John Theodore Morrell^[1]

1894 - 1985  (90 years)

• Name	John Theodore Morrell
  Nickname	Grandpa Swinger
  Birth	19 Jul 1894	Camden Township, Schuyler County, Illinois, United States   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	27 Jun 1900	Camden Township, Schuyler County, Illinois, United States
  Residence	4 May 1910	Camden Township, Schuyler County, Illinois, United States
  Residence	5 Jun 1917	Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois, United States
  	Draft card.
  Military Service	From 28 May 1918 to 13 Aug 1919
  	Private, United States Army; 38th Division, 76th Infantry Brigade, 151st Infantry Regiment, Company F; 4th Division, 7th Infantry Brigade, 39th Infantry Regiment, Company D; World War I.
  Residence	3 Apr 1930	Sciota, McDonough County, Illinois, United States
  	1930 census.
  Occupation	3 Apr 1930	Sciota, McDonough County, Illinois, United States
  	Farmer/farm laborer. 1930 census.
  Residence	29 Apr 1940	Sciota, McDonough County, Illinois, United States
  	1940 census.
  Occupation	29 Apr 1940	Sciota, McDonough County, Illinois, United States
  	Carpenter. 1940 census.
  Residence	20 May 1942	Sciota, McDonough County, Illinois, United States
  	Draft card.
  Residence	3 May 1950	Sciota, McDonough County, Illinois, United States
  	1950 census.
  Death	12 May 1985	Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, United States   [2]
  Burial	16 May 1985	Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, United States   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I124	Cook-Delmotte Family | Cook
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Cyrus Alphonso Morrell,   b. 9 Jan 1869, Schuyler County, Illinois, United States d. 22 Dec 1952, Chalmers Township, McDonough County, Illinois, United States (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Nora Jane Marshall,   b. 23 Apr 1868, Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois, United States d. 2 Oct 1941, Good Hope, McDonough County, Illinois, United States (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	25 Jun 1891	Mount Sterling, Brown County, Illinois, United States   [4]
  Notes	Nora married first on 27 Jun 1886 at Bainbridge Township, Schuyler County, Illinois, William Pile/Piles/Pyles ["Pile" on marriage license, "Piles" in 1880 census (Buena Vista Township, Schuyler County, Illinois) and "Pyles" in divorce record]; they divorced on 24 Apr 1890 at Schuyler County and had no issue.
  Documents		Marriage Record of Cyrus Morrell and Nora (Marshall) Piles (1891) Brown County, Illinois. Marriage License of Cyrus Morrell and Nora Piles, married 25 Jun 1891, filed 25 Jun 1891 (FSL film 2021280, image 1136-1137). Her first marriage was to William Piles.
  		Proof Argument on Errors in the Marriage Record of Cyrus Morrell and Nora Jane (Marshall) Piles
  Family ID	F65	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Melvina Permelia Irwin,   b. 26 Feb 1901, Buena Vista Township, Schuyler County, Illinois, United States d. 8 Jan 1979, Sciota, McDonough County, Illinois, United States (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	23 Oct 1919	Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois, United States
  Children	+ 1. Clyde Eugene Morrell,   b. 21 Jan 1924, Littleton Township, Schuyler County, Illinois, United States d. 19 Jul 1990, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, United States (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F64	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2023

  
  

• Photos

  Portrait of John Robert Marshall, William H. Morrell, Cyrus Alphonso Morrell, and John Theodore Morrell. Shared on Ancestry.com by user lidajaner on 19 Apr 2015, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/4445754/person/-1602573485/media/8d9bdd81-bc8c-49a8-97d2-b9d8f74348a6.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Census 1900 - United States--Illinois--Schuyler County--Camden Township - Morrell
  		Census 1910 - United States--Illinois--Schuyler County--Camden Township - Morrell
  		Draft Card of John Theodore Morrell (1917)
  		Veterans Administration Master Index Card of John Theodore Morrell United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, Entry for John Thedore [sic] Morrell, 13 Aug 1918 (FSL film 105280626, image 3715 of 5999).
  		World War I, Final Pay Voucher, John Theodore Morrell (15 Aug 1919)
  		Marriage Record of John Theodore Morrell and Melvina Permelia Irwin (1919)
  		Census 1930 - United States--Illinois--McDonough County--Sciota - Morrell
  		Obituary of John Robert Irwin (1933) "Funeral Held Sunday for John R. Irwin [obituary]," Rushville Times (Rushville, Ill.), 24 May 1933, p. 12.
  		Census 1940 - United States--Illinois--McDonough County--Sciota - Morrell
  		Draft Card of John Theodore Morrell (1942) United States. Selective Service System. Illinois Selective Service System Registration Cards [World War II]: Fourth Registration. NARA Series M2097, Roll 202. Wood Charles Moore–Harry Sheldon Morris (FSL DGS 4134827, images 5197-5198).
  		Marriage Record of Clyde Eugene Morrell and Jeanie Marie Kimball (1945)
  		Draft Card of Clyde Eugene Morrell (1945) Illinois, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947. Draft registration cards, Moritz, George- Morris, Cericell, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947, card of Clyde Eugene Morrell, 17 Oct 1945 (FSL DGS 104612834, image 719 of 1083).
  		Census 1950 - United States--Illinois--McDonough County--Sciota - Morrell
  		Delayed Birth Certificate of Clyde Eugene Morrell
  		Death Certificate of Melvina Permelia Irwin (1979)
  		Death Certificate of John Theodore Morrell (1985) Has state of birth as Iowa in error.
  		Death Certificate of Clyde Eugene Morrell (1990)

  
  

  Headstones

  Grave Marker of John Theodore Morrell Photograph by Christopher Duane Cook.

  
  

• Sources

  [S328] Cook, Christopher D., First World War Service of John Theodore Morrell, (Berrien Springs, MI: Silver Anchor Press, 2025), https://archive.org/details/9780999113721. [S51] John T. Morrell [obituary], (Macomb, Illinois: Macomb Daily Journal, 13 May 1985, sec. 1, p. 3). [S1] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131289762/john-theodore-morrell. [S57] Cyrus A. Morrell, 83, of Good Hope Dies [obituary], (Macomb, Illinois: Daily Journal, 23 Dec 1952, p. [illegible]).