Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
Harold L. Morris, 8 South 43 West
Harold cash-claimed a quarter in section 23, 8S 43W in 1906.
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June 1911 Breckenridge, Colorado "H. L. Morris, a Blue river
ranch man, drove through Breckenridge Thursday in a fine
60-horse power automobile, which he had just purchased in Denver.
Ben S. Revett rode up from the big town along."
August 1913 Breckenridge "Miss Sallie Lewis
Brown, daughter of Mrs. H. L. Morris,
has as her guests for the summer, at the Morris
mansion, the Misses Thankful Bickmore and
Dorothy Sachs. The three young ladies returned
from a week's visit in Leadville yesterday."
"Miss Thankful Bickmore, niece of Mrs. H. L. Morris, concluded an extended visit on the Morris ranch Tuesday and returned to her home in Denver."
March 7, 1923 Steamboat Springs, Colorado "The Denver papers report simple funeral services Friday
forming the last scene in the interesting life story of Harold L. Morris, soldier,
sportsman, protegee of wealth. He died of cerebral bemorrhage at Mount Airy sanitarium,
February 24.
In 1912 Harold Morris, owning a large ranch in Summit county altho as a matter of
fact making his home in Denver, was Democratic candidate for state senator from
this district but was defeated in the primary by Thomas H. lies.
Born of a Scottish immigrant family, in Michigan, forty-three years ago,
Morris as a boy found favor with the family of Benjamin B. Brown, one of Colorado's
best known mining magnates, was received as a member, and, at the age of
thirty years, married the elderly white-haired widow after Brown's death at Nice,
France. The marriage lasted until 1916, wheu they were divorced,
because it was said, of the wide difference in ages.
In less than a year, Morris married a young book saleswoman after a romance
stimulated by mutual love of literature. She was Miss Isabel Donovan,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Donovan of _Denver.
Benjamin B. Brown died Dec. 29, 1907, while seeking health in the south of
France. Altho he was reputed one of the wealthiest men in Colorado,
by a chain of incidents he left his widow without ready funds at Nice,
and she was forced to cable home for money with which to pay her hotel bill.
The marriage of the protege and the widow three years later was a total
surprise to Denver society, and as they appeared to live together in perfect
amity, their divorce in 1916 also was unexpected.
The divorce proceedings were conducted in a spirit entirely friendly,
and the two parted with an exchange of warm compliments. Thereafter Morris
was a constant patron of the large book store where Miss Donovan was employed.
This marriage, on June 2, 1917, caused no surprise. They said their similar tastes
for books had first drawn them together. Benjamin B. Brown had
been interested in the Colorado National Guard, and had awakened his
protege's enthusiasm at an early age.
Morris joined the guard as soon as he was old enough,
played a prominent part in upbuilding it,
and was a captain when he resigned on Aug. 1, 1917.
He was an ardent hunter and fisherman and in 1916
remained several months on a yawl in Hawaiian waters,
seeking deep sea fish and succeeding so well with his
catches that he was accorded wide publicity.
Morris was the owner of a large ranch near Dillon,
Colo., and lived there several years,
before failing health forced him to enter the Denver
hospital on May 1, 1921."
THIS IS A DIFFERENT HAROLD MORRIS
February 19, 1919 Steamboat Springs "Harold Morris left last
week for Lexington, Neb., after spending several months here with
his sister, Mrs. John. Mosher."
October 17, 1930 "Harold Morris and Paul Whaley of Cozad,
Nebr., went with Warren Rider to the Meeker section to
hunt deer. Mr. Morris is a brother and Mr. Whaley,
a brother-in-law of Mrs. Will Muirhead and Mrs. John Mosher.
Their father, R. H. Morris, and Mrs. Whaley are visiting them
also."
IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION ON THE HAROLD MORRIS OF KIT CARSON COUNTY, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
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