Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Morey, Daniel Fowler 1851 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

DANIEL FOWLER MOREY.

Daniel Fowler Morey has for the past twenty years been successfully identified
with industrial interests of Ottumwa in the conduct of the Morey Clay Products
Company, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the state. He is also known
as the father of the cigar business of Ottumwa, having for a period of three
decades been formerly engaged in business as a manufacturer of cigars. His birth
occurred in Ulster county, New York, on the 16th of February, 1851 his parents
being John and Cornelia Ann (Freer) Morey, likewise natives of that county. The
family is of French Huguenot, Dutch and English descent. The grandfather,
William Morey, and also the great-grandfather of our subject on the paternal
side were born in Ulster county, New York. The maternal grandparents of Daniel
F. Morey were likewise natives of that county. He was one of a family of seven
children, the others being as follows: Amelia V., the deceased wife of William
Atkins of New York; Sarah Margaret, who gave her hand in marriage to Jonas Dunn
and resides in the Empire state; Jophet, a resident of Connecticut; Rachel, who
is the wife of William Van Wagner and resides in New York; Mary, the wife of
William Palen of New York, and John D., also of that state.

Daniel F. Morey acquired his education in a "little old red schoolhouse at the
foot of the Catskill mountains." He spent the first twenty years of his life on
a farm and in 1871 came to Ottumwa, Iowa, where he has remained continuously
since. Before leaving the Empire state he had gained some knowledge of the
manufacture of cigars and upon taking up his abode in Iowa turned his attention
to that field of activity, becoming widely known as "the father of the cigar
business of Ottumwa." For about fifteen years he and his partner, Ira A. Myers,
maintained a reputation as the most extensive cigar and tobacco manufacturers
and jobbers in the state of Iowa. He was connected with that industry for thirty
years and also embarked in the business of clay manufacturing, in which he has
been engaged for the past twenty years, having devoted his undivided attention
thereto during the last twelve years. The Morey Clay Products Company,
manufacturing brick, tile, hollow blocks, jugs and stoneware, is one of the
largest in the state. For the past decade Mr. Morey has likewise operated a coal
mine adjoining his clay property. His connection with any undertaking insures a
prosperous outcome of the same, for it is in his nature to carry forward to
successful completion whatever he is associated with. He has earned for himself
an enviable reputation as a careful man of business, and in his dealings is
known for his prompt and honorable methods, which have won him the deserved and
unbounded confidence of his fellowmen.

In 1879 Mr. Morey was united in marriage to Miss Emma J. Graves, a native of
Connecticut and a daughter of Doris and Sarah (Fuller) Graves, who came to Iowa
when the daughter Emma was but three months old. The father a woolen
manufacturer, erected many mills over this state. Both Mr. and Mrs. Graves have
passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Morey are the parents of four children, as follows:
Bertha G., an artist who has studied at the Academy of Fine Arts; Maude Amelia,
the wife of John Parks of Ottumwa; Nellie Cornelia, who follows the profession
of teaching in Marshalltown and who, like her sister Maude, pursued a university
course in Chicago; and Daniel F., Jr., assistant secretary of the Morey Clay
Products Company. The last named was educated in the graded and high schools of
Ottumwa and is also a graduate of the Ottumwa Commercial College.

Mr. Morey gives his political allegiance to the democracy, exercising his right
of franchise in support of its men and measures. He belongs to the Wapello Club
and is also a popular member of the Country Club. He acts as one of the trustees
of the waterworks and is widely recognized as a public-spirited, loyal and
enterprising citizen. The period of his residence in Wapello county covers
forty-three years, and in both business and social circles he enjoys an enviable
reputation and merited esteem.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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