William Henry Morrish, for several years a prominent agriculturist of Fairmount, Grant county, Indiana, was born in Devonshire, England, April 17, 1853. His parents were John and Catherine (Cole) Morrish, and his grandfather was Philip Morrish. His grandfather had a large family of children, and ten comprised his father's family, only five of whom are now living, namely: Eliza, Fannie, Maria, James and William H.

        Mr. Morrish spent his youth in his native land, attending school until his tenth year, when he left home and began working on a farm. He continued at this work until his twentieth year, when he set sail from his native country for America, and landed in Quebec, Canada. He first located in Thorndale province, but soon afterward came to Indiana and settled in Fairmount township, Grant county, where he secured employment from Nixon Winslow, for whom he worked many years. A longing to see old scenes and faces induced him to return to the home of his youth, and there he carried on gardening for a time. March 12, 1883, he was joined in wedlock with Miss Elizabeth Tucker, a daughter of Edward and Eliza (Ward) Tucker, and one month later set out once more for America. This time he landed at Halifax and at once came to Fairmount, where he settled on a tract of eighty acres, and has since been known as one of the foremost and progressive farmers of the township. He gives his entire attention to his work of general farming and has been wonderfully successful.

        Mrs. Morrish was born May 19, 1854 and has borne her husband four children, all sons, viz.: John Edward, who was born February 4, 1884; Archer James, born December 11, 1887; Charles William, born March 13, 1889; and Ralph, born January 15, 1892. The ceremony which united Mr. and Mrs. Morrish as husband and wife was solemnized in the city of London. They both have a birthright in the Church of England and are people who would be a credit to any community.