The Morris of Ohio
- Joseph Morris (1795–1854), Sheriff of Greene County, Ohio 1824; Treasurer of Monroe County, Ohio; Ohio State Representative 1833–1834; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1843–1847. Father of James R. Morris.
- James R. Morris (1819–1899), Treasurer of Monroe County, Ohio; Ohio State Representative 1848; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1861–1865; Probate Court Judge in Ohio 1872–1877; Postmaster in Ohio 1886–1889. Son of Joseph Morris.
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“If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”
—William Morris (1834–1896)
“All inquiry into antiquity, all curiosity respecting the Pyramids, the excavated cities, Stonehenge, the Ohio Circles, Mexico, Memphis,—is the desire to do away this wild, savage, and preposterous There and Then, and introduce in its place the Here and Now.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)