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Morris, Thomas Asbury – Morse, Abner
Morris, Thomas Asbury
bishop, author, was born April 28, 1794, near Charlestown, Va. He was a methodist bishop in Ohio; and the author of Church Polity; Essays, etc.; and Sketches of Western Methodism. He died Sept. 2, 1874, in Springfield, Ohio.
Morris, Thomas J
lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 24, 1837, in Baltimore, Md.
He was appointed United States district judge for the district of Maryland in 1879.
Morris, Thomas J
clergyman, philosopher, author, was born Dec. 30, 1843, in Mariana, Fla. He graduated from the university of the South of Sewanee, Tenn.; and for many years was a successful clergyman of the episcopal church. For the past ten years he has been engaged in the study of the philosophy of life; and is the author of Ideal Life, which is devoted to the elevation of humanity through the evolution of the mind.
Morris, Thomas P
lawyer, jurist, was born Feb. 1, 1857, in New Orleans, La. In 1868 he moved to Texas, and is now a successful lawyer in Stockdale. He has been a justice of the peace; for fourteen years postmaster; and has filled various other positions of trust.
Morrison, James
army contractor, state legislator, was born in 1755 in Cumberland county, Pa. In 1792 he moved to Lexington, Ky. There he became successively land commissioner, representative in the legislature, supervisor of the revenue, navy agent, contractor for the northwestern army during the war of 1812, quartermaster-general, president of the Lexington branch of the United States bank, and chairman of the board of trustees of Transylvania university. He died April 23, 1823, in Washington, D. C.
Morrison, James Dow
missionary bishop of Duluth, Minn., was born Oct. 16, 1844, in Waddington, N. Y. In 1896 he was unanimously elected by the house of bishops to the missionary jurisdiction of Duluth, and was consecrated on Feb. 2, 1897, in All Saints' cathedral, Albany, N. Y.
Morrison, James L. D
soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in Illinois. He was elected to the senate of Illinois in 1854; and was a representative in congress from that state during the third session of the thirty-fourth congress to fill a vacancy.
Morrison, Robert
railroad president, was born Oct. 14, 1842, in Cleveland, Tenn. Since 1890 he has been president of the Kymulga and Coosa River railroad.
Morrison, William
explorer, was born in 1785 in Montreal, Canada. He made extensive explorations in the northwest territory while in charge of John Jacob Astor's fur trade in Canada. He rendered many important services to geography, and was the first white man who explored the sources of the Mississippi river. He died Aug. 7, 1866, on Morrison Island.
Morrissey, John
state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 12, 1831, in Ireland. He was elected a representative from New York to the fortieth and fortyfirst congresses; and in 1875 was elected to the senate of New York. He died May 1, 1878.
Morrow, Nestor
lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 11, 1850, in Kaufman county, Texas. For four years he was county attorney of his native county; and for four years served as county judge. He is a successful lawyer of Kaufman, Texas; and for two years was a member of the board of managers of the North Texas Insane asylum.
Morse, Abner
clergyman, genealogist, author, was born Sept. 5, 1793, in Medway, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman and genealogist of Sharon, Mass.; and the author of Memorial of the Morses; Genealogy of Early Planters in Massachusetts; and Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans. He died May 16, 1865, in Sharon, Mass.