General Sources

1. 1880 Census
   

   1880 Census - Dent County, Missouri - June 18, 1880
   |d# |f# |name              |r|s|Age |rel       |s|m|occu         |m|r|w|birth         |Father        |mother        |twp         |pg
   |412|412|Morris, John      |w|m|66  |          | |1|Laborer      |x| | |North Carolina|North Carolina|North Carolina|Spring Creek|443a
   |   |   |Morris, Emeline   |w|f|54  |wife      | |1|keeping house| | |1|Tennessee     |North Carolina|Tennessee     |            |
   |   |   |Morris, Thomas S. |w|m|15  |son       |1| |works on farm| |1|1|Missouri      |North Carolina|Tennessee     |            |
   |   |   |Trivet, E.        |w|m|21  |son-in-law| |1|works on farm| |1|1|Arkansas      |North Carolina|Arkansas      |            |
   |   |   |Trivet, Arminda J.|w|f|18  |daughter  | |1|no occupation| |1|1|Missouri      |North Carolina|Tennessee     |            |
   |   |   |Trivet, David     |w|m|7/12|Grandson  |1| |             | | | |Missouri      |Arkansas      |Missouri      |            |
   |415|415|Thompson, A.      |w|m|23  |          | |1|works on farm| | | |Missouri      |Kentucky      |Kentucky      |            |
   |   |   |Thompson, Amanda  |w|f|21  |wife      | |1|             | | | |Missouri      |Georgia       |Tennessee     |            |
   |   |   |Thompson, Nancy E.|w|f|1   |daughter  |1| |             | | | |Arkansas      |Missouri      |Missouri      |            |
   

2. Margie Garr
   Hatch Match & Dispatch, Vol. 8, transcribed from "The Baxter Bulletin"
   
   January 21, 1944, page 3, E. "Uncle Lige" Trivett, 85, died Saturday at his home south of town. He was married 66 years and is survived by his wife, two sons: Sylvestor Trivett of Wellington California, and Bob Trivett of Parsons, Kansas, and Mrs. Walter Roberts and Mrs. Dollie Stone both of this county.