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| | Handbook of Texas Online: MORRIS, STEPHEN DECATUR |
 | | Stephen Decatur Morris, lawyer, early settler, and railroad advocate, son of Mary (Batchelor) and Aquilla Morris, was born in Halifax County, North Carolina, in 1819. |
 | | After studying at the University of North Carolina he went to Coosa County, Alabama, where he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and, on January 5, 1842, married Mary Elizabeth Bradford. |
 | | Morris Papers, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin. |
| www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/MM/fmo65.html (210 words) |
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