Calvin Newton Morrow

(d. 1914)

Story

Calvin Newton Morrow, son of John Morrow and Rachel Thompson. Calvin Newton Morrow was a former Bingham School student and a University of North Carolina graduate.

Calvin Newton Morrow received both his B.A. and M.A. degrees from University of North Carolina in the Spring of 1859. In September of 1859, Calvin married long time neighbor, Mary Caroline Webb Burwell School girl , a former Burwell School student. In the Fall of 1859, Calvin entered Union Theological Seminary at Hampden-Sydney College. He was licensed by Orange Presbytery on October 22, 1860, and ordained on April 12, 1862. During the Civil War, Calvin was a an evangelist for Orange Presbytery in Randolph County. In 1865, he returned to Orange County and acted as Stated Supply for the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church and as a teacher in the Bingham School until he accepted the call to the Hawfields and Cross Roads Churches in 1873.

In 1873, the Morrow family moved to Mebane and bought a large two-story house with a spacious yard and garden lot.

The Morrow's had long been subject to bronchitis, and failing health finally necessitated the family's removal to Hawthorne in 1883. The Morrows sold their home, stored what provisions they could in their carriage, and slowly made the long trip.

On arrival in Hawthorne, they purchased a four-acre orange grove, and temporarily lived in a log cabin on their new property, and finally aquired a suitable house. In 1893, the Rev. Calvin Newton Morrow's health was sufficiently improved so that he could undertake occasional supply work. Caroline, however, died at the age of seventy-one on September 15, 1904. Her body was returned to Orange County by train and she was buried beside other members of the Webb family in the cemetery at Bethlehem Presbyterian Church near the shade of tree box and magnolias.

Caroline and Calvin Newton Morrow had no children. After Caroline's death, the Rev. Calvin Newton Morrow sold the orange grove and returned to Orange County to live with his sister. He died a decade later on March 14, 1914 and is buried at Bethlehem Presbyterian Church [1] [2].

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Calvin died on March 14, 1914, and was buried in Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Oaks, NC.

Places of Residence

Mebane, NC, between 1873 and 1883. In 1873, the Morrow family moved to Mebane and bought a large two-story house with a spacious yard and garden lot [1].
Hawthorne, FL, between 1883 and 1904. The Morrow's had long been subject to bronchitis, and failing health finally necessitated the family's removal to Hawthorne in 1883. The Morrows sold their home, stored what provisions they could in their carriage, and slowly made the long trip [2].
Orange County, NC, between 1904 and March 14, 1914. After his wife's death in 1904, Rev. Calvin Newton Morrow sold the orage grove in Hawthorne and moved back to Orange County to live with his sister. He died a decade later on March 14, 1814 [2].
Randolph County, NC, between 1862 and 1865. During the Civil War, Calvin was a an evangelist for Orange Presbytery in Randolph County [1].

Schools Attended

University of North Carolina, until 1859. Calvin Newton Morrow received both his B.A. and M.A. degrees from University of North Carolina in the Spring of 1859 [1].
Bingham School [2].
Hampden-Sydney College, from 1859. In the Fall of 1859, Calvin entered Union Theological Seminary at Hampden-Sydney College. He was licensed by Orange Presbytery on October 22, 1860, and ordained on April 12, 1862 [1].

Occupations

Minister, from April 12, 1862. During the Civil War, Calvin was a an evangelist for Orange Presbytery in Randolph County, NC, USA. In 1865, he returned to Orange County, NC, USA and acted as Stated Supply for the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, Oaks, Orange County, NC, USA and as a teacher in the Bingham School until he accepted the call to the Hawfields and Cross Roads Churches in 1873 [1].
Teacher, between 1865s and 1873. After the Civil War ended in 1865, Calvin returned to Orange County, NC, USA and acted as Stated Supply for the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, Oaks, Orange County, NC, USA and as a teacher in the Bingham School until he accepted the call to the Hawfields and Cross Roads Churches in 1873 [1].

Relatives

Spouse: Mary Caroline Webb (1833-1904), married from September 1, 1859 to September 15, 1904 [2].
Others: Alexander Smith Webb (father-in-law, 1804-1849) [2], Henrietta Webb (sister-in-law, 1830-1862) [2], Susan A. Webb (sister-in-law, 1831-1905) [2], Cornelia Adeline Stanford (mother-in-law, 1811-1891) [2], John Maurice Webb (brother-in-law) [2], William Robert Webb (brother-in-law) [2], Samuel H. Webb (brother-in-law) [2], Richard Stanford Webb (brother-in-law) [2] and Adeline Webb (sister-in-law) [2].

References

Church in the Old Fields.
Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).