Lacrosse-Milwaukee-Racine County WI Archives Biographies.....Morris, Robert 1829 - 
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ROBERT MORRIS, in charge of the railroad blacksmith-shop in North La Crosse; 
was born in Anglesea, North Wales, in 1829; son of Griffith Morris, who died 
in Wales in 1880, at the age of 80; learned the blacksmith's trade of his 
father, and came to America in 1852; was in Rome, N. Y., three years, in 
Chicago one year, and Milwaukee till 1860, when he came to La Crosse, and has 
been in charge of these shops ever since; has four children - William (book-
keeper for Mons Anderson, of La Crosse), Robert, Jr. (is operator on the St. 
P., M. & M. R. R.), George and Eddie at home. His oldest child - Grace, died 
in 1864, when 7-1/2 years of age. He was married in 1856, at Racine, Wis., to 
Miss Margaret Davis, formerly of Rome, N. Y. Mr. Morris was Supervisor in 
1876, and was Alderman of the Fifth Ward three years, 1877-78-79; was also a 
member of the School Board in 1878-79.

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From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 779.

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