died in Story county, January 20, 1907. In their family were seven children: Addie, the wife of Chester Davis, of Franklin township; Ella, the wife of L. G. Rosenfeld, who is living in Washington township; Josephine, who is the widow of William Kinnan and resides with her father; Walter L. and Frank E., who are mentioned elsewhere in this volume; Gertrude, a school teacher residing with her father; and L. R. Morris, who is proprietor of a livery stable at Ames. Mr. Morris is also rearing a boy, John Cocklin, who was born February 8, 1906. His father was killed by the cars when the child was but two weeks old, at which time he became a member of the Morris household. He is the pet of Mrs. Kinnan, who resides with her father.
During the period of his residence here Mr. Morris has ever enjoyed and merited the confidence and high regard of his fellow citizens and today is one of the most honored as well as one of the venerable residents of the county. Few would realize, however, from his appearance that he has passed the eighty-fifth milestone on life's journey, for he possesses the vigor of many a man of younger years and in spirit and interests seems yet in his prime.
CURTIS R. WICK.
Having had extensive experience in various lines of business, Curtis R. Wick, cashier of the Exchange State Bank of Collins, was thoroughly prepared for the responsibility he assumed when in August, 1909, he entered upon his present duties. He is well acquainted with human nature and few men of his age have had a better opportunity of observing business methods or becoming familiar with the resources of the country, hence he has been highly successful in the conduct of financial affairs.
Born in Monmouth, Illinois, February 27, 1861, he is a son of Chambers and Catherine (Foster) Wick, both of whom were natives of Armstrong county, Pennsylvania. They were married in their native county and about 1858 removed to Warren county, Illinois, where the father engaged in farming. He departed this life about a year after his son was born, and the mother subsequently returned to her native state but five years later once more resumed her residence in Warren county, where she continued until her death in 1888.
Curtis R. Wick received his preliminary education in the common schools and later attended the Northern Illinois Normal School and the Dixon Business College. At the age of twenty-two years he became clerk in a store at Lafayette, Indiana, a position which he held for five years, when he went to Bartley, Nebraska, and engaged in general mercantile business for one year. His next employment was in the fresh meat shipping department of the Lincoln Packing & Provision Company at Lincoln,