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Morris County is situated in the center of the eastern half of the State. This county is bounded on the north by Davis County, and a portion of Wabaunsee; on the south by Chase County and a part of Marion; on the east by Lyon County and a portion of Wabaunsee, and on the west by a part of Dickinson and Marion counties. ₁

Organized as Wise in 1855. County seat, Council Grove. Originally named for Henry A. Wise, who was Governor of Virginia during the John Brown seizure of Harper's Ferry....Name was changed to Morris in February, 1859, in honor of Thomas Morris, a United States Senator from Ohio in 1832.₂

1. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.

2. History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)

Biographies
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Uhls, L. L. 1857 -	7K	Mar 2009	Joy Fisher
Cemeteries
History - Directories
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Morris County Medical Directory 1920	3K	Feb 2009	Joy Fisher
Military Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Morris County, KS 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll	15 kb	Aug 1998	Carole Sklenar
Obituaries
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Barber, Emma R., 1929	3 kb	Aug 1998	Kenneth Thomas
Barber, Thomas B., 1927	1 kb	Aug 1998	Kenneth Thomas
BETTYS, Harry, 1922	1 kb	Oct 2002	James Laird
Bowman, Pauline Marteel, 1998	3 kb	Aug 1998	Kenneth Thomas
Droege, Ermal V. Thomas, 1994	3 kb	Aug 1998	Kenneth Thomas
Gardner, R. J. June 30, 1917	1K	Mar 2012	Ken Wright
Hager, Billie Lou, 1949	3 kb	Aug 1998	Kenneth Thomas
Hager, Gazer Lawrence, 1950	3 kb	Aug 1998	Kenneth Thomas
Hager, Revia Mary, 1972	1 kb	Aug 1998	Kenneth Thomas
Thomas, Frederick, 1937	3 kb	Aug 1998	Kenneth Thomas
Thomas, Frederick W., 1937	3 kb	Aug 1998	Kenneth Thomas
Thomas, Mabel C., 1949	3 kb	Aug 1998	Kenneth Thomas
Thomas, Preston Barber, 1975	3 kb	Aug 1998	Kenneth Thomas
Photos of Tombstones
Beman Cemetery, Cedar Grove
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Sharp-Crozier, Francis C. & Lucinda M. (Ritter)	Image 270K	Mar 2007	Dan S. Sharp
Burton Cemetery
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Cress, George W.	Image 201K	Mar 2007	Dan S. Sharp
Parker-Cress, Nancy	Image 176K	Mar 2007	Dan S. Sharp
Dunlap Cemetery
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
GRAY, J W	Image 55K	Sept 2005	Bruce Bulen
KIDD, Charles E	Image 46K	Sept 2005	Bruce Bulen
KIDD, Lida B	Image 70K	Sept 2005	Bruce Bulen
KIDD, Mary E (EDWARDS)	Image 71K	Sept 2005	Bruce Bulen
PARRISH, Alfred	Image 96K	Sept 2005	Bruce Bulen
Four Mile Cemetery
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Cress-Sharp, Henry Edward & Zoe Eilene	Image 108K	Feb 2007	Dan S. Sharp
Palmer-Sharp, Alexander Hugh & Eliza Ellen	Image 97K	Feb 2007	Dan S. Sharp
Sharp, James Archie Theodore	Image 146K	Mar 2007	Dan S. Sharp
Sharp, Legrand Ora	Image 103K	Mar 2007	Dan S. Sharp
Sharp, Mamie Florence	Image 53K	Mar 2007	Dan S. Sharp
Greenwood Cemetery
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Sharp, Roy John	Image 56K	Mar 2007	Dan S. Sharp
School Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Council Grove High School Graduates since 1891	29 kb	Aug 1998	Kenneth Thomas
Council Grove High School Students and Faculty-- 1918	5 kb	Aug 1998	Kenneth Thomas

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