Biography of Berry P Morris, Sebastian Co, AR

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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The first of these articles are on persons from other counties that
have Sebastian County ties.   Later, you will find only Sebastian 
County families.

History of Benton County
REPRESENTATIVE MEN.

Berry P. Morris was born in Rutherford County, N. C., January 5, 1822, and is
the son of Dotson and Caroline  (Johnson) Morris. The father was probably born
in North Carelina, and was reared in that State. He then went to  Alabama,
where he remained from about 1831 to 1874, and then moved to Little Rock, Ark.,
where he died at  the last mentioned date. He was a farmer by occupation, and a
good man. The mother was born in Burke County, N. C., and died in Alabama about
1872; ten children were born to this union, Berry P. being the third  child. He
was reared from nine years of age to manhood in Alabama, and remained in that
State until 1858,  when he came to what is now Logan County, Ark., and farmed
there for twelve years. From there he went to  Sebastian County, Ark., and
tilled the soil there until 1885. when he located at Siloam Springs, and here
followed his old occupation of farming. He owns two farms three miles from
Siloam Springs. 100 acres, fifty- six under cultivation, but he is residing in
the town. Mr. Morris also owns some farms in Scbastian County. He  was married,
at the age of twenty-four, to Miss Laura Ann Shelton, of Alabama, and they
became the parents of  eight children: Eustacia J., wife of John Darks: Carroll
K., deceased; Burrel H., deceased; Fleetwood, in  Sebastian County; Elizabeth,
wife of Zachariah Ragsdale; Virgil, a merchant in Siloam Springs; Missouri F.
and  Barclay, who died fifteen years age, wife of Henry Graves. The mother of
these children died November 3,  1884, and Mr. Morris was married April 29,
1885. to Miss Sarah Hill, of Sebastian County; two children were  the fruits of
this union: Roscoe C., and an infant, Allen B. Mr. Morris was a Democrat before
the war, but since  then has been a conservative Republican, and is one of the
enterprising citizens of the community. He and wife  are members of the
Christian Church.