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 MORROW

MORROW

flyW&nia to Illinois in 1790, was a representative in the state legislature, school commissioner and county judge. He attended McKendree college, served daring the war with Mexico as a private and was in the fight at Buena Vista. In 1849 he joined a party of gold seekers and went to Cali- fornia. He returned to Illinois in 1851 ; studied and practised law ; was clerk of the circuit court ■ of Monroe county, 1853-54, when he resigned ; a representative in the state legislature, 1854-60, and again in 1871-73, and was speaker of the house, 1859-GO. At the outbreak of the civil war he or- ganized the 49th Illinois volunteer infantry, of which he was colonel. He was severely wounded while leading a charge against a Confederate battery in the capture of Fort Donelson. While in command of his regiment in the field he was elected Democratic representative in the 38th congress, and served, 1863-65. He also served as a representative in the 43d-49th congresses, 1873- 87. He was an advocate of free trade ; was chair- man of the committee on ways and means, 1873-75 and 1883-87, and introduced several tariff meas- ures which came within a few votes of passing the house, and were defeated by Democratic pro- tectionists. He was a delegate to the Union national convention at Philadelphia in 1866 ; and to the Democratic national conventions of 1856, 1868, 1884 and 1888 ; and was chairman of the committee on resolutions in the convention of 1884. Upon the expiration of his term in con- gress he was appointed by President Cleveland a member of the interstate commerce commission, and was re-appointed by President Harrison in 1892. He was chairman of the commission from 1891 until he retired in January, 1898, when he resumed law practice in Waterloo, 111.

MORROW, Henry A., soldier, was born in Vir- ginia, July 10, 1839. He enlisted as a private in a regiment of Maryland infantry, and served during the Mexican war, 1846-47. He joined the Federal volunteer army and on Aug. 15, 1863, was commissioned colonel of the 34th Michigan regiment, which was attached to the 4th brigade, 1st division, 1st army corps, during the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville ; and to the 1st division, 1st tirmy corps, at the battle of Get- tysburg, Pa., where it suffered great loss and where Colonel Morrow was wounded. General Wadsworth thus commended his conduct : " Col- onel Morrow, the only fault I find with you is that you fought the 34th Michigan too long, but God only knows what would have become of us if you had not held the ground as long as you did.'' In the campaign before Richmond, the regiment was assigned to the 4th division, 1st brigade, 5th army corps. He commanded the 1st brigade, 3d division, 5th army corpj^, at the siege of Peters- burg-. Junf> 16, 1«04. and was severely wounded at

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the skirmish of Dabney's Mills, Va., Feb. 7, 1865. He was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers, Aug. 1, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services in the campaign before Richmond, and major- general, March 13, 1865, for conspicuous gallantry and good conduct before Richmond. He was mustered out of the volunteer service, July 19, 1865 and on th' -^-organization of the U.S. army was appointed ieutenant-colonel of the 36th infantry ; was bievetted colonel, March 3, 1867 ; transferred to the 14th infantry, March 15, 1869, and was promoted colonel of the 21st infantry, April 37, 1879. During the Indian hostilities at Crisfield, Kan., in 1885, he commanded a brigade, and was subsequently stationed at Fort Sidney, Neb. He died at Hot Springs, Ark. , Jan. 31 ,1891.

MORROW, James Binckley, journalist, was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio, Sept. 29, 1855 ; son of John W. and Wilhelmina (Binckley) Mor- row ; grandson of James B. and Eliza (Laird) Morrow and of George and Frances (Sterling) Binckley. He attended the public schools at New Philadelphia and Canal Dover, Ohio, and engaged in journalism in 1877. He was a reporter on the Cleveland Herald and Cleveland Leader, and was successively promoted when employed on the Cleveland Leader, to city editor, managing editor and Washington correspondent, and became editor-in-chief, Feb. 1, 1894.

MORROW, Jeremiah, senator, was born in Gettysburg, Pa., Oct. 6, 1771. His early life was spent on his father's farm, and in 1795 he removed to the settlement of Columbia, Ohio, near the mouth of the Little Miami river. He was married in 1799 to Mary Packhill, purchased a farm in Warren county and engaged in farming. He was a delegate to the state constitutional conven- tion of 1803 ; a representative in the territorial leg- islature, 1801-03 ; a state senator from Hamilton county, 1803, and from Warren county, 1837-38 ; a delegate to the convention that framed the state constitution, adopted Nov. 39, 1803, and state senator in 1803. He was the only represent- ative from Ohio in the 7th-12th congresses, 1803- 13, and was U.S. senator, 1813-19. In 1814 he was appointed a commissioner to treat with the Indians west of the Miami river, and in 1820 was a presidential elector on the Monroe ticket. He was defeated for governor of Ohio in 1830, and was elected in 1832, and again in 1884, serving 1833-36. He was a state senator, 1837-28, and a representative in the state legislature from Warren county, 1829-30, and 1835-36. On July 4, 1839, he laid the cornerstone of the new capitol at Columbus. He was a Democratic represent- ative from the fourth district of Ohio in the 26th and 27th congresses, 1840-43, having been elected to succeed Thomas Corwin (q.v.), resigned. He died in Warren county, Ohio, Ma -ch 2? 1852.