“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


RICHARD MORRIS, farmer, Secs. 22 and 24; P.O. Ixonia Center; born 
Nov. 1, 1823, in Flintshire, Wales; came to America Oct. 1, 1854, and 
located in Waukesha Co., Wis., and worked on a farm there till 1857, 
when he moved to Ixonia Township, Jefferson Co.  In 1862, bought 
eighty acres of land on Sec. 24, and now rents eighty acres in Sec. 22, 
besides.  Married Miss Sarah Roberts, of Flintshire, Wales, Aug. 3, 
1852; have eight children - Peter R., born Jan. 1, 1854; Lucy J., Jan. 16, 
1856; William A., Nov. 19, 1857; Elizabeth, Aug. 30, 1859; Agnes, Feb. 
5, 1863; Dickey, Sept. 25, 1865, died Aug. 3, 1867; Eddie, born July 27, 
1869; Mollie, April 5, 1874.


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