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a demand that would have overcome his
indifference to
display and publicity. Three of his sons were promi-
nent in their day: Rev. B. F. Morris,
the author of his
life; Jonathan D. Morris, who served
two terms as
congressman from Ohio; Isaac N. Morris,
who served
two terms as congressman from Illinois
and was ap-
pointed by President Grant commissioner
for the Union
Pacific Railway in 1869. If a
daguerreotype or paint-
ing of the Senator is in the possession
of any of the
descendants of these sons, it may yet
be found. If it
should be discovered, it will be
interesting to note how
nearly it corresponds with the picture
on the walls of
the memory of the veteran physician,
Dr. Thompson
of Bethel, which has been reproduced by
the pen of
Richard M. Brand.
GRANT MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
Judge Hugh L. Nichols, Chairman of the
Grant
Centenary Committee, sends us the
following statement
in regard to this Highway:
"The Grant Memorial Road,
so-called, is that part of the
Ohio River Road running between New
Richmond on the west
and Point Pleasant on the east, a
distance of five miles. The
road to New Richmond from Cincinnati is
in good condition and
in order to make the birthplace of
General Grant accessible it is
the purpose of the Committee to build a
highway from New
Richmond to Point Pleasant so that the
public may have the
benefit of it.
"Congress, in February last,
passed a special bill authorizing
the coinage of 10,000 gold dollars
and 250,000 silver half-dollars,
the gold dollars now selling for $3.00
a piece and the silver
halves for $1.00 each. A great many of
these coins have already
been sold and it is the purpose of the
Committee in charge to
devote, in a large measure, the premium
to the building of this
road. Of course we expect direct
Federal and State aid in the
matter and from this three-fold source
we are confident within