Peter Greenleaf and Mary (Ferguson) Morrell
Husband
Peter Greenleaf
- Died
- ABT 1850 at Ill.
- Married
- ABT 1844
Wife
Mary (Ferguson) Morrell
- Born
- ABT 1808[1] at Ohio
- Resided
- 1840[2] at Brown Co., Ill.
- Resided
- 1860[3] at Elkhorn, Ill.
- Died
- 14 AUG 1868 at Elkhorn, Ill.
- Also m.
- (2) Benjamin Theodore Morrell
Children
- Date and place derived from 1860 census.
- 1840 US Census, Brown Co. IL, p. 160a. “Mrs. Mary Morrell” living with four boys, one girl, and one woman in her 60s (possibly her mother).
- 1860 US Census, Elkhorn IL, p. 811. “Widow” Mary Greenleaf, living with son Benjamin Morrill and three Greenleaf children ages 11, 13, and 15.
- United States, Census, 1850, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85N-RDY (accessed 2026-09-16), Household 781, house 776, line 41, Brown Co., Illinois, 1850 census. 1850 US Census, Brown Co., Illinois, household 781 (house 776, line 41): Peter Greenleif (45, b. est. 1805 NJ) and wife Mary Greenleif (42, b. est. 1808 OH) with children Alibamia (19), Green L (17), Louisa (15), Theodore (13), and Benjamin (11) Greenleif [Mary’s children by her first marriage to Benjamin Theodore Morrell, already documented in the tree], plus Margaret Greenleif (7, b. est. 1843, Illinois), Mary E Greenleif (5, b. est. 1845, Illinois), Christopher Greenleif (5, b. est. 1845, Illinois), and Joseph Greenleif (2, b. est. 1848, Illinois). FamilySearch, United States, Census, 1850, household of Peter Greenleif, Brown Co., Illinois, ark:/61903/1:1:M85N-RDY. See also United States, Census, 1860, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX41-SJB (accessed 2026-09-16), 811, Elkhorn Township, Brown Co., Illinois, 1860 census. 1860 US Census, Elkhorn Township, Brown Co., Illinois, page 811: Mary Greenleaf (52, b. est. 1808 OH, widowed) with children Benj Morrell (20) [Mary’s son by her first marriage, already documented in the tree] and M A Greenleaf (16, b. est. 1844), M E Greenleaf (15, b. est. 1845), C C Greenleaf (13, b. est. 1847), Joseph Greenleaf (11, b. est. 1849) — second-census corroboration, ten years later, of the same four children first recorded in the 1850 household (Margaret/M A, Mary E./M E, Christopher/C C, Joseph). FamilySearch, United States, Census, 1860, Mary Greenleaf household, Elkhorn Township, Brown Co., Illinois, ark:/61903/1:1:MX41-SJB.
- United States, Census, 1850, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85N-RDY (accessed 2026-09-16), Household 781, house 776, line 41, Brown Co., Illinois, 1850 census. 1850 US Census, Brown Co., Illinois, household 781 (house 776, line 41): Peter Greenleif (45, b. est. 1805 NJ) and wife Mary Greenleif (42, b. est. 1808 OH) with children Alibamia (19), Green L (17), Louisa (15), Theodore (13), and Benjamin (11) Greenleif [Mary’s children by her first marriage to Benjamin Theodore Morrell, already documented in the tree], plus Margaret Greenleif (7, b. est. 1843, Illinois), Mary E Greenleif (5, b. est. 1845, Illinois), Christopher Greenleif (5, b. est. 1845, Illinois), and Joseph Greenleif (2, b. est. 1848, Illinois). FamilySearch, United States, Census, 1850, household of Peter Greenleif, Brown Co., Illinois, ark:/61903/1:1:M85N-RDY. See also United States, Census, 1860, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX41-SJB (accessed 2026-09-16), 811, Elkhorn Township, Brown Co., Illinois, 1860 census. 1860 US Census, Elkhorn Township, Brown Co., Illinois, page 811: Mary Greenleaf (52, b. est. 1808 OH, widowed) with children Benj Morrell (20) [Mary’s son by her first marriage, already documented in the tree] and M A Greenleaf (16, b. est. 1844), M E Greenleaf (15, b. est. 1845), C C Greenleaf (13, b. est. 1847), Joseph Greenleaf (11, b. est. 1849) — second-census corroboration, ten years later, of the same four children first recorded in the 1850 household (Margaret/M A, Mary E./M E, Christopher/C C, Joseph). FamilySearch, United States, Census, 1860, Mary Greenleaf household, Elkhorn Township, Brown Co., Illinois, ark:/61903/1:1:MX41-SJB.
- United States, Census, 1850, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85N-RDY (accessed 2026-09-16), Household 781, house 776, line 41, Brown Co., Illinois, 1850 census. 1850 US Census, Brown Co., Illinois, household 781 (house 776, line 41): Peter Greenleif (45, b. est. 1805 NJ) and wife Mary Greenleif (42, b. est. 1808 OH) with children Alibamia (19), Green L (17), Louisa (15), Theodore (13), and Benjamin (11) Greenleif [Mary’s children by her first marriage to Benjamin Theodore Morrell, already documented in the tree], plus Margaret Greenleif (7, b. est. 1843, Illinois), Mary E Greenleif (5, b. est. 1845, Illinois), Christopher Greenleif (5, b. est. 1845, Illinois), and Joseph Greenleif (2, b. est. 1848, Illinois). FamilySearch, United States, Census, 1850, household of Peter Greenleif, Brown Co., Illinois, ark:/61903/1:1:M85N-RDY. See also United States, Census, 1860, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX41-SJB (accessed 2026-09-16), 811, Elkhorn Township, Brown Co., Illinois, 1860 census. 1860 US Census, Elkhorn Township, Brown Co., Illinois, page 811: Mary Greenleaf (52, b. est. 1808 OH, widowed) with children Benj Morrell (20) [Mary’s son by her first marriage, already documented in the tree] and M A Greenleaf (16, b. est. 1844), M E Greenleaf (15, b. est. 1845), C C Greenleaf (13, b. est. 1847), Joseph Greenleaf (11, b. est. 1849) — second-census corroboration, ten years later, of the same four children first recorded in the 1850 household (Margaret/M A, Mary E./M E, Christopher/C C, Joseph). FamilySearch, United States, Census, 1860, Mary Greenleaf household, Elkhorn Township, Brown Co., Illinois, ark:/61903/1:1:MX41-SJB.
- United States, Census, 1850, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85N-RDY (accessed 2026-09-16), Household 781, house 776, line 41, Brown Co., Illinois, 1850 census. 1850 US Census, Brown Co., Illinois, household 781 (house 776, line 41): Peter Greenleif (45, b. est. 1805 NJ) and wife Mary Greenleif (42, b. est. 1808 OH) with children Alibamia (19), Green L (17), Louisa (15), Theodore (13), and Benjamin (11) Greenleif [Mary’s children by her first marriage to Benjamin Theodore Morrell, already documented in the tree], plus Margaret Greenleif (7, b. est. 1843, Illinois), Mary E Greenleif (5, b. est. 1845, Illinois), Christopher Greenleif (5, b. est. 1845, Illinois), and Joseph Greenleif (2, b. est. 1848, Illinois). FamilySearch, United States, Census, 1850, household of Peter Greenleif, Brown Co., Illinois, ark:/61903/1:1:M85N-RDY. See also United States, Census, 1860, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX41-SJB (accessed 2026-09-16), 811, Elkhorn Township, Brown Co., Illinois, 1860 census. 1860 US Census, Elkhorn Township, Brown Co., Illinois, page 811: Mary Greenleaf (52, b. est. 1808 OH, widowed) with children Benj Morrell (20) [Mary’s son by her first marriage, already documented in the tree] and M A Greenleaf (16, b. est. 1844), M E Greenleaf (15, b. est. 1845), C C Greenleaf (13, b. est. 1847), Joseph Greenleaf (11, b. est. 1849) — second-census corroboration, ten years later, of the same four children first recorded in the 1850 household (Margaret/M A, Mary E./M E, Christopher/C C, Joseph). FamilySearch, United States, Census, 1860, Mary Greenleaf household, Elkhorn Township, Brown Co., Illinois, ark:/61903/1:1:MX41-SJB.