Person:Thomas Morrow (47)

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Thomas Zanzinger Morrow (September 3, 1836August 25, 1913) was a lawyer, judge, and politician from Kentucky. He was one of twenty-eight men who founded the Kentucky Republican Party. His brother-in-law, William O. Bradley, was elected governor of Kentucky in 1895, and his son, Edwin P. Morrow was elected to that same office in 1919.

Morrow actively campaigned for Abraham Lincoln for president in 1860, and served in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly. During the Civil War, he raised and commanded the 32nd Kentucky Infantry Regiment of the Union Army, which was in active service from 1862 to 1863. After the war, he remained active with the Republican Party, and was its nominee for governor in 1883, losing to J. Proctor Knott. He served seventeen years as a circuit court judge for Kentucky's 8th district. He died August 25, 1913 after a long illness.

Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B, Pulaski County

Hon. Thos. Z. Morrow, circuit judge of the Eighth Judicial District of Kentucky, was born in Fleming County, Ky., in the year 1835, a son of Alexander S. and Margaret (Boyd) Marrow, natives of Pennsylvania. Alexander S. Morrow was born in 1792 and first settled in Paris, Ky., then moved to Flemingsburg, and subsequently to Danville; he was a merchant and hotel keeper, and died in February, 1862, the father of six children, three of whom are living, viz: Ann E., W.B. and Thomas Z. Judge Morrow was educated at Centre College, Danville, Ky., where he graduated in 1855, a class-mate of Breckinridge, Gov. Crittenden, of Missouri, Judge Phillips, of Missouri, Dr. Holloway, of Louisville, F.T. Fox and others. He then entered the law department of the Transylvania University of Lexington, and graduated in 1856. He taught school at Milledgeville, Lincoln County, for six months, and in 1857 went to Somerset, Ky., and took charge of a Democratic paper, which he edited one year. In 1858 he was elected county attorney of Pulaski County, and in 1861 was elected as a union man to the Legislature. In 1862 he entered the Federal army and served as Lieutenant Colonel of the Thirty-second Kentucky Infantry nine months. He then returned to Pulaski County, Ky., and practiced law. In 1865 he was elected State Senator, which office he resigned in 1866, and being appointed United States Assessor for the Eighth Collection District, served in that capacity until 1869. In 1870 he moved to Topeka, Kan., and remained fourteen months, then returned to Somerset, Ky. and again engaged in the practice of the legal profession. In 1876 he was a delegate to the Cincinnati Republican Convention which nominated Hayes for President. He was also Republican Elector for the State at large. In 1883 he was the Republican nominee for governor; in 1884 was chairman of the Republican State central committee; in 1886 was elected Commander, department of Kentucky, Grand Army of the Republic, and in the same year, was the Republican candidate for circuit judge for the Eight Judicial District, and, overcoming a Democratic majority, was elected by 862 votes. December 24, 1858, Judge Morrow married Virginia C. Bradley, of Garrard County, KY, a daughter of R.M. and Ellen (Totten) Bradley, and sister to Hon. Wm. O. Bradley, who was the late Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky. Judge and Mrs. Morrow are the parents of nine children, eight of whom are living, viz: W.A., Mary C., Thomas Z., JR., Robert B., Samuel S., Wilson B., Charles H. and Edwin P. W.A. Morrow was born May 18, 1862, was educated at what is now Depauw University, Green Castle, Ind., where he graduated in 1880. He then read law under his father and was admitted to the bar in 1881. In December, 1885, he married Flonnie Hall of Somerset. Mary C. Morrow was educated at Bell Seminary, Danville, Ky., graduated in 1883, and in June, 1887, married C.D. Portwood. Thomas Z. Morrow, Jr., was educated at the State University, Lexington. Judge Morrow and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

Notable figures burial information: Morrow, Thomas Zantzinger (1835-1912) Brother-in-law of William O'Connell Bradley; father of Edwin Porch Morrow; uncle of Christine Duncan Bradley South. Born in Fleming County, Ky., 1835. Republican. Member of Kentucky state senate; circuit judge in Kentucky; candidate for Governor of Kentucky, 1883. Died in 1912. Interment at Somerset City Cemetery, Somerset, Ky.

1.   Perrin, William Henry; J. H. Battle; and G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky: a History of the State: Embracing a concise account of the origin and development of the Virginia colony : its expansion westward, and the settlement of the frontier beyond the Alleghanies; the erection of Kentucky as an independent state and its subsequent development. (Louisville: F. A. Battey, 1887).
2. ↑ State of Kentucky. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000.
3. ↑ Pulaski County, Kentucky. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   1860 Pulaski Co, KY: Thomas Z. Morrow 23 KY lawyer (500 PE), Virginia C. 18, Margaret 1/12, household of Robert M. Bradley 50 KY, lawyer, Nancy 43, Mariah J. 14, William O. 12 (Somerset, p. 152, 6/1/1860)

4. ↑ Pulaski County, Kentucky. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   1870 Pulaski Co, KY: Thomas Z. 34 KY lawyer (3000/2000), Virginia C. 27 KY, William A. 8, Mary C. 5, Thomas Z. 3 KY (Somerset, p. 380, 7/13/1870)

5. ↑ Pulaski, Kentucky, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   1880 Pulaski Co, KY: F. Z. MORROW 45 KY  Lawyer PA/PA; Jennie 38 KY KY/KY; Willie 18  KY Student At School; Mary 15; T. H. 13; Robert 8; Sammie 6; Willson B. 5; Edmon 2; Charles 2 KY; Telitha REED W 21 KY House Keeper KY/KY; Mary M. SMITH B 20 KY Cook  VA/MO (Somerset, p. 130B)

6. ↑ Pulaski, Kentucky, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   1900 Pulaski Co, KY: Thomas Morrow Sep 1836 KY, par b. PA/PA. Wd. Lawyer and judge. Samuel S. Jul 1872 KY, par b. KY/KY; Jean Fox Morrow (dauL) Jan 1875 KY, Clara C (gdau) Jun 1896; W. Boyd May 1875 KY; Charles H. Nov 1877 KY; Edwin P. Nov 1877 KY; William A. May 1862 KY, Flomie C. (dauL) May 1865 KY (Somerset, p. 5, ED 99, sht 5, 6/11/1900)

7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 Death Certificate, in Kentucky, United States. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com [database on-line], 2007).

   Thomas Z. Morrow, b. 3 Sept 1835 Fleming Co, KY, d. 25 Aug 1913. Father unknown, mother Margaret Boyd, informant W. B. Morrow [son]