Noted Lawyer Called Before Highest Court. He Had Served County And Government In Active Career.
Charles B. Morrison, prominent attorney and resident of Dixon for many years, passed away at his home, 122 Dement avenue at 4:30 this morning, death resulting from heart complications. In his passing the bar of Illinois loses one of its most able and active members. Funeral services will be conducted from the family residence Wednesday afternoon with interment in the family lot in Oakwood.
Charles B. Morrison was born January 29, 1853 in Broom county, New York, his family moving to Marion township, this county, when he was six months old. He was the son of Mr.and Mrs. Abram Morrison. He obtained his early schooling in Marion township and Amboy, after which he taught in the Amboy schools, later attending and graduating from the Union College of Law in Chicago. Upon his graduation from the latter institution he begin the practice of law in Dixon. He was united in marriage to Emma L. Mason, June 18, 1879. For 16 years he served as State's Attorney of Lee county.
Honored By Government. In the practice of law in this city he was associated with the late S. H. Bethea for a number of years and later moved to Chicago with his law partner. He served as United States District Attorney in Chicago for several years and resigned this position when he was appointed by George H. Wickersham, then attorney General, as a special assistant with Frank B. Kellogg J. Harwood Graves and Cordenio A. Severance to represent the Government in the prosecution of its anti-trust cases against packing companies and later against the Standard Oil Company.
Upon the completion of this work, he practiced in partnership with Charles LeRoy Brown, a son of Dr. G. W. I. Brown, formerly of Dixon. In 1910 he was appointed Master-In-Chancery of the United States Circuit Court in Chicago, which position he held until his retirement from active practice in March 1931.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma L. Morrison of this city, and three daughters, Mrs. Bess L. Schroeder of Racine, Wis., Mrs. Lucile D. Matthews of Evanston and Mrs. Mary J. Warner of Dixon. One sister, Mrs. Affie Ackert of Storm Lake, Iowa, also survives.
Source: Dixon Evening Telegraph, Dixon, Illinois, April 25, 1932 Page 1
Charles B. Morrison, prominent attorney and resident of Dixon for many years, passed away at his home, 122 Dement avenue at 4:30 this morning, death resulting from heart complications. In his passing the bar of Illinois loses one of its most able and active members. Funeral services will be conducted from the family residence Wednesday afternoon with interment in the family lot in Oakwood.
Charles B. Morrison was born January 29, 1853 in Broom county, New York, his family moving to Marion township, this county, when he was six months old. He was the son of Mr.and Mrs. Abram Morrison. He obtained his early schooling in Marion township and Amboy, after which he taught in the Amboy schools, later attending and graduating from the Union College of Law in Chicago. Upon his graduation from the latter institution he begin the practice of law in Dixon. He was united in marriage to Emma L. Mason, June 18, 1879. For 16 years he served as State's Attorney of Lee county.
Honored By Government. In the practice of law in this city he was associated with the late S. H. Bethea for a number of years and later moved to Chicago with his law partner. He served as United States District Attorney in Chicago for several years and resigned this position when he was appointed by George H. Wickersham, then attorney General, as a special assistant with Frank B. Kellogg J. Harwood Graves and Cordenio A. Severance to represent the Government in the prosecution of its anti-trust cases against packing companies and later against the Standard Oil Company.
Upon the completion of this work, he practiced in partnership with Charles LeRoy Brown, a son of Dr. G. W. I. Brown, formerly of Dixon. In 1910 he was appointed Master-In-Chancery of the United States Circuit Court in Chicago, which position he held until his retirement from active practice in March 1931.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma L. Morrison of this city, and three daughters, Mrs. Bess L. Schroeder of Racine, Wis., Mrs. Lucile D. Matthews of Evanston and Mrs. Mary J. Warner of Dixon. One sister, Mrs. Affie Ackert of Storm Lake, Iowa, also survives.
Source: Dixon Evening Telegraph, Dixon, Illinois, April 25, 1932 Page 1
Noted Lawyer Called Before Highest Court. He Had Served County And Government In Active Career.
Charles B. Morrison, prominent attorney and resident of Dixon for many years, passed away at his home, 122 Dement avenue at 4:30 this morning, death resulting from heart complications. In his passing the bar of Illinois loses one of its most able and active members. Funeral services will be conducted from the family residence Wednesday afternoon with interment in the family lot in Oakwood.
Charles B. Morrison was born January 29, 1853 in Broom county, New York, his family moving to Marion township, this county, when he was six months old. He was the son of Mr.and Mrs. Abram Morrison. He obtained his early schooling in Marion township and Amboy, after which he taught in the Amboy schools, later attending and graduating from the Union College of Law in Chicago. Upon his graduation from the latter institution he begin the practice of law in Dixon. He was united in marriage to Emma L. Mason, June 18, 1879. For 16 years he served as State's Attorney of Lee county.
Honored By Government. In the practice of law in this city he was associated with the late S. H. Bethea for a number of years and later moved to Chicago with his law partner. He served as United States District Attorney in Chicago for several years and resigned this position when he was appointed by George H. Wickersham, then attorney General, as a special assistant with Frank B. Kellogg J. Harwood Graves and Cordenio A. Severance to represent the Government in the prosecution of its anti-trust cases against packing companies and later against the Standard Oil Company.
Upon the completion of this work, he practiced in partnership with Charles LeRoy Brown, a son of Dr. G. W. I. Brown, formerly of Dixon. In 1910 he was appointed Master-In-Chancery of the United States Circuit Court in Chicago, which position he held until his retirement from active practice in March 1931.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma L. Morrison of this city, and three daughters, Mrs. Bess L. Schroeder of Racine, Wis., Mrs. Lucile D. Matthews of Evanston and Mrs. Mary J. Warner of Dixon. One sister, Mrs. Affie Ackert of Storm Lake, Iowa, also survives.
Source: Dixon Evening Telegraph, Dixon, Illinois, April 25, 1932 Page 1
Charles B. Morrison, prominent attorney and resident of Dixon for many years, passed away at his home, 122 Dement avenue at 4:30 this morning, death resulting from heart complications. In his passing the bar of Illinois loses one of its most able and active members. Funeral services will be conducted from the family residence Wednesday afternoon with interment in the family lot in Oakwood.
Charles B. Morrison was born January 29, 1853 in Broom county, New York, his family moving to Marion township, this county, when he was six months old. He was the son of Mr.and Mrs. Abram Morrison. He obtained his early schooling in Marion township and Amboy, after which he taught in the Amboy schools, later attending and graduating from the Union College of Law in Chicago. Upon his graduation from the latter institution he begin the practice of law in Dixon. He was united in marriage to Emma L. Mason, June 18, 1879. For 16 years he served as State's Attorney of Lee county.
Honored By Government. In the practice of law in this city he was associated with the late S. H. Bethea for a number of years and later moved to Chicago with his law partner. He served as United States District Attorney in Chicago for several years and resigned this position when he was appointed by George H. Wickersham, then attorney General, as a special assistant with Frank B. Kellogg J. Harwood Graves and Cordenio A. Severance to represent the Government in the prosecution of its anti-trust cases against packing companies and later against the Standard Oil Company.
Upon the completion of this work, he practiced in partnership with Charles LeRoy Brown, a son of Dr. G. W. I. Brown, formerly of Dixon. In 1910 he was appointed Master-In-Chancery of the United States Circuit Court in Chicago, which position he held until his retirement from active practice in March 1931.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma L. Morrison of this city, and three daughters, Mrs. Bess L. Schroeder of Racine, Wis., Mrs. Lucile D. Matthews of Evanston and Mrs. Mary J. Warner of Dixon. One sister, Mrs. Affie Ackert of Storm Lake, Iowa, also survives.
Source: Dixon Evening Telegraph, Dixon, Illinois, April 25, 1932 Page 1
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