The Quincy Daily Whig (Quincy, Illinois), Saturday, December 31, 1898; Page: 2
OLDEST SETTLER
Mrs. Morris Had Lived Here for Seventy Years.
CAME TO QUINCY IN 1829.
She Was the Widow of the Late Hon. Isaac N. Morris, Member of Congress from This District for Several Terms.
Mrs. Mary Ann Morris, widow of the late Hon. Isaac N. Morris, whose death Thursday night was announced in The Whig yesterday morning, was the oldest settler of Quincy, having come to this city in 1829. She was 82 years old, Quincy had been her home for seventy years. She had seen it grow from a straggling frontier village of log cabins to the metropolis of to-day.
She was born in New Ipswich, N. H., March 1, 1817, and came to Quincy in 1829, when a girl of 12, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Robbins, and her grandparents. Mr. Robbins purchased large tracts of farming land, his holdings at one time including practically all the land between what is now Twenty-fourth and Thirtieth streets and north of Broadway for three-quarters of a mile. He was one of the leading farmers of that time.
When Mrs. Morris came to Quincy there were only two or three hundred people in the town, and it consisted principally of a straggling collection of log cabins. That was two years before the "deep snow," which for nearly seventy years has been a landmark in Illinois history. Her recollections of the early history of the city were acute, and she recalled many incidents of the people and events of those times.
In 1837 she married Isaac N. Morris, then a young lawyer, but later a member of congress from this district for several terms and one of the most prominent member of the Illinois bar. In her youth, Mrs. Morris was considered the most beautiful and attractive lady in the county, and charmingly graced a high position in society. She spent much time in the family of Hon. Richard M. Young, who was one of the first circuit judges of this district and later a United States senator. She and Mrs. Young were close friends, and were the leaders of society at that time.
Mrs. Morris was the mother of seven children, only one of whom, T. L. Morris, survives her.
OLDEST SETTLER
Mrs. Morris Had Lived Here for Seventy Years.
CAME TO QUINCY IN 1829.
She Was the Widow of the Late Hon. Isaac N. Morris, Member of Congress from This District for Several Terms.
Mrs. Mary Ann Morris, widow of the late Hon. Isaac N. Morris, whose death Thursday night was announced in The Whig yesterday morning, was the oldest settler of Quincy, having come to this city in 1829. She was 82 years old, Quincy had been her home for seventy years. She had seen it grow from a straggling frontier village of log cabins to the metropolis of to-day.
She was born in New Ipswich, N. H., March 1, 1817, and came to Quincy in 1829, when a girl of 12, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Robbins, and her grandparents. Mr. Robbins purchased large tracts of farming land, his holdings at one time including practically all the land between what is now Twenty-fourth and Thirtieth streets and north of Broadway for three-quarters of a mile. He was one of the leading farmers of that time.
When Mrs. Morris came to Quincy there were only two or three hundred people in the town, and it consisted principally of a straggling collection of log cabins. That was two years before the "deep snow," which for nearly seventy years has been a landmark in Illinois history. Her recollections of the early history of the city were acute, and she recalled many incidents of the people and events of those times.
In 1837 she married Isaac N. Morris, then a young lawyer, but later a member of congress from this district for several terms and one of the most prominent member of the Illinois bar. In her youth, Mrs. Morris was considered the most beautiful and attractive lady in the county, and charmingly graced a high position in society. She spent much time in the family of Hon. Richard M. Young, who was one of the first circuit judges of this district and later a United States senator. She and Mrs. Young were close friends, and were the leaders of society at that time.
Mrs. Morris was the mother of seven children, only one of whom, T. L. Morris, survives her.
The Quincy Daily Whig (Quincy, Illinois), Saturday, December 31, 1898; Page: 2
OLDEST SETTLER
Mrs. Morris Had Lived Here for Seventy Years.
CAME TO QUINCY IN 1829.
She Was the Widow of the Late Hon. Isaac N. Morris, Member of Congress from This District for Several Terms.
Mrs. Mary Ann Morris, widow of the late Hon. Isaac N. Morris, whose death Thursday night was announced in The Whig yesterday morning, was the oldest settler of Quincy, having come to this city in 1829. She was 82 years old, Quincy had been her home for seventy years. She had seen it grow from a straggling frontier village of log cabins to the metropolis of to-day.
She was born in New Ipswich, N. H., March 1, 1817, and came to Quincy in 1829, when a girl of 12, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Robbins, and her grandparents. Mr. Robbins purchased large tracts of farming land, his holdings at one time including practically all the land between what is now Twenty-fourth and Thirtieth streets and north of Broadway for three-quarters of a mile. He was one of the leading farmers of that time.
When Mrs. Morris came to Quincy there were only two or three hundred people in the town, and it consisted principally of a straggling collection of log cabins. That was two years before the "deep snow," which for nearly seventy years has been a landmark in Illinois history. Her recollections of the early history of the city were acute, and she recalled many incidents of the people and events of those times.
In 1837 she married Isaac N. Morris, then a young lawyer, but later a member of congress from this district for several terms and one of the most prominent member of the Illinois bar. In her youth, Mrs. Morris was considered the most beautiful and attractive lady in the county, and charmingly graced a high position in society. She spent much time in the family of Hon. Richard M. Young, who was one of the first circuit judges of this district and later a United States senator. She and Mrs. Young were close friends, and were the leaders of society at that time.
Mrs. Morris was the mother of seven children, only one of whom, T. L. Morris, survives her.
OLDEST SETTLER
Mrs. Morris Had Lived Here for Seventy Years.
CAME TO QUINCY IN 1829.
She Was the Widow of the Late Hon. Isaac N. Morris, Member of Congress from This District for Several Terms.
Mrs. Mary Ann Morris, widow of the late Hon. Isaac N. Morris, whose death Thursday night was announced in The Whig yesterday morning, was the oldest settler of Quincy, having come to this city in 1829. She was 82 years old, Quincy had been her home for seventy years. She had seen it grow from a straggling frontier village of log cabins to the metropolis of to-day.
She was born in New Ipswich, N. H., March 1, 1817, and came to Quincy in 1829, when a girl of 12, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Robbins, and her grandparents. Mr. Robbins purchased large tracts of farming land, his holdings at one time including practically all the land between what is now Twenty-fourth and Thirtieth streets and north of Broadway for three-quarters of a mile. He was one of the leading farmers of that time.
When Mrs. Morris came to Quincy there were only two or three hundred people in the town, and it consisted principally of a straggling collection of log cabins. That was two years before the "deep snow," which for nearly seventy years has been a landmark in Illinois history. Her recollections of the early history of the city were acute, and she recalled many incidents of the people and events of those times.
In 1837 she married Isaac N. Morris, then a young lawyer, but later a member of congress from this district for several terms and one of the most prominent member of the Illinois bar. In her youth, Mrs. Morris was considered the most beautiful and attractive lady in the county, and charmingly graced a high position in society. She spent much time in the family of Hon. Richard M. Young, who was one of the first circuit judges of this district and later a United States senator. She and Mrs. Young were close friends, and were the leaders of society at that time.
Mrs. Morris was the mother of seven children, only one of whom, T. L. Morris, survives her.
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