DAVID D. MORRIS
David D. Morris was born six mile from Rochester, in Monroe county, New York, January 1, 1816. His parents, Anson and Hannah (Pearson) Morris, removed in 1826, to Trumbull county, Ohio, where Anson Morris followed his trade, that of carpenter and joiner. Here David D., lived until sixteen years old. He then went to St. Joseph county, Michigan, with an uncle, and remained four years, after which he returned to Ohio, where he lived until he came to Iowa, in the fall of 1854. He spent the first winter in Dallas county and in the spring of 1856, came to Cass county and settled about two miles east of his present location. He removed to section 11, where he now resides, in 1874. He was married, in Ohio, in 1838, to Sarah McAfferty, and by this union there were twelve children. He was married to his present wife in June, 1875. She was formerly Sarah Beart, and is a native of England. She is a sister of the Rev. William Abrahams, who formerly had charge of the Grove City pastorate. Mrs. Morris has one hundred and thirty-nine acres of land in two farms, both under good cultivation. They have two orchards, one of five, and the other of two acres, also a vineyard, and are engaged in stock-raising. Mrs. Morris is a member of the Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Morris is strongly Democratic, but has no political ambition. In pioneer days, Mr. Morris was a successful hunter, often killing two deer before breakfast, which was all the meat they had. They killed coons to make soap-grease. The first election after his arrival was held at Indiantown, the only precinct in the county.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 845-846.
