The William Morris Jr. Family
| William Morris Jr. |
| Born 1871 in Walkerton, VA |
| Died 1957 in Aylett, VA |
| Rosa Paige Booker |
| Born 1875 in King and Queen County, VA |
| Died 1930 in Washington, DC |
| Children |
| Cora Morris |
| William Morris III |
| James C. Morris |
| Fernetta Morris |
Historical Events during William and Rosa Paige Morris's Lifetime
Ulysses Grant was President of the United States when William Morris Jr. and Rosa Paige Booker were born
Herbert Hoover was President of the United States when Rosa Paige Booker died
Dwight Eisenhower was President of the United States when William Morris Jr. died
Paul Laurence Dunbar born in Dayton, OH, June 27, 1872
Civil rights bill enacted by congress March 1, 1875 giving African Americans equal treatment
in inns, public conveyances, theaters and other places of public amusement
Edward A. Bouchet received a Ph.D in physics from Yale in 1876, the first African
American awarded a Ph.D. by an American university.
Booker T. Washington opened Tuskegee Institute, July 4, 1881