William John Morrison and Minerva J. Jordan

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Husband William John Morrison ¹

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           Born: 13 Oct 1852 - Rose Twp, Jefferson Co, PA 2
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         Father: Robert C. Morrison (1821-1895) 3
         Mother: Esther Hill (1821-      ) 3

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       Marriage: 7 Nov 1882 4

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Wife Minerva J. Jordan ⁵

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           Born: 6 Apr 1855 - Oliver Twp, Jefferson Co, PA 4
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         Father: Isaac C. Jordan (1816-1884) 6
         Mother: Leanna Steffy (1818-      ) 7

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Children

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1 M Harry Morrison ⁴

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2 F Carrie Morrison ⁴

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3 F Mary Morrison ⁴

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M J. Carrolton Morrison ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - William John Morrison

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His childhood days were spent on his father's farm, unmarked by any event of special importance. He assisted in the labors of the field, and attended the public schools of the neighborhood, where he acquired a good education. At the age of twenty he began teaching school, and for sixteen winter terms he followed that profession, while in the summer months he studied in different institutes and summer schools. He was at one time a student in the Edinboro Normal. He won a high reputation as an educator, having the faculty of imparting readily and clearly to others the knowledge that he acquired. He spent one year in the oil fields of Butler County, Pennsylvania, and passed three years in Colorado and Kansas engaged in teaching and mining, going to the West in 1878, and returning in 1881. From that time he was engaged in the lumber business in Oliveburg, and in 1892 he purchased the general mercantile store of John B. Fink. He conducted a good business along that line, and also enjoyed a fair trade as the owner and operator of a sawmill. In addition to these various commercial interests, he served as postmaster for several years.
In politics he was a stanch Republican. His fellow citizens frequently elected him to township office. He was a very active member in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, served as elder for seven years or more, and was also superintendent of the Sunday-school.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1207, 1213, 1349.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1207.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1207, 1349.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1208.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1208, 1213, 1355.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1213, 1354.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1213, 1355.