Biographical Sketch of

Isaac H. Morris

Transcribed by Suzanne Folk



Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara Counties, Wisconsin, 
published 1890 by Acme Publishing Co., Chicago, Page 415

Isaac H. Morris, an honored pioneer of Green Lake County, was born in the town of Depuyster, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., 
in 1827. His father, Timothy Waltham Morris, was also a native of the Empire State, and was a member of the same 
family to which Robert Morris, the first Secretary of the United States Treasury, belonged, and also Gouverneur 
Morris of New York.

Our subject was reared to manhood on a farm in the woods of Northern New York, and was early trained to habits of 
industry and economy. He came to the Territory of Wisconsin in 1845, and settled in Racine, there he formed the 
acquaintance of Miss Jane Secor, whose hand he sought in marriage. Their wedding was celebrated in 1847, and 
shortly afterward they removed to Marquette County, locating on a farm on what is now section 26 of the town of 
Berlin, Green Lake County, where they reared a family of six children, four sons and two daughters: Charles S., 
the eldest, is proprietor of the Fourth Ward Flouring Mills, and is represented upon another page of this work. 
Delos, who married Tillie McLaughlin, and is living in Berlin, is now Deputy Sheriff of Green Lake County, and 
formerly held the Superior Office. Bert, the next younger, married Carrie Simpson, and is a farmer of the town 
of Berlin. Julia died at the age of seventeen years. Minnie is the wife of John Murphy and they make their home 
in Berlin. Ford W. is the present clerk of the Berlin & Montello Granite Co., of Berlin.

Mr. Morris was a Republican in politics, and held various official positions. He was for many years Chairman of 
the town of Berlin, when the village and town were under one government, but was so bitterly opposed to bonding 
the town for the purpose of building a railroad into it, that finding himself in a minority, he would not remain 
longer with the Board when the measure was carried. He served two years as Deputy Sheriff and one term as Sheriff, 
and was a faithful and competent officer. He was a quiet, unassuming man, whose word was as good as his bond, and 
whose integrity and honest manliness commanded respect and confidence wherever he was known. His widow survives 
him and has again been married, becoming the wife of Melvin Childs, of the town of Berlin.






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