Beaverton Historical Society Gladwin County Obituary/Death Notice
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Mark Morris
Manley Morris Is Dead In Country's Service
Falls Victim Of Penumonia At U.S. Aviation Camp In Ire.
Advice received by his parents brings news of the death of Manley Morris from pneumonia
at a U.S. aviation camp in Ireland, Oct. 30, after an illness of only six days. He enlisted
in February last and went with Elden Capling to Omaha, then to Texas, and from there overseas
as a mechanic in the aviation corps. A letter written only a week before his death, recently
received said that he was in the best of health and spirits.
At the time of his death Manley was aged 21 years, 7 months and 20 days. He was born in
Saginaw county, and when only three years of age came to Tobacco township, Gladwin county,
with his parents, and has since lived there and at Beaverton. He leaves his wife, and parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Manley Morris of Beaverton, two sisters, Mrs. L. J. Budge of Beaverton, and Mrs.
Gordon Capling of Gladwin; two brothers, M. Robert Morris of Gladwin and Gordon Morris of Bay
Port.
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Personal Information
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Death Date
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Burial/Final Location
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Service
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10/30/1918
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Dale Cemetery, Beaverton, MI
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Avi. Corps.
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Publication Information
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Pub. Date
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Publication
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Pub. Page
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11/28/1918
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Gladwin County Record, Gladwin, MI
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P:1 C:5
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Transcription Information
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Date
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Transcribed by
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Source Media
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January 2005
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Tom Ladner
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Microfilm
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