Person:Samuel Morrow (1)

Obituary indicates he went to University of Missouri at Columbia, and then came to Carthage to work for his uncle McDaniel (obit says John, but it was Francis). After his marriage he worked for about 3 years in Springfield at a mercantile store in which he had an interest. When he returned to Carthage, he bought into the mill. Over the years, he bought out his partners until he ran the business, then known as Morrow Mill.

Moco Feeds and Morrow Lumber were also established by S.O. and later inherited by his sons S.R. and W.T. respectively.

From a Carthage Press article on the mill: Morrow Mill was established by Washington Woodrum in 1848, erected a mill on his grant of land by the Spring River. S.O. lived in Springfield and worked in a dry goods store before taking an interest in the mill. [Father lived in Ozark, was wounded by bushwackers in the Civil War]. S.R. came in in 1920, acquiring his father's interest and that of Richard Taft. Mill was reconstructed in 1929. When the depression hit, workers were kept on payroll and did jobs around the mill.

In 1909, he had a case before the Missouri Court of Appeals, S.O. Morrow v. Missouri Pacific Railway, 140 Mo. App. 200. In a fact pattern law students everywhere should recognize as recalling Hadley v. Baxendale, his mill sent out several mill rolls to Leavenworth via the Missouri Pacific Railway. The railway knew it was a rush order and that the mill would be closed until the rolls were returned. The railway lost and delayed the rolls for an extra eleven days. The court affirmed that damages from the closed mill were recoverable, but denied a judgment because the mill failed to present any account books showing their profits before or after the incident.

1. ↑ Jasper, Missouri, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule: Twelfth Census of the United States, NARA Microfilm Publication T623. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration).

   Saml O. oct 1850 MO, par b. TN/VA; Ida E. Jul 1856 OH, par b. Eng/VA; m. 19 yrs, 3 living kids; Homer E. Aug 1881 MO; S. Roy Jul 1886 MO; Wm. T. Sep 1889 MO; Cora Humble Apr 1876 MO (819 Clinton, Carthage, p. 111, ED 61, sht 9, 6/14/1900)

2. ↑ Jasper, Missouri, United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule: Thirteenth Census of the United States, NARA Microfilm Publication T624. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration).

   Samuel O. Morrow 55 MO, par b. TN/NC, m. 29 yrs; Ida E. OH, par b. NJ/VA; William T. 20 MO (843 S. Howard, Carthage, p. 206, ED 73, sht 4, 4/20/1910)

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 S.O. Morrow Dead at 79, Carthage (MO) Evening Press, August 13, 1934.