Margaret E. Morris

The following biography relating to a sister of Mrs. A.C. Brookings is published
in The Watchmen's Baptist Journal issued at Boston.

The first Baptist church of Bridgeport has been very sorely bereaved in the death
of Mrs. Margaret E. Morris the beloved wife of the senior deacon, Marshall E.
Morris, which occurred at midnight of Sunday, the 6th.

Mrs. Morris was the daughter of Christopher and Margaret R. Winters, of
Mt. Palatins, Ill., where she was born in 1841; in 1856 the family moved to
DuQuoin, southern Illinois, and there met Mr. Morris, whom she married in
1858.

In 1866, Mr. and Mrs. Morris with their family moved to Bridgeport, Ct.,
where in 1869 they united by letter to the first Baptist Church.

Mrs. Morris was a woman of strong Christian character, mature
judgement, vigorous intellect, with a well balanced mind; progressive
in spirit, a devoted Christian and a loyal Baptist.

For many years she was prominent in all the concerned her church,
and was a cheerful and efficient helpmeet to her husband in the
discharge of his duties of the office as deacon in the church where
he has faithfully served for many years, her last act being the
preparation of the elements of the communion service the morning
of the day on which she died.

She was always greatly interested in, and in full sympathy with,
not only the local church, but also the cause of foreign, home,
and state missions, a faithful reader of the denominational literature,
and alive to all the great problems denominational and Christian activity.

Though always quite and unobtrusive in her beneficence, she was
closely identified with many charitable and benevolent institutions
in the community, ever ready to respond to the numerous calls that
came to her, with her heart open to the needs of the sick and the poor.

Mrs. Morris' long residence in the city, and her marked devotion to
the highest ideals in her religious and family life, have given her a
large circle of warm and cherished friends among whom her loss
will be deeply felt.

She leaves besides her husband, two sons, Louis and Paul,
two daughters, Maude M. Hinks and Grace E. Baseick, and
five grandchildren.

By another affliction, on Oct. 24, their eldest and highly esteemed
grandson, Robert Marshall Morris, after an illness of only five days
was called to his reward. He was 25 years of age, and had been
united with the First church by baptism, in January 1900.
He had been married to Miss Catherine Merwin only six weeks
before his death.

The family has the warmest and most heartful sympathy
of the church and the community.