Morrison - Samuel A. - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Samuel A. Morrison is reported to be in a dying condition at Pasadena, Cal. His relatives have been summoned from LaPorte. He has been a sufferer from consumption for several months.

Mr. Morrison has many friends in Crawfordsville, having been a student at Wabash College for four years, graduating in 1890. After leaving college he took a position in the Indianapolis National Bank with T. P. Haughey, and afterward went to the Fletcher Bank. He has for several years been assistant cashier of that institution.

Mr. Morrison was two years ago secretary of the Indiana Bankers’ Association. He is thirty two years old. He was married in 1894 to Miss Alice Failey, daughter of James F. Failey, who lived but a year and a half. He was afterward married to Miss Alice Woods, daughter of the late Judge Woods, of the United States Circuit Court, from whom he was divorced a few months later, and a year ago he was married to Miss Kauffman, of Marquette, Mich. -s

Note: not an obit per se but putting here for biographical information

The many friends of Samuel A. Morrison in this city will regret to hear of his death which occurred Wednesday at Pasadena, Calif. Mr. Morrison was in Wabash College four years, graduating in 1890. He was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and very popular in society during his residence here. The following account is from the Indianapolis Sentinel:

“Samuel A. Morrison, assistant cashier of the Fletcher National Bank and president of the Hamilton-Dynes lumber company, died Wednesday at Pasadena, Calif., of consumption after a lingering illness of over a year. The arrangements for the funeral have not been made. It is not known yet whether the body will be buried here or at the old home at LaPorte.

Mr. Morrison was in his thirty third year, and had been actively connected for several years with the banking interests of the city and state. He was secretary of the Indiana Bankers’ Association for several years, and also of the Indianapolis Bankers’ Association. He was born at LaPorte, where his father was a prominent banker and lumber merchant.

Mr. Morrison left this city Dec. 31, 1900, for San Antonio, Tex., in search of health. He stayed there till June last, when he joined a party that was making a horseback tour through the mountains. He was with this party but a few days when he was compelled to stop. He was taken to a hotel and a special car carried him under care of physicians to California, where he had since remained.