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Born 1841, Walnut township
From History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens (1906)
ENRY B. MORRIS, agent for the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Railroad Company, at Circleville, was born in Walnut township, Pickaway County, Ohio, February 19, 1841, and is a son of John Morris.
John Morris was born in Pickaway County, in 1806, and his whole life was passed as a farmer and public official. He served two terms as county commissioner of Pickaway
County. His father, John Morris, was one of the earliest settlers of the county.
Henry B. Morris was reared on a farm in Walnut township and was educated in the local schools. At the age of 24 years, in the spring of 1868, he came to Circle ville as bookkeeper for the firm of Morris & Loughry, with whom he remained until 1874, when he was elected to the office of auditor of Pickaway County. He served for two terms in this responsible office. After retiring from public life, Mr. Marris became bookkeeper for the firm of W. E. Delaplane & Company, and was later with Heffner & Company, with which firm he remained until January 1, 1880, when he accepted his present railroad position. He is well known all through this part of the State and has a wide circle of business anJ personal friends.
On October 5, 1869, Mr. Morris was married to Amelia Scothorn, a daughter of Thomas J. Scothorn, one of the early settlers of Walnut township. Her maternal grandfather Pritchett was a pioneer in Pickaway County. Mr. and Mrs. Morris are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
As printed in History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: George C. Lathouse
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