Asa Warren Morris [1826-1891]

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Asa Warren Morris [1826-1891]

Entry/Object ID

2021.15.20

Description

Asa Warren Morris [1826-1891], California pioneer. Asa Warren Morris (the pioneer) was the second son of Ephraim Morris and Martha Roseberry, of Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Asa joined the 1850 Jefferson California Company wagon train bound for the California gold rush. After a failed mining career, he rode his horse down into the Sacramento Valley in 1852, and squatted on 160 acres of land in Yolo County, California. Asa had two wives: 1. Jane Zimmerman (1837-1869) of Greene County; 2. Mary Alice Campbell (1853-1944). Asa and Mary Alice were second cousins. Her parents, William Campbell and Elizabeth Hughes, were both born in Greene County. Asa served as a County Supervisor and laid out the roads in northern Yolo County. His namesake nephew, Asa W. Morris (dairyman), came to California in 1879 to work for his uncle. Both men lived out their lives in California. Original, no photographer listed. Photo courtesy of Audrey Hermle, Yolo, California. Photo was used in the research for the children’s book Asa and the Holstein Queen, by Lynne Gough.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Morris, Asa Warren [1826-1891]

Collection

Lynne Gough Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1865 - circa 1875

Lexicon

Search Terms

Morris family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

MORR-AN001-0020

Web Links and URLs

Asa and the Holstein Queen

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Morris-Call Series - Lynne Gough Collection

Owner/Agent

Gough, Lynne

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2016

Notes

The Morris-Call Series photographs and research notes were compiled by Lynne Gough (descendant of the Morris and Call families of Greene County) while doing research for her children’s book, Asa and the Holstein Queen. Each photograph includes an explanation of its provenance. The images and related history were shared by Lynne with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2016. Source Citation: Asa Warren Morris [1826-1891]; circa 1865-1875; item no. MORR-AN001-0020, Lynne Gough Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).