Morris, New York

Laura Harris's sixth grade class of 1944, which graduated 18 students from MCS in 1950. Her daughter, Nan Harris is first student to her left.

Don Foote, back row 3rd from left. Eugene Bettiol, 2nd row, 4th from right. Gene Foote 1st row, 2nd from left. Back row far right looks like he is Bob Klindt's brother.

Earl [Sonny] Boyd, 2nd row, 2nd from right.

A few maps of Morris, both town and village.

Two from

Atlas of Otsego County, NY, 1868
Published by F.W. Beers, A.D. Ellis and G.G. Soule
assisted by F.S. Fulmer and others.
95 Maiden Lane, New York

Another from

New Century Atlas
Otsego County, NY, 1903
Century Map, Company

Source of the best scans was

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-c004-a3d9-e040-e00a18...

1916 Sanborn Insurance Company Map --

In the PDF attached below you can view the pages of the directory that pertain to Morris, N. Y. and a map of Otsego County. Or you can download the entire 1872-1873 directory which runs 544 pages so expect the download to take few minutes.

If you want to look further back you can choose to download an 1813 Gazetteer of the State of New York by Spafford.

1885
BACK ROW L. to R. John Bellamy, George Joslyn, William Sanderson, Nelson Moore, John McNitt, W.D. Johnson, Ed. Carpenter, Asel Avery.

MIDDLE ROW Will Hoke, Harry Ward, R.R. Ripley, Clem. Carpenter, Dr. Hall. J. McNitt.

FRONT ROW Henry Wallace, Lynn Kenyon, Perry Foote, Volney Hoke, Arnold Potter, Ed Watson, Bert Weedon.

For details known about each fireman please scroll down below the photograph.

Title: New Century Atlas of Otsego County, New York: With Farm Records by the Company's Corps of Expert Engineers and Draughtsmen
Publisher Century Map Company, 1903
Length 93 pages Width 33 inches, Height 19 1/2 inches

A great grandson of Erle Amariah Smith, Sr, seen seated in the photo below, sent images of the Class of 1900 photo. The Morris Central School Class of 1950 did some research and compiled a list of the class members and reported on later developments in their lives. Click on the photo to see a larger image. Close that window to return here.