| Title |
Morris, William P. |
| Alternate title |
Morine. William |
| Date |
b. ca. 1833 |
| Description |
William P. Morris, born ca. 1833 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer, printer, and inn keeper in Philadelphia 1857-ca.
1875. During his career in the lithographic trade, Morris worked for P. S. Duval (22 South Fifth Street) from 1858 to 1859.
His older brother Henry Morris (b. ca. 1829) was also a lithographer.
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Morris resided with his father, shoemaker and shoe manufactory owner Jehu Morris (ca. 1796-ca. 1868), and family at 161 Poplar
Street in Northern Liberties from 1850 to 1869. By 1870 he lived with his wife Josephine (b. ca. 1839) in a boarding house
they operated north of Arch Street in Ward 10. He was widowed by 1880 and resided in Kensington at 556 Bower (i.e., East Hewson)
Street. Morris remarried Susan W. (b. 1852) ca. 1880 and lived in Plumstead, Bucks County by 1900.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Duval, P. S. and Morris, Henry |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900 |
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Groce & Wallace, 455 |
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Philadelphia Business & City Directories, 1858-1875 (intermittently) |
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WWWAA, 2332 |
