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CHAPTER XII.
JULIA B. MORTON.
Julia was horn in Bed lord County, Tenn., February 18, 1823. At the age of sixteen years she married George W. Morton, who owned a farm on Duck River near where she was born and reared. She and her husband were faithful members of the Lutheran Church, joining when very young. Her husband died in August, 1870, leaving her a widow witli seven children, three of them being married at the time of his death. The remainder of her life wa.s spent with her children; and at the time of her death she was living with her daughter, Ellen, at her old home place.
Her eldest child, William 11. Morton, who was generally known as ?Tip,? was bom November 13, 183!). When the Civil War broke out, he joined the Confederate Army. Before the war was over he married Lucy Arnold, and located on a farm near Wartrace, spending the remainder of his life there. He was a member of the Northern Methodist Church, and a Republican. He had two children?George Moody, who died when quite young, and James R. Morton. His wife died on March 2(>, 18!)!); and on September 8, 1!)01, be married the second time, to Nora Neal. In a few months after this marriage his health began to fail; and on July 1!), 11)02, he died. Just one month from his death his second wife died. James R. Morton, his only sur-