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     Esther M. Tyler was born on 1 April 1899 in Rosedale, Queens Co., New York.^2,3 She married Donald Francis Berg, son of Louis De Coppet Berg and Grace Bunker, on 25 October 1918 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York.¹ They divorced in October 1920 in Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada.⁴ She died in August 1984 at age 85.⁵
     After their marriage she and her husband Donald spent some time in Puerto Rico. While there several items were stolen from their lodging, mostly clothing.⁶ They returned home in May 1919, sailing on the SS Coamo from San Juan on 14 May, and arriving in New York City on 19 May.³

     Mary Fletcher Rivers was born on 17 March 1905 in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee.^2,3 She married first Ivie M. Farrar on 4 October 1922 in Bedford Co., Tennessee.⁴ She married second Donald Francis Berg, son of Louis De Coppet Berg and Grace Bunker, on 15 May 1928 in Cleveland, Bradley Co., Tennessee.^1,5 They probably divorced in June 1932 in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee.^6,7,8 She married third Alvah Combs on 11 August 1945 in Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.^9,10 She died on 10 November 1970 in Fulton Co., Georgia, at age 65.^11,10 She was buried at Chattanooga Memorial Park in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee.¹⁰
     She graduated from Chattanooga High School in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee,¹ and worked as a legal stenographer/secretary.^12,10
     After their marriage she and her second husband Donald left Tennessee for his home in New York, stopping for ten days in Washington, D.C., with plans to sail for Europe in mid-June for a several-month stay.¹ They are listed in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, in the 1930 census, living as roomers in the household of Nora Hall.¹²

     Eliza White Vick was born on 10 December 1801 in North Carolina.^4,3 She married Henry A. Morse, son of Anthony Morse and Huldah Taylor, on 10 March 1822 in Warren Co., Mississippi.^1,5,3,4 She died on 31 March 1890 at the home of her daughter Mrs. E. V. Glover in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, at age 88 from "old age."^6,7,4,3 She was buried at Firemens Cemetery (now Cypress Grove Cemetery) in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.⁸
     She and her husband Henry may have moved to New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, for a short time. They are listed as being from there when they sold land in Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi, to John W. Hyde, et. al. on 10 May 1824 for $800.⁹ Later that year, however, they were living in Vicksburg when on 17 September 1824 Henry, "in behalf of his wife Eliza" bought land there from her father's estate for $160.^10,11
     She and Henry apparently moved away from Warren Co. for a time. On 23 May 1829 Henry gave power of attorney to William Vick for his affairs during his absence from the county.¹² On 18 January 1830 she and Henry sold the land in Warren Co. that Henry had acquired from the federal government in 1826, for $850.¹³ They sold several other parcels of land in Vicksburg in 1830 and 1831, and they are named as being of Warren Co., Mississippi, in those deeds¹⁴, but they do not appear in the Warren Co. tax rolls for 1830-1835.¹⁵ Further, news articles on 30 December 1831 and 26 December 1832, in which they're listed as defendants in law suits against various parties, say that they were then living out of state.^16,17 They may have been in New Orleans. In 1834 Eliza was listed as being of New Orleans when she renounced her dower rights to land in Vicksburg that her husband Henry Morse sold to John W. Vick on 19 September 1827.¹⁸ And their daughter Emily was born in New Orleans on 9 May 1834.³ They also may have been in Texas. When Eliza applied for a pension based on her husband's service during the War of 1812, she said they had lived in Vicksburg, Texas, and New Orleans.⁵
     They were back in Warren Co., Mississippi, by August 1835, when their 12-year-old son Henry Jr. died there "at his residence, Old River," on 17 August.¹⁹
     On 17 November 1837 she and Henry put their 900-acre plantation on Old River north of Vicksburg up for sale.²⁰ There were apparently no buyers, and on 17 April 1839 they took out a $31,100 mortgage on the property in Warren Co. with the Mississippi Union Bank.²¹ On 19 September 1839 they sold their mortgaged land on the Old Yazoo River, and seven slaves, to William Vick for $2960, plus $14,264 to be paid by Vick covering various notes and certain court judgments against him.²² Henry also sold to William their household furniture, three cows, three calves, two horses, and two drays, for $600 and "further consideration of certain large sums of money assumed [by him] ... on my account."²³
     The bank released them from their mortgage on 4 December 1839²⁴, and on 12 June 1840 William Vick sold back to Eliza the furniture and livestock, and six of the seven slaves, that he had bought from them the previous September.²⁵
     By 1849 she and Henry had moved to New Orleans. Eliza is listed in New Orleans in the 1850 census, when Henry was in California, with her children Emily, Alexander, and Lucinda.²⁶ She has not been found in the 1860 census. In 1870 she's listed in Amite, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, with the occupation "keeps boarders." Living with her was Lucinda Hollis (presumably her daughter, age 28), Eliza Hollis (19), and Fanny Hollis (3).²⁷
     Henry and Eliza were slave owners in both Mississippi and New Orleans. In the Warren Co., Mississippi, tax rolls, Henry was taxed for two slaves in 1825²⁸ and 1829²⁹, eleven in 1836³⁰, four in 1838³¹ and 1839³², and five in 1845.³³ Eliza was taxed for four slaves in 1842³⁴ and 1843³⁵, six in 1844³⁶, and five in 1848.³⁷ In the 1840 census their household included seven slaves - one male under 10, two males 24-35, two females under 10, and two females 24-35.³⁸ In 1850 (when Henry was in California), Eliza is listed in the slave schedule in New Orleans with seven slaves - five males (ages 50, 28, 30, 7, and 4), and two females (58 and 8).³⁹
     On 6 June 1878 she filed for a widow's pension based on her husband's service in the War of 1812. But she didn't know his rank, unit, or dates of service, and stated that any papers he had confirming his service had been lost, and her application was finally rejected on 30 August 1879. In a letter dated 22 August 1879 to N. W. Fitzgerald, a lawyer in Washington, D.C., who was handling her claim, she wrote "I have given you during the last year all the information you required of me as far as I could considering the length of time elapsed. ... I am grieved that the Government of the United States is not more disposed to do justice to the poor soldier who suffered in prison for about two years. ... Now Mr. Fitzgerald, is this justice in the eyes of God, or Man? ... I cannot furnish you any more evidence; let it drop; and think only of what it might have been."⁵

     Annie Elizabeth Frith was born on 12 November 1846 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.² She married Henderson Anthony Morse, son of Henry A. Morse and Eliza White Vick, on 13 August 1868 (license dated 11 August) in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.^2,1 She died on 13 July 1870 in Winnsboro, Franklin Parish, Louisiana, at age 23.^3,2

     Mary Josephine Stubinger was born on 10 December 1844 in New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana.^3,1 She married Henderson Anthony Morse, son of Henry A. Morse and Eliza White Vick, on 3 March 1872 in New Iberia.² She died on 14 June 1899 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, at age 54 from chronic myelitis.¹ She was buried at Masonic Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans.⁵
     She and her husband Henderson are listed in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, in the 1880 census, along with their children Alice, Henry, Eliza, and George.⁶

     Eliza Huldah Morse was born in 1827 in Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi.² She married first John G. Parham.² She married second Martin Haney.^2,1 She died in April 1889.²
     On 21 October 1830, for natural love and affection, her uncles John A. Vick and William Vick gave slaves Henry, about 26, and Anne, about 22, to her and her brothers Henderson and Henry. At the time Henry was 7, Henderson was 3, and Eliza was about 3.³

     John G. Parham married Eliza Huldah Morse, daughter of Henry A. Morse and Eliza White Vick.¹

     Martin Haney married Eliza Huldah Morse, daughter of Henry A. Morse and Eliza White Vick.^1,2

     William G. Hollis married Lucinda Morse, daughter of Henry A. Morse and Eliza White Vick, in Louisiana.¹

     (?) Ponder married Lucinda Morse, daughter of Henry A. Morse and Eliza White Vick.¹

     Emily Vick Morse was born on 9 May 1834 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.¹ She married John George Glover, son of John Joseph Glover and Agnes Jane Camm, on 8 May 1851 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.¹ She died on 29 January 1892 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, at age 57.¹