Husband David S. Morris 1
Born: 1824 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA 1
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Father: Levi Lewis Morris (1810-1840) 2 3
Mother: Nancy McKnight ( - ) 3 4
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Wife Lide A. Loy 5
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Father: Martin Loy ( - ) 5
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1 U [Infant] Morris 5
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2 F Anne L. Morris 5
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Spouse: John M. Butz ( - ) 5
General Notes: Husband - David S. Morris
He attended the schools of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and when ready to choose a profession, he entered upon the study of law under Hon. H. S. Richmond. In 1845 he was graduated at Allegheny College, and in 1854 he was admitted to the bar, in the interim having been engaged in business enterprises. In 1847 he organized the Croton glass manufacturing business at New Castle, and built the first works of the kind there, and continued in the business until September, 1851.
For some twelve or fifteen years he served as a member of the city council, during a part of which time he was chairman of the street committee, and during all the time he was in the council he was president of the select council.
With his family, he belonged to the First Presbyterian Church.
He attended the Allegheny College, from which he graduated in 1843, and then became a student in the law office of Hon. H. L. Richmond of Meadville, but instead of finishing his preparation for the practice of his profession, he became interested in manufacturing, and with Anthony Henderson, under the firm name of Henderson & Morris, built and conducted at Croton, Pennsylvania, the first window glass manufactory west of Pittsburgh, in 1848. This company was re-organized under the name of Croton Glass Co., Limited, employing about 200 men; in 1854, our subject retired from that line of business, and sold all his interest in the plant. During this time, the company also ran a general store where Brown & Hamilton's store was later located. In 1855, Mr. Morris was appointed by the government as mail agent to California, but soon decided to return and finish his legal studies; acting upon this determination, he was accordingly admitted to the bar in 1856 at New Castle, Pennsylvania, and since then practiced alone, with the exception of three or four years in the eighties, when he was associated with Albert Harbison. His practice was general, and extended into every department of law and jurisprudence.
Outside of his profession, Mr. Morris took a very active interest in the progress of New Castle, and was one of the incorporators of the New Castle Iron Co., manufacturers of sheet iron, and retained the position of secretary for a long term of years. He was also a large stockholder of the New Castle Electric Light Company, and besides building himself a house at the corner of Grant and Beaver Streets, he dealt extensively in real estate, and owned several tenements. His politics were Democratic, as were his father's, and he is a stanch supporter of the cause of temperance. From 1876 to 1888 he was on the city council, serving eleven years as the president of the select council. He was school controller for one term in 1875. [BOBLC, 236]