HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes,
Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, Vol. III,
p. 1168. [Jefferson Co.]

JOHN MASON MORRIS, M. D., is a native son of the Blue Grass state, born
in Henry county, Kentucky, on the 25th day of April, 1861.  He is a
prominent member of the medical profession of Louisville and his marked
ability and careful preparation have gained him distinction in the line
of his chosen work.  He is the son of David Morris, who as a native of
Woodford county, Kentucky.  The great-grandfather Morris and his brother
came over from Ireland in Colonial days, one settling in the North and
one in Virginia.  The mother of the Doctor was Amanda Watkins, the
daughter John Watkins, a Kentuckian.  The father of our subject died in
1896, at the age of seventy-six years, and the mother died in May, 1910,
aged eighty-three years.
     Dr. Morris was reared on the farm.  He graduated from Fairmount
College, Henry county, in 1886, and then taught in that institution for
two years.  He was graduated from the medical department of the
University of Louisville in 1887, and began the practice of medicine in
association with his brother, W. J., in Sulphur, Kentucky, and in 1891 he
located in Louisville.  He has been on the staff of St. Anthony's Hospital
since the founding of that institution in 1904.  He is a member of the
Jefferson County Medical Society, the Kentucky State Medical Society, the
Louisville Clinical Society, the Louisville Society, the Kentucky State
Medical Society, the Louisville Clinical Society, the Louisville Society
of Medicine, the Mississippi Valley Medical Society, the American Medical
Association and the National Anti-Tuberculois Congress.
     The Doctor is a deacon of Frankfort Avenue Baptist church.  He was
married in June, 1891, to Fronia L. Shouse, who was born in Henry county,
Kentucky, the daughter of Dudley L. Shouse.  To this union three daughters
have been born: Fannie Newton, aged sixteen years; Helen, aged eight years;
and Edith Mason, aged four years.  As a physician Dr. Morris ranks among
the most skilled in this part of the state, and is constantly broadening
his knowledge and promoting his efficiency as a practitioner by reading,
investigation and experiment.  By his skill he has attained high standing
and is meeting with excellent financial success as well.

Morris Watkins Shouse
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Sulphur-Henry-KY Woodford-KY VA Ireland

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