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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“The white dominant culture seemed to think that once the Indians were off the reservations, they’d eventually become like everybody else. But they aren’t like everybody else. When the Indianness is drummed out of them, they are turned into hopeless drunks on skid row.”
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