James Morrison and Abigail Murdock

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Husband James Morrison ^{1 2}

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           Born: 11 Jul 1778 - Cumberland Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Oct 1854 - Conewango Twp, Warren Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Oakland Cemetery, Warren, Warren Co, PA

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         Father: James Morrison (1745-1839) 3 4
         Mother: Margaret Rice (      -      ) 4

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Abigail Murdock ²

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            AKA: Abigail Meddick 1
           Born: 12 Feb 1780 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Jan 1855 - Warren, Warren Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Oakland Cemetery, Warren, Warren Co, PA

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Children

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1 M Rice Morrison ⁵

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           Born: 11 Dec 1798 - Lycoming Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Nov 1885 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Dolly Richards (1802-      ) 5
           Marr: 1822 6

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2 M Alexander Morrison ⁵

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           Born: 6 Oct 1800 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1886 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M Matthew Morrison ⁵

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           Born: 3 Mar 1802 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1866 - Oregon 5
         Buried: 

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4 M William Morrison ⁵

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           Born: 4 Jun 1804 - Warren Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1868 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Almira Gray (      -      ) 5

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5 M Abijah Morrison ^{5 7}

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           Born: 16 Dec 1806 - Warren Co, PA 5
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           Died: 1869 or 1871 5 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Cynthia Northrup (      -      ) 5

         Spouse: Euphemia J. Deming (1823-1878) 7 8

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6 F Anna Morrison ⁵

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           Born: 23 Jul 1809 - Warren Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Warren Leonard (      -      ) 5

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7 F Patsy Morrison ⁵

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            AKA: Patty Morrison 9
           Born: 13 Apr 1812 - Warren Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1884 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Truman Kidder (1808-      ) 9

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8 M Zephaniah Morrison ^{1 5}

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           Born: 23 Nov 1814 - near Warren, Warren Co, PA 5
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           Died: 27 Feb 1875 - Hamilton Twp, McKean Co, PA 5
         Buried:  - Kinzua Cemetery, Warren Co, PA

         Spouse: Amanda Northrup (1819-1843) 10

         Spouse: Hannah Marie Northrup (1823-1907) 11

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9 M Harrison Morrison ⁵

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           Born: 23 Mar 1817 - Warren Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Feb 1867 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Adelaide Needham (      -      ) 5

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10 M Henry Walker Morrison ⁵

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           Born: 26 Mar 1820 - Warren Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1886 5
         Buried: 

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11 F Joanna Carolina Morrison ⁵

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           Born: 23 Jan 1823 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1880 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] Needham (      -      )

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General Notes: Husband - James Morrison

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He was an expert mechanic and in 1798 was engaged by Cornplanter, the Seneca Indian Chief, to erect a mill at State Line and was taken by him with a party of Indians by canoe to the proposed location. Not being able to reach their destination the same day, they camped for the night on an island in the Allegheny River at Kinzue. James explored the island and found it to be one of the broadest and most fertile islands that they had passed. Also there was a natural spring of pure ice cold water on the island. After the mill was completed he returned the same way and camped again on the island. A second survey only confirmed his good opinion of it as a desirable place. Two years later in 1800, he made an application to Harrisburg for a patent which was granted him at a price of twenty-five cents an acre. [This may have been the island that his father owned or lived on. It would seem that he may have given the place to his father because it seems that he himself never claimed ownership of it.]
He seems to have brought his family to Warren County, Pennsylvania, from Lycoming County in 1801 and resided first in Mead Township. In 1806, he was taxed for 183 acres of land and in 1808 for 65 acres and one lot in the city of Warren. The land in lower Warren, known as Morrison's Flats, was purchased by him in 1813. He built a large house there which stood 125 feet southwest of the intersection of Morrison Street and Levee Street. He served as county commissioner in 1833. [DKM, 127]

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 720.

2 D. Kipp Melat, The Melat Family 1799 - 1989 (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1989), Pg 127.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 719.

4 D. Kipp Melat, The Melat Family 1799 - 1989 (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1989), Pg 124.

5 D. Kipp Melat, The Melat Family 1799 - 1989 (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1989), Pg 128.

6 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg lxxi.

7 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 108.

8 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 472, 652.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1117.

10 D. Kipp Melat, The Melat Family 1799 - 1989 (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1989), Pg 11.

11 D. Kipp Melat, The Melat Family 1799 - 1989 (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1989), Pg 129.