REV. OWEN R. MORRIS, BRISTOL, FILLMORE COUNTY, MINNESOTA.
Born at Ty’nddol Blaenau, Festiniog, Merionethshire.His parents were religious people who brought up all their children in the Christian faith.
When old enough he was employed in the quarries until nearly twenty years old, when, in 1849, he emigrated to Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, where he was one of the pioneers.
In 1851 he married and in 1858 began to preach at the request of some of the small Welsh churches of the neighborhood.
Though obliged to contend with the difficulties of raising a family amid the poverty and hardships of a new country, he developed such ability as a preacher that at the Synod of the C. M. churches held in June, 1866, at Dodgeville, Wis., he was ordained to the work of the ministry. In 1868 he moved to Bristol Grove, Minnesota, where he located on his present valuable farm. He was soon received as a member of the C. M. Synod of Minnesota and for 26 years has preached among the churches of his district.
In 1882 he visited his native land and was very gladly received by his many friends and spent a very profitable year preaching among the C. M. churches of Wales and England.
On his return in 1883 he wrote an extended account of his travels to the Drych. Through industry, frugality and good management he has acquired considerable property.
His rugged physical and mental strength still continue unabated and years of usefulness still await him. He is a man of great determination of character and his temporal and spiritual welfare have alike been prospered.