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Real People Behind the Story

Are Our Grandparents Carrying Our Economic Answers to Their Graves?

Across the back: Mary Ann Phillips, Jack Morton, Howard Morton, 
Josephine Morton, Walter Morton, Theopholis Morton, William Morton
Front: Granville Morton, Deputy Sheriff Joseph Morton, Josephine Morton

Grandma Josie Morton and her children after the murder
Front: Josephine, "Grandma Josie," and Mary Ann Phillips
Back: George William born in 1880, James Jackson 1882, Walter 1885, 
John Howard 1891, Theo 1893, and Granville 1900.

Deputy Sheriff Joseph W. Morton

Gordon, Sherman (age 9)
Ruby and Bonnie Morton
About 1914

Ralph and George Baker
with their Parents

Sherman Morton
Around 1944

Edna Springfield Morton
Around 1944

Maude Springfield
(Edna's mother in her later years)

Nancy Morton (Sherman's mother)

Will and Nancy Morton's 50th Wedding Anniversary
Edna Mae, Ruby, Bonnie, Will Morton, Nancy Hixson Morton, Sherman Morton, Gordon Morton

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