Morris, Thomas – Morse, Edward Sylvester
Morris, Thomas
jurist, United States senator, congressman, was born Jan. 3, 1776, in Augusta county, Va. In 1806 he was elected to the legislature of Ohio, and represented Clermont county, either in the senate or house, for a period of twenty-four years, doing much to develop the resources of his adopted state. He was chief judge of Ohio; and was elected a senator in congress for the long term from 1833 to 1839. He died Dec. 7, 1844, in Bethel, Ohio.
Morris, Thomas
state legislator, congressman. He was for three years a member of the New York assembly from Ontario county; and was a representative in congress from 1801 to 1803.
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.
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.
Morris, William Hopkins
soldier, author, was born April 22, 1826, in New York. He was a brigadier-general of the United States volunteers in the civil war, and was brevetted major-general. He is the author of Field Tactics for Infantry; and Infantry Tactics. MORRISON, CHARLES ROBERT. lawyer, jurist, author, was born in 1819 in New Hampshire. He was a jurist of Concord, N. H.; and the author of Digest of New Hampshire Reports; Probate Directory; Justice and Sheriff and Attorney's Assistant; Town Officer; Digest of Common-School Laws; and Proofs of Christ's Resurrection from a Lawyer's Standpoint.
He died Sept. 15, 1893.
Morrison, George Washington
congressman, was born Oct. 16, 1809, in Fairlee, Vt. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1850 to 1851, and again from 1853 to 1855.
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, John A
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1853.
Morrison, Leonard Allison
state senator, antiquarian, author, was born Feb. 21, 1843, in Windham, N. H.
During 1885-87 he was a member of the New Hampshire house of representatives; and a state senator in 1887-89. He is the author of History of the Morison or Morrison Family; History of Wyndham in New Hampshire; Rambles in Europe, with Historical Facts Relating to Scotch- American Families; Among the Scotch- Irish; The Norris Family in America; The Allison Family; The Sinclair Family; and other genealogical works.
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.
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.
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, Jeremiah
state legislator, congressman, United States senator, was born Oct. 6, 1771, in Gettysburg, Pa. He was chosen a member of the territorial legislature in 1800; and was the first representative in congress from Ohio, serving from 1803 to 1813. He was a senator in congress from 1813 to 1819; and in 1814 was appointed a commissioner to treat with the Indians. In 1821 he was a presidential elector; and was governor of Ohio from 1822 to 1826. He was elected to congress in 1840 to fill a vacancy and served until 1843. He died March 22, 1852, in Warren county.
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.
Morrow, William W
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born July 15, 1843, near Milton, Ind. He moved with his parents to Illinois in 1845; and to California in 1859. He was appointed assistant United States attorney for California in 1870. He was elected to the fortyninth congress and re-elected in 1886 and in 1888. He was appointed United States district judge for the northern district of California by President Harrison in 1891; and United States circuit judge for the ninth judicial circuit by President Mc- Kinley in 1897.
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.
Morse, Alpheus Cary
artist, architect, was born June 3, 1818, in Boston, Mass. He was the builder of the Rhode Island hospital and Sale's Memorial hall of Providence. Early in life he became well known as an artist in portraiture, chiefly in crayon; but later in life he devoted himself almost wholly to architecture.
Morse, Mrs. Charlotte Dun-
NING [WOOD], author, was born in 1858 in New York. She is a novelist; and the author of Upon a Cast, a society novel; A Step Aside; and Cabin and Gondola.
Morse, David Appleton
physician, journalist, was born Dec. 12, 1840, in Ellsworth, Ohio. In 1877 he was called to Columbus, Ohio, where he has since held the professorship of nervous disorders and insanity in Starling Medical college and the post of physician to Columbus Hospital for the Insane. He is editor of the department of nervous disorders and insanity in the Lancet and Observer.
Morse, Edward Sylvester
physician, author, was born June 18, 1838, in Portland, Maine. He is an eminent biologist of Salem, Mass., who has published First Book on Zoölogy; Japanese Homes, and many scientific papers.