The full biographical sketch as printed, transcribed from the public-domain book. Spelling and wording are the original author’s; a few scanning errors may remain.
GEORGE E. MORRIS, the efficient and obliging auditor of Williams county, who has just recently retired from that posi- tion, was born on the farm of his father in Bridgewater town- ship on January i, 1862. Pie is descended from an ancestry that has had an abode in America for nearly four hundred years. The first American progenitor came with the followers of Capt. John Smith and assisted in establish- ing the first English settlement in the Western hemisphere at Jamestown, Va., in 1607. The Old Dominion continued to be the abiding place of the family for several generations, and finally the ancestors of the Williams county branch took up their abode in Pennsylvania, later removing to the Buckeye State, and for the past fifty \ears the Morris family has been identified among the leading citizens of Williams county. The late Benjamin F. Morris, the father of the subject of this sketch, is given appropriate mention in a preceding memoir. George E. Morris was reared on the farm and attended the country schools, also the graded school at Pioneer. He remained with his father until he was twenty-one years old. When nineteen years old he began teaching school, continuing in that capacity for six winters. For several years he was engaged in selling farming implements, meeting with marked success, and from that time on he has followed farming and buying and selling farms. In the spring of 1889 ^ie bought a farm west of Montpelier. In politics he has been prominent and active ever since he attained his majority, serving as a member of the central committee and as a delegate to county and congressional conventions. In November, 1899, lie sold farm and engaged in the real estate business in Montpelier and continued so employed until January 9, 1904, when he was appointed auditor to fill out a vacancy and his term expired October 16, 1905. He holds membership in the organizations of the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. On October 31, 1889, he was married to Miss Sarah B. Glover, the daughter of Henry and Hannah R. Glover. Two children have been born to George E. Morris and wife, named Elsworth and Warren B.
Source: Biographical Record of Williams County, Ohio. See the original pages at the Internet Archive.
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