BIOGRAPHY--Eve Ann (Carpenter) Morris
Eve moved with her husband to Warren County, Illinois in 1845, and
settled Northwest of Little York. After living there and at another
homestead nearby they moved into Little York, Illinois in the Spring
of 1885. She had been in ill health for some time and had visited
family in Kansas shortly before her death. Funeral services were
conducted by the Reverend Beal of Sunbeam. According to an
application for accrued pension benefits after her husband died, Eve
stated that they were married 8 June 1843 at Paris, Kentucky. Other
information is that they were married 9 January 1843 at Lexington, KY.
(Prepared by Chester V. Swanson)

The marriage date of 9 Jan., 1843 that Chet referred to was from The History of Henderson County, 1882 which has already been shown to contain errors. The June 8, 1843 date is probably more accurate since it is on her husband's pension papers (a government record). Either way, Eve was only 15 years old when she was married. An obituary, below, says she was married on Jan. 9, 1843. The question as to the exact date was settled when Keith Morris found the original Marriage Register in Paris, Bourbon County, KY in 1998. This Register clearly shows the wedding date was Jan. 8, 1843, and was performed by Amos Cleaver.
Compiled by M. Keith Morris, Jr., April 16, 1998, May 10, 2000.

Obituary--The Daily Review, Monmouth, IL, for Tuesday, October 2, 1888:
Mrs. Wm. Morris died at her home in Little York Sabbath afternoon at four o'clock. Dropsy and failure of the heart caused her death. The funeral was held Monday afternoon. The remains were taken to Belmont church in Henderson county. A large number of friends were in attendance and followed the remains to the cemetery.
[Note: Her head marker shows date of death to be Sept. 29, which was a Saturday. This does not agree with the obituary notice above which said that she died on Sabbath.]
Copied by M. Keith Morris, Jr., April 18, 1998

OBITUARY
MORRIS--At her home in this place on Sunday, September 30, near 4 o'clock p. m., occurred the death of Mrs. E. A. Morris, of heart disease, aged 61 years, 2 mo., 4 days.
EVE ANN CARPENTER was born in Lexington, Ky., July 26, 1827, and was married to William Morris of that place, Jan. 9, 1843. They moved to Warren county, Ill., in 1845 and settled northwest of Little York on the farm now owned by Jerry Ranney, where they lived eight years and then moved to the old homestead which is now occupied by their son William. Here they resided until they moved to Little York in the spring of 1885, and the husband died in the following July. To them were born seven sons and two daughters, seven of whom survive: John W. of Peru, Ks., Mrs. Mary Armstrong and Mrs. Mattie Millis of Randolph, Iowa, Ralph of Wallace, Ks., M. P. of Omaha, Neb., Wm. and D. R. of this place. Both were members of the Belmont M. E. church.
Mrs. Morris had been in failing health for some time and went on a visit west this summer in hopes of being benefitted but while in Kansas she was taken down and only recovered sufficiently to be brought home the latter part of August. Since that time her decline has been gradual, and disease baffled all the skill that loving hands could perform. A short service was held at the house Monday and at 2 o'clock a large concourse of sympathizing friends followed the remains to the Belmont cemetery to perform the last sad rites. An appropriate discourse was pronounced by Rev. Beal of Sunbeam. Those of the children present during their mother's last hours were Wm. and D. R. Morris and Mrs. Millis, and the family will have the sympathy of the entire community. [end]
Copied by M. Keith Morris, Jr., April 19, 1998