PNEUMONIA CLAIMS LEONIDAS MORRIS
Funeral Tuesday Morning at Family Home—Saw Army Service As a Boy
Leonidas Jewett Morris, aged 66, died Saturday night about 9:30 o'clock at the home of his venerable father, Charles Morris, on West Washington street, as the result of pneumonia. The funeral will be held at the Morris home at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning conducted by Rev. F.M. Swinehart, pastor of the First M.E. church. Burial will be made in the Union street cemetery.
Mr. Morris had spent years in Alabama and was not accustomed to the rigors of a Northern winter. During the past summer he spent some time with his aged father here and later returned to his home. Some time ago he came back to Athens, his birthplace, to spend the winter with his father. He contracted a severe cold some days ago and pneumonia developed, which resulted in his death. To his many friends and acquaintances in this city his death came very unexpectedly and as a sad shock.
Mr. Morris was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morris. His mother died many years ago. In September 1862, at the age of 15 years he enlisted in Company I, of the 92nd Ohio regiment as a drummer boy, and for three years experienced the hardships of the Civil War, seeing hard service on many fields of battle. He received his honorable discharge from the service while still a mere youth and soon took up railroad work. He learned his profession as a railroad mechanic at the B.&O. shops at Chillicothe and later went South. For many years he was an engineer on the Mobile & Ohio railroad and for a term of years was at the head of the railroad shops for this line at Mobile, Alabama. He was one of the leading machinists of the South for years and made his home in Mobile for more than a quarter of a century, coming to Athens, however, at frequent intervals to visit his father who is now far advanced in years. His wife died on February 6th, 1912, at Mobile, just about 24 hours after the death of his brother, Calvary Morris, of Cleveland. The aged father and one sister, Mrs. A.B. Frame, of Piqua, are left. Mrs. Frame came to Athens last evening and this morning arranged for the funeral. The father despite his many years and infirmities incident thereto, bravely withstood the shock of this new bereavement.
Athens Daily Messenger (Ohio) Monday, January 6, 1913. page 1, column 3
transcribed by John D. Cunningham March 6, 2022
Contributor: John Cunningham (47666667)
Funeral Tuesday Morning at Family Home—Saw Army Service As a Boy
Leonidas Jewett Morris, aged 66, died Saturday night about 9:30 o'clock at the home of his venerable father, Charles Morris, on West Washington street, as the result of pneumonia. The funeral will be held at the Morris home at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning conducted by Rev. F.M. Swinehart, pastor of the First M.E. church. Burial will be made in the Union street cemetery.
Mr. Morris had spent years in Alabama and was not accustomed to the rigors of a Northern winter. During the past summer he spent some time with his aged father here and later returned to his home. Some time ago he came back to Athens, his birthplace, to spend the winter with his father. He contracted a severe cold some days ago and pneumonia developed, which resulted in his death. To his many friends and acquaintances in this city his death came very unexpectedly and as a sad shock.
Mr. Morris was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morris. His mother died many years ago. In September 1862, at the age of 15 years he enlisted in Company I, of the 92nd Ohio regiment as a drummer boy, and for three years experienced the hardships of the Civil War, seeing hard service on many fields of battle. He received his honorable discharge from the service while still a mere youth and soon took up railroad work. He learned his profession as a railroad mechanic at the B.&O. shops at Chillicothe and later went South. For many years he was an engineer on the Mobile & Ohio railroad and for a term of years was at the head of the railroad shops for this line at Mobile, Alabama. He was one of the leading machinists of the South for years and made his home in Mobile for more than a quarter of a century, coming to Athens, however, at frequent intervals to visit his father who is now far advanced in years. His wife died on February 6th, 1912, at Mobile, just about 24 hours after the death of his brother, Calvary Morris, of Cleveland. The aged father and one sister, Mrs. A.B. Frame, of Piqua, are left. Mrs. Frame came to Athens last evening and this morning arranged for the funeral. The father despite his many years and infirmities incident thereto, bravely withstood the shock of this new bereavement.
Athens Daily Messenger (Ohio) Monday, January 6, 1913. page 1, column 3
transcribed by John D. Cunningham March 6, 2022
Contributor: John Cunningham (47666667)
PNEUMONIA CLAIMS LEONIDAS MORRIS
Funeral Tuesday Morning at Family Home—Saw Army Service As a Boy
Leonidas Jewett Morris, aged 66, died Saturday night about 9:30 o'clock at the home of his venerable father, Charles Morris, on West Washington street, as the result of pneumonia. The funeral will be held at the Morris home at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning conducted by Rev. F.M. Swinehart, pastor of the First M.E. church. Burial will be made in the Union street cemetery.
Mr. Morris had spent years in Alabama and was not accustomed to the rigors of a Northern winter. During the past summer he spent some time with his aged father here and later returned to his home. Some time ago he came back to Athens, his birthplace, to spend the winter with his father. He contracted a severe cold some days ago and pneumonia developed, which resulted in his death. To his many friends and acquaintances in this city his death came very unexpectedly and as a sad shock.
Mr. Morris was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morris. His mother died many years ago. In September 1862, at the age of 15 years he enlisted in Company I, of the 92nd Ohio regiment as a drummer boy, and for three years experienced the hardships of the Civil War, seeing hard service on many fields of battle. He received his honorable discharge from the service while still a mere youth and soon took up railroad work. He learned his profession as a railroad mechanic at the B.&O. shops at Chillicothe and later went South. For many years he was an engineer on the Mobile & Ohio railroad and for a term of years was at the head of the railroad shops for this line at Mobile, Alabama. He was one of the leading machinists of the South for years and made his home in Mobile for more than a quarter of a century, coming to Athens, however, at frequent intervals to visit his father who is now far advanced in years. His wife died on February 6th, 1912, at Mobile, just about 24 hours after the death of his brother, Calvary Morris, of Cleveland. The aged father and one sister, Mrs. A.B. Frame, of Piqua, are left. Mrs. Frame came to Athens last evening and this morning arranged for the funeral. The father despite his many years and infirmities incident thereto, bravely withstood the shock of this new bereavement.
Athens Daily Messenger (Ohio) Monday, January 6, 1913. page 1, column 3
transcribed by John D. Cunningham March 6, 2022
Contributor: John Cunningham (47666667)
Funeral Tuesday Morning at Family Home—Saw Army Service As a Boy
Leonidas Jewett Morris, aged 66, died Saturday night about 9:30 o'clock at the home of his venerable father, Charles Morris, on West Washington street, as the result of pneumonia. The funeral will be held at the Morris home at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning conducted by Rev. F.M. Swinehart, pastor of the First M.E. church. Burial will be made in the Union street cemetery.
Mr. Morris had spent years in Alabama and was not accustomed to the rigors of a Northern winter. During the past summer he spent some time with his aged father here and later returned to his home. Some time ago he came back to Athens, his birthplace, to spend the winter with his father. He contracted a severe cold some days ago and pneumonia developed, which resulted in his death. To his many friends and acquaintances in this city his death came very unexpectedly and as a sad shock.
Mr. Morris was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morris. His mother died many years ago. In September 1862, at the age of 15 years he enlisted in Company I, of the 92nd Ohio regiment as a drummer boy, and for three years experienced the hardships of the Civil War, seeing hard service on many fields of battle. He received his honorable discharge from the service while still a mere youth and soon took up railroad work. He learned his profession as a railroad mechanic at the B.&O. shops at Chillicothe and later went South. For many years he was an engineer on the Mobile & Ohio railroad and for a term of years was at the head of the railroad shops for this line at Mobile, Alabama. He was one of the leading machinists of the South for years and made his home in Mobile for more than a quarter of a century, coming to Athens, however, at frequent intervals to visit his father who is now far advanced in years. His wife died on February 6th, 1912, at Mobile, just about 24 hours after the death of his brother, Calvary Morris, of Cleveland. The aged father and one sister, Mrs. A.B. Frame, of Piqua, are left. Mrs. Frame came to Athens last evening and this morning arranged for the funeral. The father despite his many years and infirmities incident thereto, bravely withstood the shock of this new bereavement.
Athens Daily Messenger (Ohio) Monday, January 6, 1913. page 1, column 3
transcribed by John D. Cunningham March 6, 2022
Contributor: John Cunningham (47666667)
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