Morris Wisdom — 1892-1976

I’m posting this a day early, but I wanted to do it before I forgot about it. November 13th (tomorrow) will be the anniversary of the death of Kalonji’s great-grandfather, Morris Wisdom. As I have been doing my research, I have yet to find Morris in the 1900 census, but two independent sources (his death certificate and his newspaper obituary) tell me that his parents were Margaret Wisdom (nee Meriwether) and Dick Wisdom.
Kalonji’s mother remembers her grandfather Morris and I really must interview her one day. All I really know at this point are some details. I have three different dates for his birthday – the death certificate says 8 May 1905, the Social Security Death Index says 12 May 1892 and his WWI Draft Registration Card says 12 May 1896. I’m inclined to believe that the 12 May 1896 may be the most accurate since it is the earliest recorded one so far, but I need to order his SS applicaton form to see what he reported on it. I also hope that the app form will also state who his parents are. If only I could find out more about Dick & Margaret. Just a couple of weeks ago the public library in Clarksville was kind enough to email me his newspaper obituary, so I was very glad to receive it.
I know from a coworker of mine who is from Clarksville, TN (the area where Morris is from) that the Merriweathers were a prominent white family in that area, so there are a lot of African-Americans with that last name there. I will pursue this avenue in my research to see if I can make a connection of Margaret with those Meriweathers.