MR. HUGH HENRY MORRIS, LIME SPRINGS, HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA.
Born at Dinorwig, Carnarvonshire, Wales, in 1837.His parents were related to the eminent minister Rev. Morris Hughes (Felinheli).
When he was seven years old the family emigrated to this country and were among the early settlers of Proscairon, Wisconsin, and Hugh Morris, the father, was well known as a strong pillar of the religious cause there. In the year 1866 H. H. Morris and his friend R. W. Hughes moved to Bristol Grove, Minnesota, where he lived for 27 years.
In 1867 he was married to Mary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones (Y Gelli) who were among the first Welsh settlers of Fillmore county, Minnesota.
They had six children. He is highly respected by all who know him as a true gentleman and sincere Christian. He is a great reader and a good patron of Welsh literature. He takes great interest in the Bible and missionary societies. He is also an active and leading member of the temperance societies, whose principles he has frequently advocated with great force in public.
A year ago he sold his farm in Fillmore county to his son-in-law and bought another farm in the vicinity of Lime Springs, where he lives at present among his many friends.