Magnorah Morris was born on 9. Apr. 1883 at Kentucky. She was the daughter of
Elijah Taylor Morris and
Mary Elizabeth Morris. Magnorah Morris married
Henry Brown c 1900. Magnorah Morris and
Henry Brown were divorced. Magnorah Morris married
William Earl Skaggs, son of
John D. Skaggs and
Elizabeth Jane Meers, on 22. May. 1906 at Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky. Magnorah Morris died on 29. Oct. 1915 at Marion County, Kentucky, at age 32.
MAGNORAH MORRIS daughter of ELIJAH TAYLOR MORRIS (1853-1922) and MARY ELIZABETH MORRIS (1855-1906) was born 09 April 1883 in Kentucky, and died 29 October 1915 in Marion County, Kentucky. She married (1) HENRY BROWN Bet. 1899 - 1900. She married (2) WILLIAM "WILLIE" EARL SKAGGS 22 May 1906 in Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky, son of JOHN D SKAGGS and ELIZABETH JANE MEERS. He was born September 1883 in Larue County, Kentucky, and died 24 June 1933 in New Haven, Nelson County, Kentucky.
Henry Brown, a widower with 3 children, was Norah's first husband. She was probably about 16 when they were married. Ben Jones tells that Elijah (Grandpa Morris) gave his consent to the marriage. A record of this marriage hasn't been found as yet. Ben also reported that for a short time this marriage ended and Norah married Willie Skaggs.
A record for the second marriage has been found and it gives some information about Norah's name. I speculate that she was probably named Margaret Norah Morris at birth but called Maggie or Magnorah. All of her brothers and sisters were named with two given names BUT non of them used their first names. They all used the middle names such as Andrew Logan - used Logan, John Henry - used Henry and Sally Rachel - used Rachel. When Norah was married to Mr Skaggs the marriage certificate gives the name of Maggie Norn Morris. She is referred to asMagnorah in some of the Mt Washington church records.
Norah was married to William Earl Skaggs in Lebanon, Kentucky on May 22, 1906. Their four children were born in Kentucky and around 1913 the family came to Illinois where "Willie" worked for his brother in law Logan Morris. Shortly after coming to Illinois Norah became ill with "TB". The family returned to Kentucky and may have lived at the home of her father. Norah died around 1915 and is buried in Good Hope Cemetery. The cemetery is located beside the Good Hope Baptist Church in rural Taylor County, Kentucky. Willie and the children appear in the 1920 census living in New Haven, Kentucky. The family is lving beside Willie's parents, John D and Elizabeth Skaggs. Willie died in 1933 and is interred at the Methodist Cemetery, New Haven, Kentucky.