Morris, William Groves, 1825-1918.

Morris was a carpenter and millwright from Dallas, Gaston County, N.C., who served as captain and lieutenant colonel of the 37th North Carolina Regiment during the Civil War.

William Groves Morris (1825-1918) was a carpenter and millwright from Dallas, Gaston County, N.C., who served as captain and lieutenant colonel of the 37th North Carolina Regiment in eastern North Carolina and Virginia, 1861-1863; was captured at Gettysburg; and was imprisoned at Johnson's Island, Ohio until February 1865. After the war he returned home to Gaston County where he continued as a carpenter and farmer and served one term in the state legislature. Morris and his wife Louisa Costner Morris had nine children.