Post Office Worthington
District 6, Marion, Virginia
Name Age
Thornton S Sturms 23
Harriet M Sturms 20
Turner L Sturms 2
Breckenridge Sturms 2/12
Turner Davis 25
Census 1870 Jasper, Adams County, Iowa
Name Age
Turner L Davis 31
Elvira Davis 25
Mary Ellen Davis 6
Lydia Belle Davis 4
Thomas W Davis 2
Post Office Worthington
District 6, Marion, Virginia
Name Age
Thornton S Sturms 23
Harriet M Sturms 20
Turner L Sturms 2
Breckenridge Sturms 2/12
Turner Davis 25
Census 1870 Jasper, Adams County, Iowa
Name Age
Turner L Davis 31
Elvira Davis 25
Mary Ellen Davis 6
Lydia Belle Davis 4
Thomas W Davis 2
David started as a cooper which he learned from his father. He later became well known
herb doctor on Bingamon Creek, WV. He was also a talented wood worker making many pieces
of furniture and caskets working with Harmer's Funeral Home in Shinnston.
In 1858 Edith (McIntyre) Morrow and her brother Thomas McIntyre appeared in Circuit
Court petitioning the court to prevent David Morrow the husband of Edith to prevent
David Morrow from disposing of a piece of property located on Bingamon Creek, Harrison County
West Virginia.
Edith and David had only been married for two years and no children at this time. The
property in the case was a small farm Edith had received upon the death of her father
Enoch McIntyre in 1852.
There seems to be no resolution to the dispute from the court but David and Edith must
have come to some agreement since they had three children the first in 1858, the second
in 1862 and the third in 1867.
In the early 1880s Edith brought charges of drunkenness against David and they were
divorced. By this time the two daughters, Elizabeth and Sena had married and left home.
After the divorce, David and the son who was a teenager continued living the home
located on Bingamon Creek at Nutter Run. David E., the son died at the age of 23 on
August 18, 1890 and the property and David M. Morrow being his nearest relative received
the property.
In the late 1880s David was introduced to a widow, Elvira Elizabeth Stiles, a widow with
three sons. It appears to be an arranged introduction and they were married on January
25, 1889. Elvira with the three boys moved into the homestead located on Bingamon Creek.
John Nelson Stiles, my grandfather, in a short narrative speaks of moving to Bingamon
Creek in 1889 when he was 12 years old.
Census Clay District Harrison County, WV 1900
Name Age
David M Morrow 65
Alvira Morrow 55
Jas C Stiles 17
Festus Shultz 11 Boarder (grandson of Elvira)
David started as a cooper which he learned from his father. He later became well known
herb doctor on Bingamon Creek, WV. He was also a talented wood worker making many pieces
of furniture and caskets working with Harmer's Funeral Home in Shinnston.
In 1858 Edith (McIntyre) Morrow and her brother Thomas McIntyre appeared in Circuit
Court petitioning the court to prevent David Morrow the husband of Edith to prevent
David Morrow from disposing of a piece of property located on Bingamon Creek, Harrison County
West Virginia.
Edith and David had only been married for two years and no children at this time. The
property in the case was a small farm Edith had received upon the death of her father
Enoch McIntyre in 1852.
There seems to be no resolution to the dispute from the court but David and Edith must
have come to some agreement since they had three children the first in 1858, the second
in 1862 and the third in 1867.
In the early 1880s Edith brought charges of drunkenness against David and they were
divorced. By this time the two daughters, Elizabeth and Sena had married and left home.
After the divorce, David and the son who was a teenager continued living the home
located on Bingamon Creek at Nutter Run. David E., the son died at the age of 23 on
August 18, 1890 and the property and David M. Morrow being his nearest relative received
the property.
In the late 1880s David was introduced to a widow, Elvira Elizabeth Stiles, a widow with
three sons. It appears to be an arranged introduction and they were married on January
25, 1889. Elvira with the three boys moved into the homestead located on Bingamon Creek.
John Nelson Stiles, my grandfather, in a short narrative speaks of moving to Bingamon
Creek in 1889 when he was 12 years old.
Census Clay District Harrison County, WV 1900
Name Age
David M Morrow 65
Alvira Morrow 55
Jas C Stiles 17
Festus Shultz 11 Boarder (grandson of Elvira)