Background
Spoonts, Morris Augustus was born on November 7, 1857 in in Bell Company, Texas, United States. Son of Joseph and Mary E. (Vanderbilt) Spoonts.
Spoonts, Morris Augustus was born on November 7, 1857 in in Bell Company, Texas, United States. Son of Joseph and Mary E. (Vanderbilt) Spoonts.
Educational public schools, Texas, and by private tutors.
Admitted to bar, 1878. Practiced Abilene, Texas, 1878-1889, Fort Worth, Texas, since 1889. Now member of law firm Spoonts & Thompson.
Firm are attorneys for several railway and other corpns.
Judge company court, Texas, 1888. General counsel and director Fort Worth & Denver City Railway corporation since 1890.
Member Texas Bar Association (president, 1900-1901), American Bar Association (member general council since 1904).
Married Belton, Texas, March 22, 1879, Josephine Puett.