Morris, Thomas A
civil engineer, railroad president, was born Dec. 26, 1811, in Nicholas county, Ky. When the civil war broke out he was appointed quartermaster general. From 1866 to 1869 he was president and chief engineer of the Indianapolis and St. Louis railroad, building the road from Terre Haute to Indianapolis. From 1869 to 1872 he was receiver of the Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Lafayette railroad, and in 1877 he was appointed as one of the commissioners to select plans and superintend the construction of the new state capitol.