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GEORGE WILLIAM MORRIS
(SEPTEMBER 6. 1896 TO TANUARY 20, 1963)
The following was written by my mom Sarah (Daley) Morris
around 1966
and by his son Don in 1995
George William Morris was born September 6, 1896 in Carlinville,
Illinois. He lived on the family farm and attended Carlinville High School
where he was the Captain of the 1914 undefeated football team and he
was a four year letterman in basketball and track. George Morris was one
of the first men in the state of Illinois to run the 100 yard dash in 10
seconds flat, which he accomplished in 1914.
George Morris married Sarah Elizabeth Daley on August 4, 1920 in
Carlinville, Illinois. George "Dinty" Morris was born in 1921 on the Morris
farm in Carlinville. In 1922 the Morris family traveled by Model-T Ford
along with two couples from Carlinville -- Martha and Hurley Fite and
Aldle and Emma Harkey. The trip took 21 days to reach San Francisco,
California.
After a short time in Northern California where George Morris was
employed as a Standard Oil Company roustabout in the oil fields, they
moved to Los Angeles, California where George was again associated with
Standard Oil Company.
On March 13, 1930, a son, Don Monte Morris, was born in Hollywood,
California.
George Morris was a veteran of World War I and served from 1918 to
1920. He enlisted in the United States Army in Chicago, Illinois, as soon as
the first word was heard about a declaration of war. He received a
Presidential Citation upon his death from President John F. Kennedy. In
later years he owned and operated the Old Corral Restaurant in La Verne,
California. After 17 years he retired from operating the restaurant. One
day after retirement he passed away from a heart attack.
As a mark of his patriotism, after the broadcast on the attack on Pearl
Harbor, George Morris was the first volunteer in Southern California to sign
up for the Civil Defense Warden responsibility. This was after he tried to
enlist in the US Army and he found out that he was beyond the age of
enlistment for the Armed Forces.
