Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol XXII, July 1914, No. 7, page 326 Col. Benjamin Morris Benjamin Morris was born in Virginia in 1829, and in that State grew to manhood. In 1856 he was married to Miss Roxana Blair of Clayton, Ala., and a year later he removed to Clayton and was the first man in his community to enlist in the Confederate cause. He went out as captain of the Clayton Guards, and in due time was promoted to the colonelcy of his regiment, the 29th Alabama Infantry. It was his good fortune not to receive the slightest wound during his service. After the war he went to Eufaula, Ala., and was a successful merchant. In 1882 he went to Texas and settled at Rhome, In Wise County, where he spent the rest of his life. He died on the 17th of March 1913, survived by his faithful wife and eight of their twelve children. He was a member of the Methodist Church.