J. M. MORRIS & CO., St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller

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J. M. MORRIS & CO., OPELOUSAS.--J. M. Morris & Co., the enterprising general
insurance agents of this place, are the successors of J. L. Morris.  J. L.
Morris located in Opelousas in 1882 and was the only insurance agent in
Opelousas up to the time of his death, September 19, 1890.  He was a man of
energy and push and extended his business over a broad area of the State.
H.A. Irion, of the present firm, had previously been associated with J. L.
Morris.

J. M. Morris was reared and educated in this State, and since a boy has been
keeping books and clerking.  He spent nearly three years in the West, and has
had a considerable amount of experience.

H. A. Irion was reared and educated in Avoyelles parish.  He is the son of
Judge Irion, a well-known citizen of Louisiana.  These two young men are
distinguished for their energy, and their business has so far been a success.
They express themselves as being permanently located in this place.  There
seems no reason to doubt that their success is assured.  Among the insurance
companies which they represent are the following:  The Fire Insurance
Association, of Philadelphia, Pa.; the Union Fire Insurance Company, of San
Francisco, California; the Southern Insurance Company, of New Orleans; the
Pelican Insurance Company, of New Orleans; the Shreveport Fire Insurance
Company, and the New Orleans Insurance Company. 

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
63-64.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.