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Metadata
Title |
1930 "Ma Sunshine" party at Eastside Park in Washington |
Object Name |
Clipping, Newspaper |
Catalog Number |
2025.0023.0017 |
People |
Elmore, Jennie June Greene, Consuelo Venus Morris, Consuelo Venus Morris, Jennie June Morris, Joseph Elmore Morris, Mabel Harriet Morris, William Haynes Pershing, Mabel Harriet Lively, Jennie June |
Date |
1930 |
Scope & Content |
A copy of an article published in the June 12, 1930 "Washington Democrat" about "Ma Sunshine's party" to be held at the Eastside Park in Washington, Indiana. At the party, the identify of Ma Sunshine, the anonymous author of narrative poems printed in the Washington Democrat, would be revealed. The Ma Sunshine poems were a regular feature in the Washington Democrat from 1929 to 1931 and attracted a loyal following of adults and children. The poems were written by Jennie June (Elmore) Morris Lively (1875-1969). Jennie married William Haynes "Will" Morris (1868-1908) in 1894. They had three children, Joseph Elmore Morris (1897-1974), Consuelo Venus "Connie" (Morris) Greene (1895-1950) and Mabel Harriet (Morris) Pershing (1901-1984). After Will died from tuberculous, Jennie married John Lively in 1918, but they often separated and finally divorced in 1930. To learn more about Jennie see "Mabel Harriet Morris Pershing and Her Family" (2023), a book compiled by Jeanie Unversaw Wiesler with text, photos and extensive genealogy research about the Morris, Pershing, and Greene families in Daviess County, Indiana (2025.0023 in Archives). |
Collection |
Morris Family Collection |
Search Terms |
Elmore Family Greene Family Ma Sunshine poems Morris Family Pershing Family Washington Democrat |