RICHARD MORRISSEY, Sec. 5; P. O. Bloomington; owns 400 acres land, valued at $40 per acre; born in Ireland in 1840; came to America in 1857, and in 1858 settled on his present farm. Married Mary A. Hawks, a native of Ireland; they have four children - Delbert, William, Addie and Myrtle.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.