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- Oneonta Star
July 3, 1952
Clifford Richard Morris, 72, of 5 Maple St., former Oneonta feed store owner and alderman, died about 4:45 p.m. yesterday at Fox hospital, following an attack of pneumonia.
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Mr. Morris was born July 25, 1879, in Oneonta, the son of Albert and Mary J. (Birdsall) Morris. He married Florence Louisa Chrisler on December 29, 1903 at the Coopertown Christ Church, with the Rev. Ralph Birdsall performing the ceremony.
He recieved his education in local schools and Poughkeepsie Business College. Mr. Morris engaged for a time in the furniture business, later became associated in the Morris brothers Feed Mill here. He retired in 1924.
He was a third degree Mason for 50 years, and an alderman from the Second Ward for six years. He was also a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the former Oneonta club and a charter member of the Oneonta Country Club.
In addition to his wife. he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. T. S. Cowan, Binghampton, and Mrs. Thomas Price Stratten, Johannesburg, South Africa; two brothers, Albert Vail Morris, Wah. D.C., William Maxwell Morris, New York; two nieces, Mrs. Robert Gardner, Mrs. Ernest Presig.
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