Thomas Morrow
6 Jan 1840 - 6 Jul 1906
diedArizona, USA
bornWebster County, Kentucky, USA
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BiographyFarmer and cattle rancher.Came to Tempe c1873.
When he was a child, his family moved to Missouri. In 1864, he moved to Ft. Union, New Mexico, then to Texas, and in 1871, to Arizona. He was one of first homesteaders in Tempe area. In 1883 he donated land on the corner of his ranch for the site of Rural School, the first school building in the south Tempe area. He was an associate of the Farmers and Merchants Bank in 1896. He also served as a Zanjero on the Tempe Canal, a Director of the Tempe Irrigating Canal Company, and several terms as a Trustee for Tempe School District #3.
BIO-Morrow
Old Settlers Collection, THM
Maricopa County Great Register, 1882
Federal census, 1880, 1900
Territory of Arizona vs. Alfredo Brown, 1881
HPS-102
Portrait and Biog Record (1901)
Hopkins and Thomas, The ASU Story, p. 119
Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe
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