Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Morrow, J. W. May 1859 - 
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Author: Colonel William Parsons 

Page 516, 517

Hon. J. W. Morrow
	J. W. Morrow is the son of the late Hon. J. L. and Nancy (McQueen) 
Morrow, distinguished pioneers and eminent citizens of the section that is now 
Morrow county, which received its name from this worthy gentleman, who was the 
leading spirit in its organization and a potent factor in its marterial 
development and the advancement of its interests. Hom. J. L. Morrow was a 
native of Kentucky and his wife of Indiana. He spent his early youth in his 
native state and then went to Iowa with his parents, where he was educated, 
grew to manhood and was married, whence, in 1853 he crossed the plains in the 
arduous way then extant, landing in Olympia, Washington, where he embarked in 
the mercantile business, serving also in 1855-56 as lieutenant colonel on the 
governor's staff, during the Indian war at that time. In 1863 he removed to 
Lagrande, Union county, Oregon, continuing in the same business, and soon 
thereafter was elected treasurer of that county. In 1872 he came to the 
section that is now embraced in Morrow county and opened a mercantile 
establishment in Heppner, where he continued to reside until the day of this 
death. Repeatedly he was called by the people to accept the hightest offices 
that were in their power to bestow, throughout his entire career manifesting 
the faithfulness and skill in the discharge of these trusts which were 
characteristic of him in his own business enterprises; he servced as member of 
the state legislature in 1885, was a prime mover in the organization of Morrow 
county, which was named after him, and then retired from active business in 
1886. He had also served in the legislature before the terms if 1885. In 1899 
he was called from the scenes of earth, his wife having died some years 
previous. To the memory of this worthy patriot, noble citizen and sturdy and 
courageous pioneer we are glad to pay the humble tribute within our means, 
while in the memory of an appreciative people he is held as beloved and 
esteemed, his excellent life and meritorious deeds being ever green and fresh 
before them.
	Returning more particularly to the subject of this sketch, Hon. J. W. 
Morrow, we note that he was born in Olympia, Washington, in May, 1859, whence 
being yet a child he was taken to Lagrande, this state, and in 1872 to this 
county, as stated above, during which periods he received a good education, 
both from schools and private laborious research, then engaged with his father 
in business, receiving that way a spended training that has made him an 
exceptionally thorough and competent business man, in addition to which he 
has, by careful and diligent study, added the profession of the law, being 
admitted to the bar in 1898. He is proprietor and owner of the Palace hotel in 
Heppner, one of the leading hostelries in eastern Oregon, one of the leading 
generous and lucrative patronage; he owns a ranch in the county, and 
considerable valuable property in the city of Portland. Since the organization 
of the county he has served eight years as county clerk, and at the present 
time is joing senator from this and Umatilla counties, being elected to that 
incumbency in 1898, in all of which public service, as his illustrious father 
before him, he has displayed both distinguished ability and intrinsic moral 
qualities and integrity, coupled with untiring energy and faithfulness in the 
discharge of the trusts incumbent upon him that is exceedingly praiseworthy 
and commendable and which his appreciative constituency are not slow to 
recognize and reward.
	The marriage of Mr. Morrow and Miss Katie Rhea, a native of Nebraska, 
was consummated in Heppner on December 16, 1885, and to their happy union have 
been born the following children: Hazel, Jackson Lee and two that have died. 
He is affiliated with the A.F. & A.M., the K. of  P. and the B.P.O.E., being 
especially popular in all these orders because of his geniality and excellent 
social qualities.


Additional Comments:
An Illustrated History of Umatilla County by Colonel William Parsons and of 
Morrow County by W. S. Shiach with a brief outline of the early history of the 
State of Oregon.  W. H. Lever, Publisher  1902.

	Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Oregon Biographies 
Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the 
individual featured in the biographies. 


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