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W. Nathan Morris, now just in the prime of an active and well-spent life, is a successful agriculturist of this region. He was born in Stewart County, Tenn., in 1850, to the union of Rev. James T. Morris and Eliza (Weeks) Morris, a sketch of whom immediately precedes this. Nathan Morris passed his boyhood days at home, until he became of age, shortly after which he bought an improved farm, and commenced life for himself. Active and persevering in his adopted calling, he now owns 1,300 acres of land in this county, in different tracts, about 400 acres of which are under cultivation; 245 acres of improved land comprise the home farm, and here he resides, enjoying wide respect. In 1886 he built a cotton-gin, and now has one of the finest gins in this part of the State, fitted throughout with new machinery. The following year he built a saw-mill, and at this time is engaged also in getting out lumber. Mr. Morris is a member of the Masonic order, and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is public-spirited and energetic, and by a life of honorable deportment has gained universal esteem.