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Note: Event: Tombstone 22 MAR 1872 Aged 70 yrs, 7 mo., 4 days Note: Morris Danford's Occupation was a farmer and Twp Trustee, J.P. and on the first Board of Infirmary Directors, 1861.
The 1860 federal census for Noble Co., Ohio shows the value of his real estate owned as $6,000, and the value of his personal estate as $200.
1860 Census Noble Co Ohio Wayne Twp page 358 Dwelling number 1450, Family number 1361 Morris Danford 58 m Farmer 6000 200 Ohio Eliza " 53 f Domestic Ohio Sarah " 20 f School Teacher Ohio Samuel " 15 m Ohio Peter " 12 m Ohio Wm Pringle 28 m VA
1870 Marion Twp., Family 191, page 155A: > Danford, Morris, 68, farmer > , Eliza, 63, keeping house > , Sarah, 30, helping mother (look! not teaching school anymore) > , Peter, 22, farmer > > 1880 Marion Twp., Family 145, page 130B: > Danford, Eliza, 73, keeping house > , Sarah, 40, daughter, at home > > 1900 Marion Twp., Family 309, page 151 of NCC-OGS extraction > Danford, Sarah, h, 60, sng
Guernsey Co., OH Wills & Estates 1850-1900 Index Morris B e 1895 aed5-218 c7587 When Morris was only 12 years old he traveled alone from Captina Creek to their home in Glady Creek, This was a 25-30 mile trip through the unbroken forests. When he was 14 or 15 he and a younger brother stayed alone in the Glady cabin all winter to care for the livestock, while the rest of the family stayed in Belmont County. Six of his children would become school teachers. Morris was an honest man with a quiet dispostion. He was always interested in public education, and served on the school board in Marion Township. He was the Justice of the Peace, a 20 year trustee of Marion Township, was chosen infirmery director of Noble County. Politically, he was a Whig, and would later become a staunch Republican and Abolitionist, and belonged to the Disciples of Cchrist Church. He was of the Christian faith, and kind father and husband. He never paid any law costs, or one cent of interest. ( From Mike Langwasser) His will was signed 28 Feb., 1872, and he named Silas and Peter the executors. The witnesses were Joseph Danford (nephew?), Peter Danford Sr., and Morris D. Martin (grandson). It was probated 27 Mar. 1872
Sources: Title: Samuel Danford & Nancy Matheney Family Bible Repository:
History of Noble County, Ohio, Marion, page 389
Morris Danford, the oldest son of Samuel and Nancy Danford, was born in Belmont County, August 18, 1801, and, being the oldest of the family, had to brave the hardships and privations incident to frontier life. When but twelve years old he traveled from Captina Creek in Belmont County, to their home on Glady Creek, this county, alone and through the unbroken forest, the distance being twenty-five or thirty miles. When fourteen or fifteen years old he and a younger brother staid alone all winter in the cabin on Glady, to take care of the stock, while the family were in Belmont County. Under these sturdy influences he grew up to manhood, and married, on the 2 day of January, 1823, Amney S. Alford, of Monroe County, who bore him three sons and two daughters, two of whom are now living ñ Simeon, in Jackson Township, and Charity (Martin), in Marion.
Mrs. Danford died on the 8th of January, 1835. He was afterward united in marriage to Eliza Hinton, on the 26th of January, 1837, which union was blessed by three sons and three daughters. Three of these children are living ñ Sarah, Samuel T. and Peter H. Seven of his children lived to the age of maturity, four sons and three daughters, six of the number being school teachers, notably the eldest son, Silas, who made teaching a business for eight years. Three of the sons have been class-leaders in the Methodist Episcopal church.
Morris Danford was a plain man of honesty and integrity, unassuming in manner and quiet in disposition. His counsels were much sought after, and his precept and example always tended to do good and keep peace. He was much interested in public education, and for many years the burden of the school business of the township fell on him. For many years he performed the duties of justice of the peace, for twenty years was trustee of the township in which he lived (Marion) and was chosen infirmary director, and helped to institute the present County Infirmary.
In politics he was a Whig, until the formation of the Republican party, after which he was a staunch Republican and abolitionist. In religion he was of the Disciples' or Christian faith. A kind husband and father, he always tried to inculcate in the minds of his family that a good character was more to be desired and sought after than any other earthly attainment. His name was a synonym for honesty and purity; his word was regarded equal to his bond, and he acquired a reputation for correctness and painstaking in the details of business which is equaled by few and excelled by none. He was cautious to a fault, and has been heard to say that he never paid one cent of law costs or one cent of interest in his life. He died on the 22d day of March, 1872, at the age of seventy-one, after a very energetic and useful life. Source: History of Noble County, Ohio, with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of the Pioneers and Prominent Men, p. 390
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