MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - Elisha G. Morris
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ELISHA G. MORRIS, a leading miller and farmer of Marshall County, and a son
of Allen and Margaret E. (Sawson) Morris, was born February 14, 1843, in
Marshall County, and is of English descent. His parents were natives of
North Carolina and South Carolina, respectively. The father
was a farmer, and in connection with this ran a still-house. Later he
followed the trade of blacksmithing and milling. He died in 1862, and in
1886 the mother, too, passed away. Our subject received a good practical
education in the common schools, and subsequently attended Chapel Hill
Academy, but the breaking out of the war cut short all his plans. In 1861
he enlisted in the Fifty-fifth Tennessee Infantry, Confederate Army, and at
the battle of Shiloh received a severe wound. At Petersburg he was
captured, and after remaining in prison eight months was paroled and
entered the service no more. In 1867 he wedded Chlora A. Hopkins, and this
union was blessed by the birth of ten children, seven now living. The
eldest son, William A., is a student at Goodman's Business College, the
rest being at home. Both Mr. and Mrs. Morris are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. He is a Democrat in politics, and has made this county
his home all his life.

Surnames: Hopkins, Morris, Sawson
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."