Benton Co., AR - Biographies - Berry P. Morris

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SOURCE:  Goodspeed Publishers, 1890.
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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 Carolina, 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
Sebastian 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.