JOHN M. MORTON,
Son of Charles A. Morton, was born at Charlotte C. H., Virginia, on
March 3, 1846. His father was born in Farmville, Virginia, and lives
now near Farmville. His mother, Paulina L. Morton, died on September
7, 1883, aged sixty-three years. At Wilson C. H., North Carolina,
February 21, 1868, he married Emma, daughter of Henry T. and Sarah
F. (Laube) Pairo. Her father, born in Washington, D. C., living now
in Baltimore, Maryland, was a resident of Richmond, Virginia, at the
time of her birth. Her mother died on July 5, 1872, aged sixty years.
Mr. and Mrs. Morton have six children living, two deceased. The firstborn
were twin daughters, Emma P. and Lena C. Lena died on June 6,
1872. A son, Thomas E., died on November 3, 1882. The other
children are Robert L., Josie K., John M., jr., Sadie A., and Helen P.
Mr. Morton attended school in Farmville, Virginia, and the Virginia
Military Institute, Lexington, where he graduated. At the age of
eighteen years, in March, 1864, he entered the Confederate States Army,
in Martin's Battery, in which he served until the surrender at Appomattox
C. H.
He studied law under Prof. Stephen O. Southall, and has been in practice
in Prince Edward and Nottoway counties. He was mayor of
Burkeville 1881-3, was elected Commonwealth attorney in May, 1883,
and again in 1887, and is still serving. Residence, Burkeville.
