Henry Lee Morey


Henry Lee Morey was an officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and a politician and U. S. Congressman after the war.

Henry L. Morey was born in Milford Township near Collinsville, Butler County, Ohio. He was a son of William and Derexa Morey, and the greatgrandson of Revolutionary War officer Silas Morey and grandson of Revolutionary soldier Anthony Whitcomb. William Morey in his early life was a hatter and to buy furs he occasionally visited New Orleans, where he witnessed the workings of slavery. He abhorred what he saw and became a radical abolitionist. Returning to Ohio he opened his home as part of the Underground Railroad, and was well known as a friend of the black man.

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