Morrow, Elmer.
Elmer Morrow, originally from West Virginia, served in the Civil War, and moved to Omaha in 1865 with the intention of becoming a farmer. The severity of the first winter there discouraged him, so instead he held many different jobs: bookkeeping, hotel clerking, working in the express business, working in the engineer corps of the Union Pacific Railroad, founding an academy and serving as its principal. In 1866 he ran for state representative and lost, and in 1868 he worked as an investigator of election practices. Clara Johnson Morrow, from Wellsburg, West Virginia, married him in 1867.
From the description of Elmer Morrow letters to Clara Johnson Morrow, 1864-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702138309
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| creatorOf | Morrow, Elmer. Elmer Morrow letters to Clara Johnson Morrow, 1864-1868. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
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| associatedWith | Johnson, Nettie. | person |
| associatedWith | Morrow, Clara Johnson. | person |
| associatedWith | Morrow, Robert, fl. 1866-1867. | person |
| associatedWith | Union Pacific Railroad Company. | corporateBody |
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| Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) |
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