Morrow - Ebbert Monroe
Source: Crawfordsille Review 11 July 1916
E.M. Morrow, formerly of this county has sold his hardware business at Lebanon to JP Hooton, Floyd Warrell and Alex Cory. The Morrow family have been in the hardware business in Lebanon for about one year. When interviewed members of the firm stated that for the present their attention will be paid to managing the farm owned by them in Montgomery County. What their plans for the future are have not been announced.
Source: Lafayette Journal and Courier 24 January 1931
Trial of the case of the Crawfordsville Trust Company, receiver for the Farmers Supply Company, linden against Ebbert M. Morrow, Elizabeth Morrow and Monroe Morrow, will begin before a jury in the Tippecanoe Superior Court Monday. Special judge Joseph A. Andrew will preside.
The plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of $5,000 with interest from November 1, 1920 which sum the complain alleges was unlawfully converted to the use of the defendants while they were conducting the Farmers Supply Company.
The defendants, conducting a hardware store at Linden in 1920, promoted the organization of the Farmers Supply Company and the business was turned into the corporation with Ebbert M. Morrow being made manager, which continued until January 27, 1922 the complaint states.
When the corporation took over the business, the Morrows were largely indebted to various persons, the complaint alleges and especially to trade creditors. It is alleged that the defendants converted $5,000 of the corporation's funds to their own use. The sum of $6,000 is asked in the suit. The suit was filed in the Montgomery Circuit Court at Crawfordsville Oct 25, 1922 and was brought to TIppecanoe COunty on a change of venue on Feb 27, 1924. Ristine & Ristine and Chase Harding of Crawfordsville are attorneys for the plaintiff and Foley & Foley of Crawfordsville are defending the Morrows.
A special venire of 12 names has been crawn by Jury Commissioners Louyis Stitz and John Bixler and County Clerk Ottos C. Neumann for use as prospective jury members as follows: Charles E. Cory, Fairfield Township; John C. Kessinger, Perry; George Bowkamp, Tippecanoe; August Eng, Wabash; John Halmer, Perry; Harley T. Roudebush, Wea; Albert A. Bosch, Shelby; Ora L. Loveless, Lauramie; Stinson Clark, Fairfield; Emil ELliott, Sheffield; Charles E. Gant, Lauramie and Robert O. Clawson, Fairfield.
Source: Lafayette Journal and Courier Friday 2 Feb 1940 p 12
Mechanicsburg - Feb 1 - Ebbert Monroe Morrow, Montgomery County native who had operated hardware stores in Crawfordsville; Linden; New Richmond and Lebanon died at his home here today. Eight children survive. The funeral will be held here Saturday. Mr. Morrow as Coal Creek Township trustee was said to have awarded the first Indiana school bus contract.