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Morrill, Justin Smith

congressman, United States senator, author, was born April 14, 1810, in Stratford, Vt. He was elected a representative from Vermont to the thirty-fourth congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-fifth, thirtysixth, thirty-seventh, thirty-eighth, and thirty-ninth congresses. In 1866 he was elected a senator in congress from Vermont for the term commencing in 1867; and was re-elected in 1872, in 1878, in 1884, in 1890, and in 1896. He is the author of Self-Consciousness of Noted Persons.

Morrill, Samuel P

clergyman, public official, congressman, was born Feb. 11, 1816, in Chesterville, Maine. In 1857 he was elected for five years register of deeds for Franklin county, Maine; and re-elected to the same office in 1867. In 1868 he was elected a representative from Maine to the forty-first congress as a republican.

Morris, Benjamin Wistar

bishop, was born May 30, 1819, in Wellsborough, Pa. He was consecrated missionary bishop of Oregon and Washington territory in 1868.

Morris, Calvary

congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1837 to 1844.

Morris, Caspar

physician, author, poet, was born May 2, 1805, in Philadelphia. He was a noted Philadelphia physician; and the author of Life of William Wilberforce; Lectures on Scarlet Fever; Hospital Construction; and Heart Voices and Home Songs. He died March 16, 1884, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Morris, Charles

congressman. He was a delegate from Pennsylvania to the continental congress from 1783 to 1784.

Morris, Charles

naval officer, was born July 26, 1784, in Woodstock, Conn.

He served during the war with Tripoli in 1801-05; and during 1816-17 commanded the naval forces in the Gulf of Mexico.

He filled numerous offices; was commissioned to inspect the dock-yards of England and France; for many years had supervision of the Naval academy. He died Jan. 27, 1856, in Washington, D. C.

Morris, Charles D'Urban

educator, author, was born Feb. 17, 1827, in England. He was an educator who was professor of Latin and Greek in Johns Hopkins university in 1876; and the author of A Compendious Grammar of Attic Greek; Compendious Grammar of the Latin Language; and Principia Latina. He died Feb. 7, 1886, in Baltimore, Md.

Morris, Clara

actress, was born about 1846, in Cleveland, Ohio. She made her debut upon the stage at the age of fifteen. Her great success has been in the representation of strongly emotional scenes.

Morris, Daniel

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 4, 1812, in Seneca county, N. Y. He was at one time district attorney for Yates county; and served one term in the New York state legislature. He was elected a representative from New York to the thirtyeighth congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-ninth congress.

Morris, Edmund

journalist, author, was born Aug. 28, 1804, in Burlington, N.

J. He was a journalist and agricultural writer of Burlington, N. J.; and the author of Ten Acres Enough; How to Get a Farm and Where to Find One; and Farming for Boys. He died May 4, 1874, in Burlington, N. J.

Morris, Edwin Dafydd

clergyman, educator, author, was born Oct. 31, 1825, in Utica, N. Y. He is a presbyterian minister and educator, professor of theology in Lane seminary since 1874; and the author of Outlines of Christian Doctrine; Ecclesiology; Salvation After Death; and A Defense of Lane Seminary.

MORRIS, MRS. EUGENIA LAURA [TUTTLE], author, was born in 1833 in Connecticut. She is a writer of New Haven; and the author of A Spinster's Leaflets; A Hilltop Summer; and Aunt Billy.