary Louise (then married to Charles Morley). It would appear that Mary Louise was probably a foster child of Horace W. Twichell.
Obituary of Mrs. Chas. Morley, Heron Lake (MN) News, Thursday, February 3, 1916, Page 1, Col. 1:
" OBITUARY - MRS. CHAS. MORLEY - Mrs. Chas F. Morley, whose maiden name was Mary Lewis Twitchell, was born in Lumberland, Sullivan County, N.Y., on May 14, 1845. While still a young girl, she moved with her parents to Pennsylvania, when at the age of 10 she came to Goodhue county, near Red Wing, Minn. About 45 years ago she was united in marriage to Charles F. Morley and at once they came to Cottonwood county, seven miles north of here, to make their home. Together they toiled for nearly a half a century and it is a remarkable coincidence that they who were so nearly of an age, passed away within a month of each other, Mr. Morley on the 4th and Mrs. Morley on the 29th of January 1916.
For the last five years and more Mrs. Morley has been a helpless invalid, having suffered a stroke of paralysis in March of the year 1910. All that medical skill could do for her was of no avail, and nothing but her remarkable constitution kept her alive during all those years of suffering.
For more than 30 years Mrs. Morley has been a member of the Methodist church, and though the cares of her home, distance from town and in recent years her inability to be about, prevented her attending church, she endeavored all these years to walk by faith. She was also a member of the Women's Relief Corps and the Degree of Honor.
Besides two sons she leaves three sisters and two brothers to mourn her loss, two brothers having passed away within the last six weeks. She has gone full of years with the love of her children and the respect of all who knew her in the glad assurance of a blessed immortality. "
Servant of God, well done; Thy glorious warfare's past, The battle's fought, the race is won
And thou art crowned at last.
|
