Mrs. Frances "Franky" McQuigg Stewart (1841-1918) was niece to Esther Hobart Morris, and first cousin to Mrs. Morris’ sons, Edward "Archie" Slack, Robert C. Morris, and Edward Morris. Mrs. Morris and her sons were all prominent citizens of Wyoming Territory and the State of Wyoming.

Esther Hobart McQuigg was born in 1812 in the state of New York. Orphaned at the age of 14, she supported herself as a milliner until, at age 28, she married Artemus Slack, a civil engineer. Mr. Slack died not long after the marriage, leaving Esther with an infant son. She moved to Peru, Illinois in 1842, where she married John Morris, a merchant. In 1869, Mrs. Morris, along with twin sons, moved to South Pass City in the newly created Wyoming Territory, joining her husband who had opened a saloon there the previous year.

Before the election of 1869, Mrs. Morris is reputed to have given a tea party for opposing candidates to the territorial legislature, William H. Bright and H.G. Nickerson. The account states she extracted a pledge from the candidates that the winner would introduce a women’s suffrage bill. Bright won the election and did introduce the bill, which was passed by the legislature.

Shortly after the legislative session, in February 1870, three women were appointed to serve as justices of the peace. Esther Morris was selected to complete the term of the South Pass City justice, who had resigned. She is the only one of the three appointees known to have served, thereby winning accord as the first woman to hold a judicial position.

Mrs. Morris died in Cheyenne in 1902. Though she became known as the "mother of women’s suffrage," her direct role in the events that led to the passage of the bill is disputed. However, Mrs. Morris eventually became a symbol for the women’s rights movement, and stories of her independent attitudes and support of women’s issues were circulated. Her name became synonymous with equal rights, fame that led to her being chosen as Wyoming’s representative in Statuary Hall in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. Her statue was presented in ceremonies at the Capitol in 1960.

Edward Archibald "Archie" Slack established himself as a newspaper publisher in South Pass City, Laramie, and Cheyenne.His newspaper, the Cheyenne Daily Leader, was, for many years, the leading daily newspaper in the territory and state. He died in 1907.

Edward and Robert Morris established the Morris Mercantile Company in Green River, Wyoming. Robert also served as clerk for the Wyoming Supreme Court, and was instrumental in obtaining a $50,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie for the purpose of building the Laramie County Carnegie Library, which opened in 1902. Edward Morris died in 1902, and Robert Morris died in 1921.