Edgar Co. Il Biographies - Henry O. Morris

Surname: Morris, Webster

Submitter: Tracy Smith
EMAIL: tjpblshr@phnx.uswest.net
DATE: Jun 29 2000

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From the book, "History of Edgar County, Illinois, 1879":


HENRY O. MORRIS, farmer; P. O. Paris; son of L. D. Morris, a prominent
farmer of this county; was born September 19, 1841, in Pickaway Co., Ohio;
he came to this county with parents in 1852, where he as since lived a
well-to-do citizen. He married Miss Mell Webster, daughter of William
Webster (who opened a large farm where Henry now lives), married Jan. 12,
1871; they are the parents of two children--Henry B. and Fred L. Mr. and
Mrs. Morris are young people of fine social qualities, industrious and
economical, and 'tis fair to predict for them a brilliant future.