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if*'*-pl1 W finalf. wH-the fcoher due ttfyeh to the Hev., pioneer Texas min~ am Author, Who dieditamp, president of the State Historical association, .. supervised removal of $fc. Hireli’s body from its original at ttyle, near the Bap-| tilt Church of which he was a piiiiiiifitr, to the State cemetery in. ; ildrttli's body rests beside that : pi.lieV. William Carey Crane, his \ vdldSe ftfend during Texas pioneer difc ahd an old-time president of ' .Iyib# University.The re-interment ceremony was ad Qtifet and simple as the original : ceremony which Morrell had re-quested be ‘‘modest and inexpensive’* with ft small headstone carrying only his name, the dates of his birth and death, and inscription * sinner saved by grace.”, , Morrell was born in South Carolina but moved to Texas in 1836 ‘ and settled near the town of Marlin on the Brazos.; lie founded many churches, and When the call to arms came, he WaS as quick to fight for the Re-publc as . he was to preach. He participated in the battle of Plum creek near Lockhart in 1840 and served in the volunteer Texas army in 1842.A
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Pampa News
Pampa, Texas, US
Fri, Jan 19, 1945
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