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of the commission of five experts to report to councils of Philadelphia upon the present and future supply of water for the city of Philadelphia. He died at his residence, No. 1225 Spruce street, Philadelphia, of heart disease, October 15, 1875. He married, May 7, 1839, at Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Mary Nancy, born 1813, died September 4, 1891, daughter of Hon. Thomas Burnside, Jus- tice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and President Judge of the Bucks County Courts, 1841-4.
Issue of William Ellis and Mary Nancy (Burnside) Morris :--
Anna Maria Morris, b. Hollidaysburg, Pa., March 31, 1840, d. March 1I, 1875, unm .; THOMAS BURNSIDE MORRIS, b. Wellsborough, Pa., May 13, 1842, of whom presently ; Charles Ellis Morris, b. Philadelphia, March 7, 1844, d. Feb. 10, 1879; m. May 17, 1877, Ella Graham Benson ;
William B. Morris, b. Germantown, Dec. 18, 1850, d. October 1, 1864.
THOMAS BURNSIDE MORRIS, eldest son of William Ellis and Mary Nancy (Burnside) Morris, born at Wellsborough, Pennsylvania, May 13, 1842, fol- lowed the profession of his father and was chief engineer, having in charge erection of 250 miles of the Union Pacific Railroad over the Rocky Mountains, and also of several of the more important sections of the Northern Pacific Rail- road. In 1874 he gave up regular practice of his profession and engaged in coal business in Washington Territory, now the State of Washington. Two years later he removed to San Francisco, California, and became president of the Renton Coal Company, which position he filled at the time of his death, Novem- ber 8, 1885, having been a resident of California for nine years, making his home at San Rafael, Oakland, where he was ruling elder of the Presbyterian church, and superintendent of the Sabbath school. He married, October 3, 1871, Sarah Arndt Sletor.
Issue of Thomas B. and Sarah Arndt (Sletor) Morris :--
Mary Burnside Morris, b. Nov. 8, 1872; m. June 14, 1899, Russell Duane ;
ROLAND SLETOR MORRIS, b. March 1I, 1874; m. Augusta Twiggs Shippen West, of whom presently ;
Anna Lloyd Morris, b. Aug. 16, 1876; m. April 14, 1904, Benjamin Coates.
ROLAND SLETOR MORRIS, only son of Thomas Burnside and Sarah Arndt (Sletor) Morris, born March II, 1874, graduated at the Lawrenceville (New Jersey) School, 1892, and entered Princeton University, from which he gradu- ated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, 1896. He then entered the Law Department of the University of Pennsylvania, and received the degree of LL. B., 1899, and has since practiced the legal profession in Philadelphia. Roland Sletor Morris is a member of the Law Association of Philadelphia; Society of Colonial Wars; Philadelphia Club, Philadelphia Barge Club, Philadelphia Racquet Club, president of the Democratic Club of Philadelphia. He married, April 20, 1903, Augusta Twiggs Shippen, daughter of William W. and Sarah (Shippen) West, of Philadelphia. Mrs. Morris is a member of the Society of Colonial Dames of America and Daughters of the Confederacy.
Issue of Roland Sletor and Augusta T. S. (West) Morris :-
Sarah Arndt Morris, b. May 25, 1904;
Edward Shippen Morris, b. Feb. 14, 1906.
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LUKE WISTAR MORRIS, fourth son of Capt. Samuel and Rebecca ( Wistar) Mor- ris, born June 25, 1768, died June 4, 1830; was associated with his brother, Isaac Wistar Morris, in the brewing business at Dock and Pear streets, until 1810. In 1817 he purchased the house at 225 South Eighth street, now known as the Mor- ris Mansion, where he thereafter resided. He married (first) March 24, 1791, Elizabeth Morris, daughter of William and Sarah (Morris) Buckley, and grand- daughter of Anthony and Sarah (Powell) Morris. She was born July 17, 1772, died August 21, 1797, and (second) April 4, 1800, Ann Pancoast, born Sept. 12, 1764, died Feb. 17, 1858.
Issue of Luke Wistar and Elizabeth Morris :-
SAMUEL BUCKLEY MORRIS, their only child, b. Dec. 27, 1791, d. Jan. 23, 1859; m. June 16, 1825, Hannah Perot, dau. of Elliston Perot, b. June 12, 1792, d. July 6, 1831. He was a member of the widely known shipping firm of Waln & Morris ; was one of the first directors of the Philadelphia Saving Fund; one of the found- ers of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb; manager of Friends' Asylum for the Insane, at Frankford; one of the founders of Haverford College ; and founded in 1854, the Saving Fund Society of Germantown and its Vicinity. From 1834 till his death he resided in the house owned by him at 5442 German- town Ave., Philadelphia, which was occupied by President Washington during the yellow fever of 1793 and 1794. He was widely known for his benevolence, Christian politeness and geniality.
Issue of Samuel Buckley and Hannah (Pcrot) Morris :-
Samuel Morris, b. Oct. 7, 1827, d. Oct. 17, 1905; m. Lydia Spencer, Feb. 17, 1853, b. March 22, 1829, d. Dec. 22, 1903 ;
Beulah Sansom Morris, b. Jan. 4, 1829; m. March 24, 1870, Charles Rhoads. Issue : Mary, b. June 8, 1871, d. March 27, 1872.
ELLISTON PEROT MORRIS, b. May 22, 1831, m. March 21, 1861, Martha Canby, of Wilming- ton, Del.
SAMUEL MORRIS resided for fifty years at Olney, Philadelphia, was a minister and prominent member of the Society of Friends, widely known for his many Christian virtues. He was an original director of the Saving Fund Society of Germantown and its Vicinity, and for many years a director and president of Friends Asylum for the Insane at Frankford.
Issue of Samuel and Lydia (Spencer) Morris :-
Hannah Perot Morris, b. Feb. 20, 1854; Luke Wistar Morris, b. June II, 1858; d. 1873; George Spencer Morris, b. July II, 1867, m. June 1, 1895, Lydia Ellicott.
Issue of George Spencer and Lydia (Ellicott) Morris :-
Samuel Morris, Jr., b. June 12, 1896; Nancy Morris, b. April 3, 1898; Edith Ellicott Morris, b. Aug. 12, 1899; Lydia Spencer Morris, b. Nov. 27, 1900; Hannah Perot Morris, b. May 14, 1906.
ELLISTON PEROT MORRIS, one of the founders of the Germantown Dispensary and Hospital ; an original director of the Saving Fund Society of Germantown and its Vicinity ; manager of Friends Asylum for the Insane ; an overseer of the
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Public School under Charter of Wm. Penn; for a time member of Board of Managers of Haverford College; director of the Philadelphia Contributionship for the Insurance of houses from loss by Fire; and a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Issue of Elliston Perot and Martha (Canby) Morris :-
Marriott Canby Morris, b. Sept. 7, 1863; m. June 8, 1897, Jane Gibbons Rhoads ; Elizabeth Canby Morris, b. Oct. 4, 1867;
Samuel Buckley Morris, b. Oct. 10, 1868; d. June 20, 1886.
E. Perot Morris, b. May 31, 1872, d. March 16, 1881;
MARRIOTT CANBY MORRIS is a graduate of Haverford College ; a director of the Provident Life and Trust Co. of Philadelphia, director of Saving Fund Society of Germantown and its Vicinity; president of the Germantown Boys' Club, founded 1887, and a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Issue of Marriott Canby and Jane (Rhoads ) Morris :--
Elliston Perot Morris, Jr., b. May 17, 1899;
Marriott Canby Morris, Jr., b. Dec. 29, 1900;
Janet Morris, b. April 7, 1907.
Issue of Luke Wistar and Ann (Pancoast) Morris :-
Elizabeth Buckley Morris, b. June 12, 1801, d. 1863; m. Jan., 1821, Thomas Wistar ; an account of whom and his ancestry appears elsewhere;
Mary Luke Morris, b. Jan. 28, 1803, d. April 28, 1884; m. Sept. 25, 1832, Charles Ellis ;
Sarah Wistar Morris, b. Aug. 22, 1807, d. March 7, 1855; m. June 5, 1827, Joseph Perot ; Hannah Ann Morris, b. Sept. 24, 1812, d. Sept. 17, 1889; m. June 1I, 1833, Effing- ham Lawrence Buckley; had issue:
Edward Morris Buckley, b. April 29, 1834, d. May 13, 1866; m. June 6, 1855, Gertrude Underdonk ;
Annie Morris Buckley, b. Jan. 13, 1836; m. Dec. 3, 1855, Israel Wistar Morris, second son of Dr. Caspar and Annie (Cheston) Morris, and grandson of Captain Samuel Morris. An account of their descendants is given later.
REBECCA MORRIS, second daughter of Benjamin Wistar and Mary (Wells) Morris, born in Philadelphia, December 23, 1789, removed with her parents to the present site of Wellsborough, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, about 1800. She married, July 1I, 1810, William Cox Ellis, of Muncy, now Lycoming county, son of William and Mercy (Cox) Ellis, brother to Anna Ellis, who married her brother, Samuel Wells Morris. William Cox Ellis was born at Fort Muncy, then Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, May 5, 1787, and became a prominent attorney-at-law at Muncy, and served in Pennsylvania Legislature and represented Lycoming county in Congress. He died December 13, 1871, and his wife Rebecca Morris, December 8, of the same year.
Issue of William Cor and Rebecca (Morris) Ellis :--
Mary Morris Ellis, b. May 7, 1811, d. April 15, 1831, unm .;
WILLIAM ELLIS, b. June 20, 1813, d. Oct. 13, 1881; m. (first) Hannah Lownes; (second) Agnes Boyd, of whom presently ;
Richard Wells Ellis, b. June 18, 1815, d. May 21, 1832, unm .; Mercy Ann Ellis, b. Oct. II, 1817, d. Aug. 23, 1843, unm .;
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Benjamin Wistar Morris Ellis, b. Jan. 27, 1820, d. Dec. 5, 1881; m. Elisabeth Masters; Sarah Ellis, b. Jan. 27, 1822; m. April 25, 1842, Rev. Edwin Nathaniel Lightner ; Anna Morris Ellis, b. April 9, 1824; m. Sept. 26, 1848, William Hayman Holstein; Joshua Alder Ellis, b. April 28, 1826, d. Aug. 4, 1896; m. (first) July 14, 1852, Henrietta Ashmead; (second) June 10, 1856, Mary Cheyney; (third) Mrs. Courtney ;
Alfred Ellis, b. Dec. 19, 1828, d. Oct. 1, 1829.
WILLIAM ELLIS, eldest son of William Cox and Rebecca (Morris) Ellis, mar- ried (first) Hannah A., daughter of Edward and Hannah Lownes. She died 1857, and he married (second) Agnes, daughter of Rev. George and Elizabeth (Livingston) Boyd.
Issue of William and Hannah ( Lownes) Ellis :-
Rebecca Ellis, b. Sept. 9, 1842, d. Nov. 13, 1843;
Sarah Byrnes Ellis, b. Nov. 4, 1844; m. Dec. 17, 1884, William Kerr Merritt Groverman, who died in Baltimore, Md., 1893;
Frances Lownes Ellis, b. Oct. 19, 1846; m. 1871, George Harrison Wiltbank, who changed his name to MacPherson;
Catharine Morris Ellis, b. May 8, 1848, d. July 6, 1849;
Edward Lownes Ellis, b. 1851, d. unm .;
William Lownes Ellis, b. Aug. 4, 1855; m. Apr. 20, 1881, Nellie Huntingdon, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
By the second marriage William Ellis had three children: George Boyd Ellis, died in infancy, and Agnes Boyd and Alder Morris Ellis.
ISRAEL WISTAR MORRIS, youngest child of Capt. Samuel and Rebecca (Wis- tar) Morris, was born at Reading, Berks county, Pennsylvania, where Capt. Mor- ris had removed his family, during the occupancy of Philadelphia by the British forces, February 27, 1778, died in Philadelphia, August 17, 1870. As a young man he was a member of Philadelphia City Troop, organized by his distinguished father, becoming a member May 31, 1798, and made an honorary member in 1803. He was for several years a prosperous broker and commission merchant of Philadelphia, but removed in 1815 to his farm called "Green Hill" in Lower Merion township, and his Mansion House there was his home at the time of his death. He married, 6mo. 12, 1799, Mary, born 4mo. 19, 1776, daughter of Levi Hollingsworth, and a descendant of Valentine Hollingsworth, one of the earliest English settlers in New Castle county, and of a very distinguished family in that section and Delaware county, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Morris died 6mo. 23, 1820, after an illness of but a few hours, her husband surviving her a half century.
Issue of Israel Wistar and Mary (Hollingsworth) Morris :-
Stephen, b. 6mo. 3, 1800, d. 8mo. 13, 1865; m. 2mo. 21, 1827, Rachel Johnson; (second) 12mo. 9, 1854, Mary Ann Cope;
Henry, b. Imo. 27, 1802, d. 12mo. 20, 1881 ; m. 1830, Caroline Old ;
Samuel, b. IImo. 25, 1803, d. 6mo. 18, 1804;
CASPAR, b. May 2, 1805, d. March 17, 1884, of whom presently ;
Levi, b. 4mo. 24, 1807, d. 2mo. 26, 1868; m. 1830, Naomi McClenachan ; Hannah, b. 3mo. 20, 1809, d. Imo. 3, 1892;
Israel, b. Iomo. 22, 18II ; d. 12mo. 13, 1905; m. 9mo. 25, 1839, Elizabeth Longstreth ;
Jane, b. 8mo. 13, 1813, d. 3mo. 12, 1897;
Wistar, b. gmo. 6, 1815, d. 3mo. 23, 1891 ; m. Imo. 22, 1863, Mary Harris.
CASPAR MORRIS, M. D., fourth son of Israel Wistar and Mary (Hollings-
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worth) Morris, born in Philadelphia, May 2, 1805, was but an infant when his parents removed to "Green Hill" farm, and his mother dying there when he was. but five years of age, much of his early life was spent at the home of his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Hollingsworth. His earliest education was acquired at the school at Pine Street Meeting House, later under David Ellis, at Church Alley, and finally at the Penn Charter School, in the management of which his paternal ancestors had taken a prominent part for over a century. He took up study of medicine with Dr. Joseph Parrish, then the leading physician of the city, and aided by a legacy of $1,500, from his aunt, Miss Sarah Wistar, entered the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated with high honors in 1826. He served as resident physician at Pennsylvania Hospital, and later made a voyage to India as a ship's surgeon. On his return he began the practice of medicine in Philadelphia, and lived there until he retired from pro- fessional pursuits in 1871. He achieved high rank as a practitioner as well as a lecturer and author of medical works. He lectured for many years successively on theory and practice of medicine at Philadelphia Summer School of Medicine, and on diseases of children at Blockley Hospital. He was also Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine at Philadelphia Medical Institute; was founder of Protestant Episcopal Hospital and its manager from 1860 to 1880; vice-presi- dent of the Institute for the Blind, and one of the first to urge the establishment of the House of Refuge. He was a frequent contributor to medical and general literature, among his miscellaneous publications being, "Life of William Wil- ber force", (Philadelphia, 1841), "Memoirs of Margaret Mercer" (Philadel- phia, 1848) ; "Letter to Bishop Alonzo Potter, on Hospital Needs" (1851) ; "Lectures on Scarlet Fever" (1858) ; "Essay on Hospital Construction and Man- agement" (Baltimore, 1875) ; "Rilliet and Barthol, on Diseases of Children" ;: "Heart Voices and Home Songs", for private distribution; and a great number of contributions to medical journals. He died at his residence, 1033 Spruce street, Philadelphia, March 17, 1884, after a long illness and a period of twelve or thirteen years of failing health. A memorial brass tablet was erected in the chapel of Episcopal Hospital in his memory. He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal church, and one of the principal promoters of the Church of Epiphany,. at Fifteenth and Chestnut streets.
Dr. Caspar Morris married, November 12, 1829, his cousin, Anne, eldest daughter of James and Mary (Hollingsworth) Cheston. She was born May 9,. 1810, died November, 1880.
Issue of Dr. Caspar and Anne (Cheston) Morris :---
James Cheston Morris, M. D., b. May 28, 1831 ; m. (first) March 8, 1854, Hannah Ann- Tyson; (second) Jan. 1I, 1870, Mary Ella (Johnson) Stuart, a widow ;
ISRAEL WISTAR MORRIS, b. June 1, 1833, d. Dec. 18, 1909; m. Annie Morris Buckley, of whom presently ;
Mary Hollingsworth Morris, b. Nov. 1, 1835; m. 1856, Henry M. Murray ;
Galloway Cheston Morris, b. June 26, 1837; m. 1861, Hannah Perot ;
Cornelia Morris, b. June 26, 1840, d. April 12, 1842;
Daniel Corrie Morris, b. May 17, 1842, d. July 21, 1845.
ISRAEL WISTAR MORRIS, second son of Dr. Caspar and Anne (Cheston) Mor -- ris, born in Philadelphia, June 1, 1833, died there December 18, 1909. He was
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known as one of the country's pioneer mining experts, and was intimately asso- ciated with the history of anthracite mining in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Morris became interested in coal mining in Schuylkill county, Pennsyl- vania, at about the time he attained his majority, and was one of the most far- sighted pioneers in the development of Pennsylvania's great anthracite indus- try. At that period the domestic use of anthracite was very limited, and Mr. Morris' part in bringing its utility for general use before the public forms one of the most romantic chapters in the state's early industrial history.
Mr. Morris became associated with Robert Hare Powell in the anthracite and bituminous coal trade during the Civil War. At the close of the war, he became president of the Locust Mountain Coal Company, a corporation embraced in the activities of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, of which Mr. Morris was mining expert, and much of the present wealth of that company is due to his far-sightedness and expert knowledge on the subject of coal deposits. He pur- chased many of the coal properties which have since enhanced to fabulous value.
Israel Wistar Morris remained in charge of the mining branch of the Lehigh Valley's operations until seventy years of age, when he retired from active busi- ness. He was also for many years a director of the Girard Trust Company; succeeded his father as the active manager of the Episcopal Hospital; and was connected with a number of other institutions of his native city.
During his later years Israel W. Morris devoted himself to literary, scientific, historical and charitable work. His knowledge regarding all matters concerning old Philadelphia was encyclopedic. He was in possession of many rare volumes relating to the annals of the city a century and more ago, and spent much time in adding to his store of knowledge by historical research. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society, Society of Mining Engineers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and a great many other literary, scientific and historical associations.
Israel W. Morris married, December 3, 1855, his cousin, Annie Morris, born January 13, 1836, daughter of Effingham Lawrence Buckley, late of New York City, and his wife, Hannah A., daughter of Luke Wistar Morris, by his second wife, Ann Pancoast. Her ancestry has already been given in this family sketch.
Israel W. Morris and his wife resided in the old Morris Mansion at 225 South Eighth street, from the time of their marriage to his death, December 18, 1909. The wife still survives. In spite of the gradual encroachment of the city's active business center, they never thought of removing from the old family mansion, despite the fact that most other fashionables of Philadelphia had long since migrated further west. The neighborhood has materially changed since the previous generations of the family occupied the house, but no changes have been made in the furniture or decorations of the interior, which stand today in the same places they occupied a century ago. The famous Wistar parties, originated by Dr. Caspar Wistar, ancestor of both Mr. and Mrs. Morris, were often enter- tained in the old mansion, Mr. Morris being long a member of this historic organization.
EFFINGHAM BUCKLEY MORRIS, only child of Israel W. and Annie M. (Buck- ley ) Morris, was born August 23, 1856, in the old family mansion at 225 South Eighth street, Philadelphia. He received his preliminary education in the well-
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known school of Dr. J. W. Faires, and entering the University of Pennsylvania, class of '75, and received his classical degree of Master of Arts in 1878 at the age of twenty-two. He immediately entered the Law Department of the University, and in 1878 received the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar. He was associated with his distinguished cousin, Phineas Pem- berton Morris, LL.D., in the practice of his profession until the latter's death and succeeded him. He was for some years General Attorney for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, and as receiver of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, in 1888, materially assisted in the reorganization of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company. He filled position of counsel for the Girard Trust Company until 1887, and since that time has been its president. When the Girard Trust Company was made receiver of the Pennsylvania Steel Company in 1893, Mr. Morris was Chairman of the committee having charge of the tangled affairs of the company and brought about its reorganization on a safe financial basis ; he served for a time as its president and is now a member of the board of directors, and chairman of its executive committee.
He is also chairman of executive committee of Cambria Steel Company, which gives employment to twelve thousand men. He is director of the Penn- sylvania Railroad Company, and holds the same position with the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, Philadelphia National Bank, Franklin National Bank, Fourth Street National Bank, Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company, and Mu- tual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia, and other corporations.
Mr. Morris was a member of Common Council from the Eighth Ward, 1880- 81, being elected to that office during the crusade of the Committee of One Hundred for better politics. He was director of the Union League for three years; is member of Philadelphia Club, Rittenhouse Club, University Club, Racquet Club and Merion Cricket Club.
Effingham B. Morris married, November 5, 1879, Ellen Douglas, daughter of Nelson Burroughs, of Philadelphia. An account of her ancestry is given elsewhere in these volumes.
Issue of Effingham B. and Ellen D. (Burroughs) Morris :-
Rhoda Fuller Morris, b. Nov. 5. 1880; m. Feb. 12, 1901, George Clymer Brooke; had issue :
Rhoda Morris Brooke, b. Nov. 12, 1901 ;
George Clymer Brooke Jr., b. Oct. 29, 1905;
Eleanor Burroughs Morris, b. Oct. 6, 1881 ; m. Oct. 25, 1902, Stacy Barcroft Lloyd ; had issue :
Ellen Douglas Lloyd, b. Aug. 7, 1903;
Caroline Mitchell Morris, b. Nov. 6, 1886; m. Dec. 6, 1905. John Frederic Byers Esq .; had issue :
Carolyn Morris Byers, b. Nov. 1I, 1906; d. Sept. II, 1907; Effingham Buckley Morris Jr., b. Aug. 26, 1890.
ISAAC WISTAR MORRIS, sixth son of Capt. Samuel and Rebecca (Wistar) Morris, born in Philadelphia, July 19, 1770, on attaining his majority became a partner with his brother, Luke Morris, in the conduct of the brewery at Dock and Pear streets, but retired from business in 1810, and lived a retired life in Philadelphia until his death, May 18, 1831. He was a member of the company organized in 1789 to prosecute the enterprise of perfecting the Fitch steamboat.
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He married at Philadelphia Meeting, 12mo. 17, 1795, Sarah, born Imo. 22, 1772, died Iomo. 25, 1842, daughter of Isaac and Patience (Mifflin) Paschall.
Sarah Paschall, wife of Isaac Wistar Morris, inherited from her grandmother, Elizabeth (Coates) Paschall, "Cedar Grove", which with its quaint and vener- able stone mansion on the northwest side of the old road near Harrowgate Sta- tion was the country home of the Morris family until the present generation, and is still the property of John Thompson Morris and his sister, Lydia Thomp- son Morris, though the encroachment of modern improvements induced them to erect their present summer home "Compton" at Chestnut Hill, where they have spent the summer months since 1887. "Cedar Grove" was erected in 1748 by Elizabeth (Coates) Paschall, wife of Joseph Paschall, on property taken by her father, Thomas Coates, in 1714, and was inherited by her granddaughter, Sarah (Paschall) Morris, and somewhat enlarged in 1790. It is a delightfully antique old Colonial dwelling, with a hipped roof, dormer windows and wide piazza. The interior with its wide hall and spacious rooms, with their old fash- ioned wainscoting, broad window seats and wide fireplaces, when garnished with the solid old furniture and quaint bric-a-brac of by-gone generations, presents all the delightful charm of the old time home now so rarely met with.
Issue of Isaac Wistar and Sarah (Paschall) Morris :---
Paschall, b. June 1, 1797, d. March 18, 1802:
ANTHONY PASCHALL, b. June 26, 1798, d. Feb. 6, 1873; m. Sept. 14, 1820, Anna Hus- band, of whom presently;
Elizabeth Paschall, b. March 2, 1800, d. July 1, 1800;
Catharine, b. Aug. 15, 1801, d. Jan. 1, 1888; married, March 10, 1847, Moses Brown, who died in 1878;
ISAAC PASCHALL, b. July 24, 1803, d. Jan. 1I, 1869; m. Nov. 17, 1841, Rebecca Thompson; Susanna, b. Feb. 15, 1805, d. Oct. 17, 1888; m. Nov. II, 1829, Caleb Johnson ;
Martha, b. March 20, 1807, d. Dec. 8, 1879, unm .;
Joseph Paschall, b. Feb. 8, 1809, d. Dec. 17, 1892; m. Nov. 2, 1836, Sarah E. Morris; Beulah, b. Feb. 2, 1811, d. Jan. 20, 1892; m. Nov. 10, 1830, Jeremiah Hacker ;
Paschall, b. March 19, 1813, d. April 11, 1875; m. Nov. 5, 1834, Thomazine R. Pennell; (second) 1873, Anna Reeve;
Sarah Paschall, b. Feb. 5, 1815; d. Feb. 6, 1905.
ANTHONY PASCHALL MORRIS, second and eldest surviving son of Isaac W. and Sarah (Paschall) Morris, born in Philadelphia, June 26, 1798, entered West- town Boarding School, Chester county, at age of fourteen years, and finished his elementary education there. He was all his life a member of the Society of Friends. He resided for many years at 1425 Arch street, but late in life removed to 620 North Fifteenth street, where he died February 6, 1873. He also had a country residence in Montgomery county. He married, 9mo. 14, 1820, at Deer Creek Meeting, Maryland, Anna Husband, of an old and highly respected family.
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