Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Morland, Robert L. 1864 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com October 23, 2006, 1:43 am Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) ROBERT L. MORLAND, druggist, of Worthington, has devoted his life to the drug business, having started work in a drug store when twelve years of age and having followed the business continuously ever since. Mr. Morland was born in Stranraer, Scotland, in 1864, the son of Robert L. Morland, of Worthington, and Margaret (McMeikan) Morland, who died at Worthington Dec. 28, 1907. He received his education in the schools of the Free Church of Scotland and in Stranraer academy, and in 1876 entered the employ of Richard Ker, who was in the retail drug business in Mr. Morland's native town. After a service of five years with Mr. Ker, Robert Morland went to Liverpool, where for two years he was in the employ of Evans Sons & Co., the largest drug manufacturing and wholesale dealers in Great Britain, and one of the largest in the world. In 1884 he went to Dublin, where for three years he was in the employ of Hunt & Co., wholesale and manufacturing druggists. It was in 1887 that Mr. Morland came to America and located in Montreal, Canada, where he took a position with Evans Sons & Mason (now Evans & Sons, limited), the Montreal branch of Evans Sons & Co., of Liverpool, with whom the subject of this biography had been associated in England. In his new position Mr. Morland had charge of the department of pharmaceuticals and chemicals. In 1892 he gave up his work in Montreal, went to Chicago, and entered the employ of Buck & Rayner, retail druggists at the corner of State and Madison streets. During the year 1893, while the Columbian exposition was in progress, Mr. Morland had charge of the store nights, and after the fair he was made manager of the store, which position he held until the last day of December, 1897. In January, 1898, Mr. Morland came to Worthington, purchased the drug store then owned by Chas. H. Babcock, and has since conducted the store. In May, 1903, he was appointed a member of the state board of pharmacy by Governor Van Sant, and at the next meeting of the board, in January, 1904, he was chosen president, an office to which he has been elected annually since. In local public matters Mr. Morland has always taken an active part. He is a member of the Carnegie library board and is president of the Worthington commercial club. Mr. Morland was married at Cottage Grove, Minn., Nov. 7, 1906, to Mrs. Edith Dolan. Additional Comments: Extracted from: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY MINNESOTA BY ARTHUR P. ROSE NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA PUBLISHERS 1908 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/nobles/bios/morland143gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb