WILLIAM MORROW. Sr.
The biographer is greatly pleased to give the life history of the well
remembered pioneer citizen whose name appears at the head of this sketch,
than whom a more whole-souled, sterling and public-spirited man it would
have been hard to find within the borders of Clark county, and whose friends
were limited only by the circle of his acquaintance.
He was one of those far-seeing men who realized the great future of
Clark county, and did what he could in its development. William Mor-
row, Sr., was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, February 8, 1794.
He was the son of William Morrow, a native of Scotland, who emigrated
to America when seventeen years of age, locating in Bourbon county,
Kentucky. He married Sarah Patton, and they emigrated to Ohio in 1806,
where he owned a farm in Highland county, on which he lived the remainder
of his life, dying in 1846. While a resident of Kentucky he became the first
Sheriff of Bourbon county. Being- opposed to slavery he left that state and
located in Ohio.
William Morrow, Sr., was reared in Highland county, Ohio, and came
to Indiana in 1820, settled in Charlestown, where he resided during the re-
mainder of his life. He was a successful business man and for several years
was a magistrate. He left ample property for his children, his death having
occurred in 1873. He was a devout member of the United Presbyterian
church. In politics he was a Whig and later a Republican. He was an influ-
ential man in this community and had hosts of friends. To his first wife,
Margaret Adair, seven children were born. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Wright is the
only surviving child of her father's second marriage, with Jane Manley, who
bore him four children. Mrs. Wright was born in Charlestown, Indiana, on the
lot where she now resides. May 24, 1847. She was reared in Charlestown,
where she received her education. She was united in marriage December 3,
1889, to John D. Wright, who was born in Highland county, Ohio, October
27, 183 1. He was reared in the Buckeye state. After his marriage he lived
in Charlestown, Indiana, until his death. He farmed in Ohio on an excellent
place which our subject now owns. He was successful as a business man and
was known to be scrupulously honest, industrious and a man of pleasing ad-
dress. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, having been an elder
in the same. In politics he was a Republican and was always ready to lend
his aid in furthering any movement looking to the advancement of his com-
munity, whether political, educational or moral. He was one of the organiz-
ers, a stockholder and president of the Charlestown Bank at the time of his
death, which occurred September 6, 1904.
Mrs. Wright's beautiful, commodious and elegantly furnished home
stands at Main and Cross streets, where her friends often gather and where
true hospitality and good cheer are ever unstintingly dispensed. She is justly
proud of the record of her ancestors who were true American patriots. Wil-
liam Morrow, her father, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and John Morrow,
Mrs. Wright's brother, was a soldier in the Civil war. He died in 1907 in
Charlestown, being survived by four children, three sons and one daughter.
Mrs. Wright is a lady of tact and culture, pleasant to meet, and she holds
high rank socially among the people of Clark county.
