Morrell, Benjamin – Morris, Freeman P
Morrell, Benjamin
navigator, author, was born in 1795, in Worcester county, Mass. He was a navigator who published a noted Narrative of Four Voyages to the South Seas. He died in 1839.
Morrell, Daniel J
manufacturer, congressman, was born Aug. 8, 1821, in North Berwick, Maine. He served for a time in the councils of Johnstown, Pa.; and was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the fortieth and fortyfirst congresses as a republican. In 1875 he was appointed a commissioner to the centennial exhibition.
Morrell, George
lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born March 22, 1786, in Lenox, Mass. He was a lawyer in Cooperstown, N. Y.; and was appointed first judge of Otsego county court in 1827. He was a member of the assembly in 1829; and was reappointed judge in 1832. He was United States judge of Michigan territory from 1832 to 1836; judge of the superior court of Michigan from 1836 to 1843; and chief justice from July 18, 1843, to 1845. He died March 8, 1845, in Detroit, Mich.
Morrell, Imogene Robinson
artist, was born in Attleboro, Mass. She painted a Historical Portrait of General John A. Dix, which was afterward purchased for the capitol at Washington; and portraits of Howell Cobb and John C.
Spencer, ex-secretaries of the United States treasury. Her two large historical pictures, Washington, and the Battle of the Puritans have been highly praised both in this country and in France.
Morrell, Thomas
soldier, clergyman, was born Nov. 22, 1747, in New York city. At the time of his death he had been fifty-three years a preacher of the gospel, and was one of the pioneers of American methodism. He died Aug. 9, 1838, in Elizabethtown, N. J.
Morril, David Lawrence
physician, state senator, United States senator, governor, was born June 10, 1772, in Epping, N. H. He was a representative in the general court of New Hampshire in 1811, 1812, and 1816; and in 1816 was chosen to the United States senate for six years. He subsequently became a member of the state senate, and its president. Afterwards, for four successive terms, he was elected governor of New Hampshire.
He died Jan. 28, 1849, in Concord, N. H.
Morrill, Amos
lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 25, 1809, in Salisbury, Mass.
In 1867 he was appointed one of the judges of the supreme court of Texas; and chosen chief justice of the court. In 1873 he was commissioned judge of the United States district court for the eastern district of Texas.
Morrill, Anson Peaslee
manufacturer, legislator, congressman, was born June 10, 1803, in Belgrade, Maine.
He was for several years a member of the Maine legislature; was governor of Maine in 1855; and in 1860 was elected a representative from Maine to the thirtyseventh congress. He died July 4, 1887, in Augusta, Maine.
Morrill, Edmund N
legislator, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 12, 1834, in Westbrook, Maine. In 1856 he was elected a member of the school board of Westbrook. In 1857 he moved to Brown county, Kan.; and in October of that year was elected a representative in the first free state legislature elected in that territory. In 1858 he was elected a representative in the legislature under the Lecompton constitution; and in 1872 was elected a state senator, and was reelected in 1876. He was elected a representative from Kansas to the forty-eighth congress; and was re-elected to the fortyninth, fiftieth, and fifty-first congresses as a republican.
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, Lot Myrick
lawyer, legislator, United States senator, governor, was born May 3, 1813, in Belgrade, Maine.
He was a member of the Maine legislature in 1854; of the senate in 1856, and made its president. He was elected governor of Maine in 1858, and re-elected in 1859 and 1860. In 1861 he was elected a senator in congress to fill a vacancy. He was also elected United States senator to succeed William P. Fessenden, for the term ending in 1877; and resigned in 1876 to accept the office of secretary of the treasury, in the cabinet of President Grant, serving until 1877. He was then appointed collector of the port of Portland, Maine. He died Jan. 10, 1883, in Augusta, Maine.
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
educator, author, was born Oct. 1, 1833, in Chester, Pa. He is an earnest student of general science, and an active member of the academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of A Manual of Classical Literature; The Aryan Race; and Civilization. He has also published compilations of Half Hours with the Best American Authors, in eighteen volumes; Historical Tales, in six volumes; Tales from the Dramatists; and a History of the United States for school purposes.
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, Edward Joy
legislator, diplomat, congressman, author, was born July 15, 1815, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a member of the house of representatives of Pennsylvania in 1841-43; and was elected to the twenty-eighth congress as representative from the first congressional district. On his return to Philadelphia he was chosen a member of the board of directors of Girard college; and in 1856 was again elected to the state legislature.
In the fall of that year he was elected to the thirty-fifth congress. He was the author of A Tour Through Turkey, Greece and Egypt; The Turkish Empire, Social and Political; Afraja, or Life and Love in Norway; and Corsica, Social and Political. He died Dec. 31, 1881, in Philadelphia, Pa.
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.
Morris, Francis
naval officer, was born in 1842 in New York. He served in the United States navy during the civil war, attaining for meritorious services the rank of commodore. He died Feb. 12, 1883, in Newport, R. I.
Morris, Freeman P
lawyer, legislator, was born March 19, 1854, in Cook county, Ill. He received his education in the Blue Island High school, the Cook County Normal school, and the Northwestern university. He is a prominent lawyer of Watseka, Ill., where for many years he has been president of the board of education. He has been a member of the thirty-fourth, thirty-sixth, thirtyeighth, thirty-ninth, and fortieth general assemblies of the Illinois state legislature, and served as chairman of the joint and house caucus for three sessions. He was a delegate to the democratic national convention in 1896; and is a member of the Illinois National guard, with rank of colonel.