John Moses Morris, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Moses Morris

Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1837

Date of Death: 27-Nov-1873

Profession: editor, newspaper editor

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About John Moses Morris

  • John Moses Morris (April 27, 1837 – November 27, 1873) was an American minister, author, and newspaper editor. Morris, son of Moses and Laura W.
  • Morris, was born in Wethersfield, Conn., April 27, 1837.
  • He graduated Yale College in 1860.
  • In Nov 1860, he entered the Divinity School of Yale College, and remained there until February, 1862.
  • On the 25th of the following April he was ordained in New Haven as an Evangelist and accepted an appointment as Chaplain of the 8th Connecticut Volunteers.
  • In this position, which he occupied until Sept., 1863, he shrank from no service or exposure, however severe.
  • On his resignation he returned to New Haven and conducted the newspaper the Connecticut War Record until the close of the American Civil War.
  • He then began the compilation of a History of Connecticut during the Civil War, which was completed in conjunction with W.
  • A.
  • Croffut, and was published in 1868 (pp.
  • 891, 8vo.) In the meantime he became in 1865 assistant clerk of the Connecticut House of Representatives, and in 1866 clerk of the same body.
  • In 1867 he was clerk of the Connecticut State Senate, and at the close of this service went to Washington as private secretary to Senator Orris S.
  • Ferry.
  • In Oct., 1868, he established the Charleston Weekly Republican, which he conducted as editor for two years, it becoming a daily paper after Aug., 1869.
  • In March, 1869, he was elected executive clerk of the Secretary of the United States Senate, which position he held until his death.
  • During the winter of 1870-71 he purchased the Washington Chronicle and continued as principal stockholder and editor-in-chief until June, 1872, when he withdrew from the management on account of declining health.
  • He died in Washington, of consumption, Nov.
  • 27, 1873, aged 36 years.
  • He married, Dec.
  • 31, 1863, Miss Augusta R.
  • Griswold, of Wethersfield, who survived him. This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.

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