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Morrison, William Ralls

soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 14, 1825, in Monroe county, Ill. In 1852 he was chosen clerk of Monroe county, Ill., which office he resigned to go into the state legislature, where he served three years; and was speaker of the house in 1859. He was elected a representative from Illinois to the thirty-eighth congress; and re-elected to the forty-third, forty-fourth, fortyfifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, fortyeighth and forty-ninth congresses as a democrat. In 1887 he was appointed a member of the inter-state railroad commission.

MORRISON, WILLARD LA GRANGE, educator, was born Nov. 5, 1859, in Alpha, Ind. He is one of the foremost educators of his native state, and is now superintendent of public schools of Scott county, Ind.