Cowlitz County WA Archives Biographies.....Morris, Samuel Mark November 18, 1876 - 
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     SAMUEL MARK MORRIS, of Longview, vice president of the Long-Bell Lumber 
Company, is a veteran in the lumber business and has been with his present 
company for over thirty years. Since coming to Longview his effective business 
activities and his excellent personal qualities have gained for him a high 
place in public esteem. Mr. Morris was born at Stuart, Guthrie county, Iowa, 
November 18, 1876, and is a son of Charles Dorr and Susan S. Morris. In the 
paternal line he is descended from Commodore Charles Morris and is of English, 
Scottish and Welsh antecedents, while in the maternal line he comes of 
English, Scotch and Dutch stock. His father was born at Providence, Illinois, 
May 2, 1840, and his mother in Chester county, Pennsylvania, February 20, 
1853. He attended the public schools of Stuart and in 1892 accompanied the 
family on their removal to Kansas City, Missouri, where he graduated from the 
Central high school in 1896. In the following year he entered the employ of 
the Long-Bell Lumber Company at Thomasville, Indian territory, and in 1898 was 
transferred to Enid, Oklahoma, where he remained about a year, when he 
returned to Thomasville. In 1901 he went to Rogers, Arkansas, where he 
remained until 1905, when he was sent to Lufkin, Texas. There he remained 
seventeen years, and during the twenty-five years of his connection with the 
Long-Bell Lumber Company had been promoted through various positions of 
responsibility, until, in 1922, he was made a vice president of the company 
and was transferred to Longview, Washington, where he has been prominently 
identified with the activities of this great corporation, which has been the 
backbone of the development and prosperity of this locality. He is a man of 
great energy, sound judgment and keen discrimination and commands the respect 
of his business associates as well as the confidence of the people of this 
community. He has shown a deep interest in the affairs of his city and is vice 
president of the First National Bank of Longview.

     On February 15, 1911, at Springfield, Missouri, Mr. Morris was united in 
marriage to Miss Kate Felker, of Rogers, Arkansas, a daughter of W. R. and 
Lydia (Evans) Felker, and they are the parents of a daughter, Felker, who is 
now ten years of age. Mr. Morris gives his political support to the republican 
party, while his religious connection is with the Community church at 
Longview. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in which he 
has received the thirty-second degree of the Scottish rite; the Nobles of the 
Mystic Shrine, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Lions Club and the 
Longview Country Club and is a director of the Longview Chamber of Commerce. 
Cordial and affable in manner, he has won a large circle of loyal friends 
since coming to Longview and is one of its most highly regarded citizens.

Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 703-704

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