Born on Sep 1841 to Thomas Bannister Morris and Sarah Dodson Morris. Rev Elijah Newton Morris passed away on Oct 1916, at the age of 75 and was buried in Morris Cemetery in Van Zandt County, Texas, United States. Rev Elijah Newton Morris was married to Lucindy Frances Elliott Morris and had 8 children: Mollissa H. Morris Pierce, Frances Newton Morris Fugate, William Thomas Morris, Sarah A. Morris Woolverton, John Wiley Morris, James Elijah "lige" Morris, Asa A. Morris, Lydia E. Morris.