Bishop Henry Clay Morrison and his wife Elizabeth Stoner Morrison
While the Morrison family isn't immortalized in the name of the Mote-Morris House,Bishop Henry Clay Morrison is forever linked with the Methodist church. Morrison United Methodist Church is named for him. Morrison moved to Leesburg with the idea of buying a retirement home in 1908. He purchased the Mote's home,which was just rebounding after a period of declining attendance. After struggling and seeing attendance drop from 200 in1896, to around 100 by the turn of the century,and 87 in 1905, the Methodist church began to grow again with 88 members in 1906. The 1910 census lists the Morrison family and those living in the house.It included Morrison and his wife,two grown sons, one daughter-in-law and five grandchildren.After Morrison died the house was sold to John S. Morris in 1918
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