William Wright Morris
Full Name: William Wright Morris
Birth date: 1805
Death date: June 20, 1883
Birth date: 1805
Death date: June 20, 1883
Terms of Service
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House,
13th Legislature
1/14/1873 - 1/13/1874
Democrat
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House,
8th
(1)
Legislature
1/22/1861 - 11/4/1861
Biographical Notes and Resources
Photographs
- Photograph. William Morris, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
- Photograph. William Morris, State Preservation Board
Other Resources
- Hon. William Wright Morris, death date 6/20/1883, aged 78 years, Old City Cemetery, Henderson, Rusk County. Cemeteries of Texas 2000.
- Hon. William Wright Morris, death date 6/20/1883, burial in Old Henderson City Cemetery, Henderson, Rusk County. Includes historical marker photo. Find a Grave .
- MORRIS, WILLIAM WRIGHT (1805-1883). Born 1805 in North Carolina; death date 6/3/1883. Handbook of Texas Online .
- MORRIS COUNTY. "Morris County was demarked from Titus County on March 13, 1875, and probably named for William W. Morris." Handbook of Texas Online .
- "Judge William Wright Morris," by Anita Stephens, The Junior Historian, Volume 13, Number 4, January 1953, pp. 15, 30, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Death date 6/3/1883.
"Judge William Wright Morris: A Pioneer Homemaker," by Mrs. Ned B. Morris, "sketch of a worthy Texas pioneer, whose name is perpetuated in a modern Texas county," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 50, Number 3, January 1947, pp. 396-398, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) . The Southwestern Historical Quarterly The Junior Historian - Death notice, Judge W.W. Morris, "Death of an Old Citizen," Henderson, June 20, The Galveston Daily News, 6/21/1883, p. 4, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Death date 6/20/1883. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
- Historical marker, Judge William Wright Morris, Henderson, Rusk County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission) .