[p. 467] attorney, at New
Castle, is numbered with the old and honored
members of the Lawrence County
bar. He was born in 1824, at Meadville,
Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and is a
son of Levi L. and Nancy (McKnight)
Morris.
The father of Mr. Morris was born in Wales in 1810, and was brought to Crawford County, Pennsylvania, in 1811 or 1812, where he lived until his death, in 1840. He was a carpenter by trade. He married Nancy McKnight and they had five children.
David S. Morris attended the schools of Crawford County, and when ready to choose a profession, he entered upon the study of law under Hon. H. S. Richmond. In 1845 he was graduated at Allegheny College, and in 1854 he was admitted to the bar, in the interim having been engaged in business enterprises. In 1847 he organized the Croton glass manufacturing business at New Castle, and built the first works of the kind here, and continued in the business until September, 1851. He has been a very prominent figure in the business of the courts of Lawrence County for the past half century, and has professional standing of the highest order.
Mr. Morris married Lida A. Loy, and they have one daughter, Anna L., who was reared at New Castle, and married John Butz, of this city. Mr. Morris has a pleasant home at No. 27 Grant Avenue. With his family, he belongs to the First Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Morris has taken a good citizen's interest in the public affairs of New Castle ever since he has lived here, and for some twelve or fifteen years served as a member of the city council, during a part of which time he was chairman of the street committee, and during all the time he was in the council he was president of the select council.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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