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Surnames: MORROW, Jolly, Snedecker, Hyatt, Williamson,
Classification: Biography
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This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the
insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just
thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE:
I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no
index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it.
Typed by Lora Radiches:
Surnames in this biography are: MORROW, Jolly, Snedecker, Hyatt, Williamson,
HON. CARL F. MORROW, judge of the Circuit Court of Madison County, had
practiced law for twenty years in Anderson before he accepted the responsibilities of a
place on the bench. Judge Morrow is an Indiana citizen whose career has been marked by
earnest effort and striving for the best use of his talent both for his own advancement
and for the service he could give to the world. He was born on a farm in Brown Township,
Ripley County, Indiana, and is of pioneer stock. His grandfather, William Morrow, was born
in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1800. In 1830 he started for the United States, embarking on
a sailing vessel that met adverse winds and was battled back and forth by the waves for
three months before landing its passengers in New York. From there he came out to Indiana.
Indiana at that time did not have a single mile of railroad, and most portions of the
state were covered with heavy growth timber, in which deer and other wild game
roamed and provided m!
ost of the meat supply for the pioneer cabins. William Morrow settled in
Switzerland County, Indiana, securing, the last tract of land still owned by the
Government as his homestead. On this he built a log cabin, which was the first home of the
Morrow family in America. After selling his land and improvements in 1850 he moved to
Ripley County, and here he again bought unimproved land, in Brown Township. This has ever
since been known as the Morrow homestead and part of it is still owned by his
descendants. On the land he erected a log cabin, this being followed by other
improvements, and in that locality he and his wife, Margaret, lived out their lives,
reaching advanced age. One of their eight children was Andrew Jackson Morrow, who was born
in Switzerland County, Indiana, in 1856. During his youth he assisted in clearing up and
improving the farm in Ripley County, and after the death of his father he inherited part
of the homestead. He was engaged i!
n farming and stock raising there until his death at the age of sixty-four. He married
Emeline Jolly, who was born in Ripley County, daughter of George and Harriet (Snedecker)
Jolly, her father coming from Virginia, while her mother was of Pennsylvania Dutch
ancestry. Mrs. Emeline Morrow died in 1892, leaving four children. Judge Morrow spent his
boyhood and early youth on the homestead in Ripley County, attended a One-room country
school, and he is old enough to have seen some of the practices and customs of the pioneer
age. The household in which he grew up had no cook stove and he has watched his mother
many times prepare meals at the fireplace. Sheep were kept on the farm and his mother
carded, spun and wove the wool into cloth, and homespun clothing made up most of the
garments worn by adults and children. The dyes for coloring the cloth were
obtained chiefly from the use of the black walnut. Judge Morrow recalls when
candles were still the chief source!
of illumination, and households that had kerosene lamps were considered rather
luxurious. Judge Morrow after leaving the rural schools took a normal course at Marion,
graduated with the Bachelor of Science degree and for a number of years taught school, his
earnings as a teacher paying the expenses of his higher education. In 1906 he was
graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and in the
same year was admitted to the bar and located at Anderson. Judge Morrow carried on
a very successful law practice until he was elected judge of the Circuit Court in 1926. He
is a member of the Madison County and Indiana State Bar Associations, belongs to the
Kiwanis Club and is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. Judge Morrow
married, in 1913, Miss Bertha H. Hyatt, who was born at Greensburg, Indiana, daughter of
Corydon and Elizabeth Hyatt. Mrs. Morrow passed away at the age of thirty-seven, leaving a
daughter, Emeline. J!
udge Morrow’s second wife is Marguerite Williamson, daughter of George and Eve Williamson,
of Sweetser, Indiana.