John and Henry Morton described themselves as ‘brothers and successors to the late James Morton’.  They were apparently the sons of Joseph Morton and had been born in Stoney Middleton, near Eyam.   In Sheffield, John worked as a printer, stationer and bookseller; Henry was a horn cutter.  After their brother James died in 1870, they launched J. & H. Morton, horn and bone merchants, horn cutters, dealers in tips, hoofs, and horn waste.  Their address was in Cambridge Street, where Robert Thompson was active in the same trade.  Like Thompson, Morton’s operated from Cambridge Street Horn Works, but it appears to have been a different address – No. 11 – whereas Thompson was at No. 20.  Rivalry can be detected in Thompson’s later announcement that he operated the ‘original’ Cambridge Street Horn Works.  J. & H. Morton was a small enterprise, which employed four men by 1881.  Henry Morton, Sunnybank, Broomhall, died on 5 April 1889, aged 54.  He was buried in the General Cemetery, leaving £2,307.   John Morton continued the business into the 1890s, until he retired to Hornsey, West London.  John Morton, of Ridge Road, Stroud Green, Middlesex, died on 29 January 1903, aged 76.  His unconsecrated burial was in the General Cemetery.  He left £5,451.