Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Alexander Prentiss Morrow and Jane Creighton




Husband Alexander Prentiss Morrow 1 2 3

           Born: 1812 - Hopewell Twp, Beaver Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Oct 1892 - Beaver, Beaver Co, PA 4
         Buried: 


         Father: Hugh Morrow (      -      ) 1 5
         Mother: Agnes Wallace (      -      ) 4


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Athaline Springer (      -1879) 6 - 1853 6

   Other Spouse: Julia Eckels (      -Bef 1914) 6 - 1882 6



Wife Jane Creighton 7

            AKA: Nancy Crayton,8 Agnes Creighton 6
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: John Crayton (      -      ) 9
         Mother: 




Children
1 M Hugh Morrow 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1914 - Beaver Co, PA
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


2 F Mary Jane Morrow 6 10

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1914
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Alexander Kennedy (1839-      ) 6 10


3 M John Morrow 1 11

           Born: 21 May 1844 - Hopewell Twp, Beaver Co, PA 1 9
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1914
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Fannie Alexander (Abt 1847-1886) 1 9
           Marr: 1866 9
         Spouse: America Campbell (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 1889 9


4 M Alexander Morrow 1

           Born: 4 Sep 1846 - Hopewell Twp, Beaver Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1914
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary J. McBride (      -      ) 1


5 F Agnes Morrow 6

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


6 M William M. Morrow 1 3 6

           Born: 22 Jul 1849 or 1850 - Hopewell Twp, Beaver Co, PA 1 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Melvina J. Twyford (1852-      ) 3
           Marr: 29 Dec 1872 1



General Notes: Husband - Alexander Prentiss Morrow


He was of Scotch-Irish descent, and was an early settler in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, where he was a farmer in Independence township, and was very wealthy at the time of his death, being the owner of fourteen farms.

He attended the common schools and spent his boyhood days on his father's farm, a circumstance that made the choice of a calling a comparatively easy one, his later life being spent largely in the pursuit of that occupation. For a time he was proprietor of a grist and saw mill at Bucktown, and then purchased the old homestead from his father. Continuing the policy of his father, he constantly added to this until his estate reached one thousand acres, a farm of immense dimensions for that locality. He became a sheep raiser, his flocks, hundreds in number, grazing over much of the land. He afterward moved to a farm on Two Mile run, in Brighton township, also making other places in this township his residence, but finally laid aside the responsibilities of active life and spent his latter years in Beaver, where his death occurred. For many years he was a strong Democrat, and held many township offices, such as school director, but later in life he broke all party affiliations and followed an entirely independent course at the polls. The United Presbyterian church ever claimed his earnest support, and of the new Bethlehem church of this faith he was an elder. At his death, aged eighty years, he retained much of the mental vigor and freshness of his youth, although his four-score years had left its mark upon his once sturdy and stalwart frame.

He served as captain of the militia.

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Sources


1 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 875.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 357, 943.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 208.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 943.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 356, 943.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 944.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 209.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 356.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 357.

10 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 858.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 357, 944.


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