Eliza was the third child of Albert Gillespie Kenney (#19) & Susannah Bussard (#20).

(Below are photographs of Susan and her husband, Samuel Morton, from a cartes de visite photo album in the possession of the webmaster.)

The original photograph of the image of Susan at an older age below is in the possession of Doug Hart, a descendant of the Kenneys.

 

 

Susan's obituary (courtesy of Matt Kenney, Great-Great-Great Grandson of Albert Kenney) is transcribed by this webmaster below. The original obituary transcription obtained from Matt is linked here. The original transcriber is unknown.

SUSAN KENNEY MORTON Susan Kenney Morton was born Jan. 8, 1832 and died in 1915. She was married to Samuel Morton, who died in 1898, aged 79 yrs. They were the parents of 5 children, John K., Katherine, Ora P., Noak and George Washington 1877-1877. Susan Kenney Morton, widow of Samuel Morton of near Camden, died at the home of her son, Noak, in Columbus on Friday, age 83 yrs. The funeral was on Sunday at 2:00 o’clock at the Presbyterian church. She was a victim of paralysis. Her first stroke was one year ago, while living in Cincinnati with her daughter, Kate. Last fall she went to Columbus and suffered two strokes a few weeks ago. Three sons, Ora of Warsaw, Ky., Noak, John of Dayton, Ohio, a daughter, Kate of Cincinnati, two sisters, Eliza Longfellow and Louisa Conger, both of Sugar Valley, Ohio. Burial was in Fairmount Cemetery, Camden, Ohio.

Below is a newspaper obituary from 1931 about one of the sons of Susan and Samuel Morton [Samuel is referred to as Saul in this article]. This article was found in a letter dated March 11, 1931 from "Kate" to Belva Leach Spidel. [Although Ora had a sister named Kate, it is a puzzle why if she is still alive, she is not mentioned in his obituary. Is this a different Kate who wrote to Belva? There was no return address rather than a postmark from Eaton, Ohio.] Ora, his sister Kate, and Belva were first cousins. Their mothers were sisters. (This article and letter are courtesy of Sharon Hinckley, Belva's granddaughter.

Below is a photograph of Marguerite Morton found in the same letter as the obituary above. [It is assumed by the webmaster that Marguerite is John Morton's daughter. John is Ora's brother, so Marguerite is Ora's niece; but this needs to be proven.]

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