Commemorative biographical record of Washington County, Pennsylvania, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families, Part 107

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers
Number of Pages: 1540

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(4) Jane, daughter of Guyon Morrison, Sr., was born probably in 1740. About 1762 she married Thomas Grier, who had come from Northern Ire- land some years before, and removed to the adjoin- ing township of Oxford, in Chester county, where she resided for a time. Afterward she removed to a tract of land near Carlisle, in Cumberland coun- ty, where she resided until her death in January, 1823. Her husband had died in March, 1803. They had issue: Catherine, Elizabeth, Mary, James, Guyon, George, Margaret, Jane, David, Rebecca, Thomas and John.

Catherine (eldest of the family of Jane) was born about 1764; after the death of her mother she removed with her brother John to Perry county, where she died in 1840; she was unmarried. Eliz- abeth (daughter of Jane) was born about the year 1766; she married James Wilson, Jr., and resided in Cumberland county; while visiting her kindred in Beaver county she died at the home of her brother George about 1835; no issue. Mary (daughter of Jane) was born probably about 1768; after the death of her father she removed to the home of her brother Thomas, with whom she re- sided until her death, the date of which is not known; she was unmarried. James and Guyon (twin sons of Jane) were born in 1770; about 1800 James married Miss Espy, who died soon after- ward without issue; in 1807 he married Maria Stu- art; in 1810 he removed to the Chartiers Valley, and resided in North Strabane township, Washing- ton county, until his death November 22, 1833; his wife died in 1859, aged seventy-nine years; they had issue: Samuel Stuart, Thomas, Guyon, Jane, David and James, Jr. Samuel Stuart, born in 1808, married Margaret Donaldson, and resided in Columbiana county, Ohio, until his death in 1886. Thomas, who entered the ministry, became pastor of a Presbyterian Church in a western city, where he died during his pastorate; he was unmarried. Guyon and Jane died on reaching adult years. David completed a course in medicine, and settled in Warren county, Ill., where he was engaged in

practice until his death in 1886. James, Jr., born in 1820, married Hannah Van Eman, and resides on the homestead; they had issue: Mary (deceased), William, Jane, Rebecca, Anna, Frances and Thomas. Guyon (twin son of Jane) came to Washington county probably as early as 1795; about 1800 he married Polly Allison, and removed to Beaver, where he resided until 1819, when he removed elsewhere; some years afterward he returned to Washington county, and resided at the home of his brother James until his death, August 12, 1832; his wife had died probably about 1819; they had issue: John, born probably about 1805, who resided in Wheeling, W. Va., at the time of his father's death, but of whose subsequent history nothing is known. George (son of Jane) was born probably in 1772; about 1800 he removed to Beaver county, and founded the town long known as Griersburgh, now called Darlington; about 1804 he married Anna Taggart, who died in 1811; they had issue: Robert, Jane (wife of John Rider, and afterward wife of John Boon, of Washington county), and Margaret, wife of John Duncan; in August, 1812, he married Elizabeth Woods, who survived him; he died October 10, 1844; they had issue: George, Jr., and Elizabeth (wife of William Adams). Mar- garet (daughter of Jane) was probably the next in order of birth; she married Thomas Clemens, and removed to Beaver county, where she and her hus- band died many years ago; they had issue: Thomas, John, Margaret (wife of Mr. Parkinson), Elizabeth (wife of Jonathan Stewart), James, Jane, Ann, Alexander, Guyon and Robert. Jane (daughter of Jane) was probably the next in order of birth; on March 29, 1796, she married William Campbell, and removed to Beaver county, where her husband died prior to 1820; she survived her husband many years; they had issue: Thomas, James, Robert and Alexander. David (son of Jane) was probably the next in order of birth; about 1800 he married Rachel Stuart, and removed to Beaver county, where he resided for some years; afterward he removed to Portage county, Ohio; about 1840 he removed to the West; he is said to have survived his wife, and to have died about 1850; they had issue: Thomas, Alexander, William, James, David, Jr., and Rachel. Rebecca (daughter of Jane) was probably the next in order of birth; she married Hon. Robert Sears, of New York, whom she survived; she died many years ago with- out issue. Thomas (son of Jane) was born in 1780; he graduated at Dickinson College in 1797, studied for the ministry, and was licensed by the Presbytery of New Castle in 1800; in 1801 he was installed as pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Middletown, Lancaster county, where he remained some years; about 1830 he was called to the pas- torate of the church of Cold Spring, in Putnam county, N. Y., where he died May 19, 1834; he

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was twice married, but the names of his wives are not known; he had issue: George, William, John, Smith, Decatur and Charles. John (youngest of the family of Jane) was born probably in 1782; in 1803 he was appointed one of the administra- tors of his father's estate; in 1829 he married Maria Bovard, and soon afterward removed to Perry county, where his wife died in 1848; he re- moved to Harrisburg, where he resided until his death in 1854; they had issue: Mary Ellen (wife of Mr. Crumleigh), Rebecca Jane and Charles.

(5) Margaret, daughter of Guyon Morrison, Sr., was born probably in 1742. About 1763 she married Josiah Crawford and resided, for a time, in East Nottingham, Chester county. It is prob- able that she accompanied her kindred on their removal to the Chartiers Valley. She resided on a tract in North Strabane township, near the east branch of Chartiers creek, where she died about 1795. Her husband died in May, 1797. They had issue: Elizabeth, Andrew, John, Josiah, Jr., James, Alexander, Guyon, Margaret, Hannah, William and Mary.

Elizabeth (eldest of the family of Margaret) was born in 1765; about 1788 she married James Laird; in 1809 she removed to Mesopotamia in Trumbull county, Ohio, where she resided until her death, August 23, 1826; her husband survived her some years; they had issue : Rachel (wife of Seth Morrison), John, Matthew, Andrew, Josiah, Seth and James. Andrew (son of Margaret) was probably the next in order of birth; about 1809 he married Mrs. Sarah (Ray) Sparks, and resided in Chartiers township until his death in 1813; his wife died near the same time; they had issue: Hannab, born in 1810, who married David Palmer about 1840, and resided in Chartiers township until her death in 1873; they had issue: Thomp- son, Margaret (wife of George Newton Watson), Elizabeth (wife of Mr. Reed), and Sarah (wife of James Arthurs). John (son of Margaret) was probably the next in order of birth; he was one of the executors of his father's estate; after the settlement of the estate, he removed to Trumbull county, Ohio, where in 1805, he married Margaret Wilson; nothing further is known of him. Josiah, Jr. (son of Margaret) was born in 1770; in 1795 he married Eleanor Reynolds, and resided on the homestead in North Strabane township, where his wife died in 1826; they had issue : John, Marga- ret, William and Elizabeth; secondly, he married Prudence Hanna, who survived him but left no issue; he died March 8, 1851. John, born in 1797, married Sarah Quivey, and they removed to the West where they had issue of whom nothing is known. Margaret, born in 1799, married Daniel Bell, and resided in Peters township until her death in 1889; she survived her husband many years; they had issue: Elizabeth, Eleanor (wife of

James Coleman), John, Jacob, Solomon, Anna, Margaret and Jane. William, born about 1805, married Miss Bennett, and afterward Miss Hamil- ton, and resided on the homestead until his death in 1887; he had issue: Josiah, John, William Hamilton, Joseph, Eleanor and Mary Jane. Eliza- beth, born about 1815, married James Kerr, and resided on a portion of the homestead until her death in 1889; her husband died in 1891; they had issue: Josiah, Prudence Jane (wife of David Bradford Craig), and James, William and Robert. James (son of Margaret) was born probably in 1772; he is said to have removed to Trumbull county, Ohio, but nothing is known of his history. . Alexander (son of Margaret) was born probably in 1774; at an early day he removed to Trumbull county, Ohio, where, in 1816, he married Cathe- rine Hoyles; nothing further is known of him. Guyon (son of Margaret) was born in 1776; he re- moved to Mesopotamia, in Trumbull county, Ohio, where he died in 1822; he was unmarried. Mar- garet (daughter of Margaret) was born in 1780; she married Alexander Shields, and removed to Hanover in Columbiana county, Ohio, where she and her husband died many years ago; they are said to have had issue, but nothing further is known of the family. Hannah (daughter of Mar- garet) was born about 1782; she resided on the homestead, where she died many years ago; she was unmarried. William (son of Margaret) was born probably in 1784; he removed to Trumbull county, Ohio, where he died in 1807. Mary (youngest of the family of Margaret) was born probably in 1787; she married Thomas Ray, and removed from Washington county. They are said to have had issue, but nothing further is known of the family.

(6) Francis, son of Guyon Morrison, Sr., was born about 1745. In 1768 he married Agnes Frew. On his removal to this region, he settled in Peters township, near the junction of the east and west branches of Chartiers creek. In October, 1778, he was appointed lieutenant of the militia by the court of Yohogania county, Va. In December, 1791. he disposed of his property in the Chartiers Valley, and removed to the region of Sugar Loaf mount- tain, in Fayette county, where he resided until his death, which occurred about 1800. His wife died in Lawrence county about 1830. They had issue: Elizabeth, Alexander, Guyon, James, William, John, Francis, Jr., Nancy, Rachel, David and Thomas.

Elizabeth (eldest of the family of Francis, Sr.) was born September 23, 1769; in 1791 she married Daniel Quivey, Sr., and resided near Canonsburg, in Washington county; she survived her husband some years, dying about 1850; they had issue: John, James, Daniel, Jr., Sarah, Nancy, Julia, Henrietta and Elizabeth. John and James (sons

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of Elizabeth) removed to Ohio, and nothing further is known of them. Daniel, Jr. (son of Elizabeth), married and settled in Chartiers town- ship, where he and his wife died a number of years ago, leaving issue: Maria (wife of Stewart Miller), Letitia, James (who married Mary White, and re- sides on the homestead) and Julia. Sarah (daugh- ter of Elizabeth) married John Crawford, sur- vived her husband and resided in the West until her death, the date of which is not known. Nancy (daughter.of Elizabeth), born about 1800, married William Flanagan, and resided near Canonsburg until her death in 1890; she survived her husband · some years; they had issue, of whom we have no information. Julia (daughter of Elizabeth) mar- ried John Holland, and resided at Bentleyville, where she and her husband died a number of years ago, leaving issue of whom we have no informa- tion. Henrietta (daughter of Elizabeth) married John McIlravy, and removed to Harrison county, Ohio, where they resided for some years; after- ward they removed to the West, where she and her husband died some years ago, leaving issue of whom nothing is known. Elizabeth (daughter of Elizabeth) married Benjamin Crawford, and re- sided in North Strabane township until her death in 1889, at the age of eighty years; she survived her husband, and left issue: Daniel, Benjamin, John, Morgan, Elizabeth, Nancy, and Margaret (wife of Samuel Phillips). Daniel married Jane Chubbic, and resided in North Strabane until his death, in 1891; he left issue: D. Quivey, Bath- sheba and Lousarba, who reside in Canonsburg. Of the history of the other members of this family we have no information.

Alexander (son of Francis, Sr.) was born May 16, 1773; he married Catherine Hoagland, and re- moved to Lawrence county, where he resided for a number of years; he survived his wife; they had issue: Hoagland, Agnes (wife of John Francis), William, Alexander, Catherine (wife of Charles Lytle), and Guyon; about 1820 he returned to Fayette county, where he resided until his death in 1847; his second wife was Rachel Simmons, who survived him some years; they had issue: Mrs. Rachel Daniels, Mrs. Elizabeth Daniels, Mrs. Anna Woodmansee, Susan, the wife of Andrew Boyd, Francis Thomas, Mrs. Naomi Daniels, and Hannah the wife of Owen Burgess. Guyon (son of Francis, Sr.) was born on June 21, 1775; about 1800 he married, and resided in Somerset county for a time; afterward he removed to Frank- fort, Ky., where he resided until his death by drowning, the date of which event is not known; he is said to haye left issue, but nothing is known of them. James (son of Francis, Sr.) was born July 23, 1777; about 1800 he married Elizabeth Clay; in 1811 he removed to Camp Run, in Law- rence county, where he resided until his death in

August, 1821; his wife survived him many years; they had issue: Francis James, Leonard, Mrs. Ruth Ashton, William, Job Clark, David, Nancy (wife of William Ayers) .and Thomas. William (son of Francis, Sr.) was born June 7, 1779; when eighteen years of age he went on a trip down the Ohio, and was never heard of after- ward. John (son of Francis, Sr.) was born February 22, 1781; it is probable that he died in youth, as nothing further is known of him. Francis, Jr. (son of Francis, Sr.), was born February 13, 1783; about 1804 he inarried Eliza- beth Wellington whom he survived; they had is- sue: James, Enoch, William and Mrs. Elizabeth Wells; about 1820 he married Mary Thorp; he resided in the region of Sugar Loaf mountain un- til his death, November 14, 1845; his wife survived him; they had issue: Francis D., Nancy (wife of Isaac Hall), and Mary Ann (wife of Samuel Hall). Nancy (daughter of Francis, Sr.) was born June 16, 1785; she married Col. James Stewart, and settled on a tract, near Camp run, in Lawrence county, where she resided until her death, the date of which is not known; she is said to have left is- sue but nothing is known of them. Rachel (daugh- ter of Francis, Sr.) was born November 5, 1787; she married John Scott, and settled on a tract, near Camp Run in Lawrence county, where she resided until her death, the date of which is not known; she is said to have left issue, but nothing is known of them. David (son of Francis, Sr.) was born April 5, 1790; he married, and resided for a time in Lawrence county; afterward he removed to Homer, in Champaign county, Ill., where he died many years ago; he is said to have left issue, but nothing is known of them. Thomas (youngest of the family of Francis, Sr.) was born July 16, 1792; on February 9, 1813, he married Nancy Eccles, and settled on a tract near Camp run, in Lawrence county, where he resided until his death February 21, 1851; his wife survived him some years; they had issue: Joseph, David, Angelina (wife of Samuel Brandon), and others whose names. are not known.

(7) Guyon Morrison, Jr., son of Guyon Mor- rison, Sr., was born probably in 1750. About 1776 he married Hannah Rankin, and settled on a por- tion of the homestead. In October, 1778, he was appointed lieutenant of the militia by the Court of Yohogania county, Va. In May, 1792, he sold the- portion of the homestead (which he had inherited from his father) to Rev. Matthew Henderson, and soon afterward removed to Cynthiana, Ky., where he resided until his death September 1, 1825. His wife died in 1846, aged about ninety-six years. They had issue: Margaret, Hannah, David and Matilda. Margaret (eldest of the family of Guyon, Jr.) was born about 1778; about 1800 she married Mr. Steele, and resided at Versailles, Ky., where

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she died in October, 1808; she is said to have left issue, but nothing is known of them. Hannah (daughter of Gnyon, Jr.) was born probably in 1782; she married Thompson Wigglesworth, and resided near Cynthiana, Ky., until her death, May 30, 1853; they had no issue. David (son of Guyon, Jr.) was born in 1784; about 1814 he married Sarah -- -, and resided on the homestead until his death, July 2, 1826; they had issue: Zerelda (wife of Perry Wherritt), John and Guyon. Matil- da (youngest of the family of Guyon, Jr.) was born about 1790; she married Mr. Keenon, and re- moved to Mt. Olivet, Ky., where she resided until her death February 28, 1819; they had issue: Matilda (wife of Mr. Goff, of Mt. Olivet).

(8) James, youngest of the family of Guyon Morrison, Sr., was born in 1755. He inherited that portion of the homestead on which his father had lived and died. After the formation of Washing- ton county, he was commissioned as captain of a company of the Washington Rangers, who were organized for defense against the intrusions of savage foes. In 1791 he married Mary Gibson, daughter of William Gibson, Sr., of Lancaster county, and sister of the wife of James Bradford, Jr., of Strabane township. He was a member of the first board of trustees of the Chartiers (Presby- terian). Church, over which Dr. John McMillan so long served as pastor. He resided on the home- stead until his death, November 14, 1813, and was buried in the graveyard on his own farm beside the remains of his father. His wife died August 23, 1834, at the age of sixty-five years. Her re- mains were deposited beside those of her husband, in their quiet resting place. A few years ago their remains were removed, and were interred in the cemetery at Washington. They had issue: William, Margaret, John, Elizabeth, James, Jr., Guyon and Mary.

William, the eldest of the family of James, Sr., was born March 19, 1793; in 1833 he married Sarah Munce, and resided, for a time, on a portion of the homestead; afterward, he purchased an ad- joining tract to which he removed, and on which he resided until his death, on May 13, 1853; his wife died February 26, 1885, aged about eighty years; they had issue: Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Margaret, James G. and Anna. Of the family of William, Mary, Margaret and James G. are unmarried, and reside in the borough of Washington. James G. owns his father's portion of the Morrison home- stead. Sarah, daughter of William, married John B. Miller, late of Canton township, but died a num- ber of years ago, without issue. Elizabeth, daugh- ter of William, married John Russell in 1864, and resides in Chartiers township; she survives her husband, who died in January, 1893, leaving issue: Lula (wife of Rev. J. R. Hosick), Anna and J. Mack

(a student of medicine). Anna, youngest of the family of William, married John Gibson Johnson, and has since resided in Cross Creek village; they have issue: George V., William M. and Ernest.

Margaret (daughter of James, Sr.) was born January 2, 1795; in 1818 she married James Brad- ford, and removed to Cadiz, in Harrison Co., Ohio, where her husband died in October, 1826, at the age of thirty-seven years. They had issue: James M., David and Elizabeth (surname Bradford). Afterward she returned to the home of her kindred in Washington county. In 1832 she married David Watson, and resided in Chartiers township, where her husband died May 22, 1843, at the age of fifty-one years. They had issue: John M., Mary and George Newton (surname Watson). Afterward she removed to her inheritance in Peters township, where she resided until her death, Jan- uary 17, 1875.

James M. Bradford (eldest of the family of Mar- garet) was born in February, 1820; on reaching adult years he returned to Harrison county, Ohio, where he has resided ever since; in 1844 he mar- ried Juliana Lewis, who died in December, 1890; they had issue: Ann Eliza, born in 1845, who mar- ried Dr. J. G. Kennedy, and, secondly, Marion Coats, and died in April, 1890, leaving issue, Wil- bur W. Kennedy. David Bradford (son of Marga- ret) was born December 24, 1821; on July 14, 1859, he married Rebecca Ann Bell, and has re- sided in Chartiers township ever since; for many years he was engaged in the mercantile business, but, latterly, he has retired from that employ- ment, and for some time has resided in Houston- ville; politically, he has been honored, by the people of Washington county, with a term as county auditor, and with a term as county com- missioner; they have had issue: John and Mary. John, who was born August 22, 1860, is unmar- ried, and resides with his parents; Mary died October 5, 1889, in early womanhood. Elizabeth Bradford (daughter of Margaret) resided with her mother in her declining years; after the death of her mother she removed to Scio, Harrison Co., Ohio, where she still resides; she is unmarried. John M. Watson (son of Margaret) was born January 31, 1834; in 1866 he married Sarah Borland, and resided on the liomestead in Peters township for some years; afterward he purchased a tract in Nortlı Strabane township where he has since re- sided; they have no issue. Mary Watson (daughter of Margaret) was born about 1836; in October, 1859, she married Peter Martin, and has since re- sided in Chartiers township; they have issue: Eva (wife of John Jamison), Anna, George and Eliza- beth. George Newton Watson (youngest of the family of Margaret) was born in December, 1839; in 1876, he married Margaret Palmer, and

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removed to Washington county, Iowa, where he re- sided until his death in May, 1891; they had issue: two daughters.

John (son of James, Sr.) was born March 19, 1797. He inherited that portion of the homestead on which his father and grandfather had lived and died. In 1867 he removed to Harrison county, Ohio, where he resided with his nephew, James M. Bradford. In 1870 he sold his inheritance in Chartiers township, in Washington county, to his brother Guyon. Afterward he returned to Wash- ington county, where he resided at the home of his nephew, David Bradford, until his death, November 25, 1880. He was unmarried.

Elizabeth (daughter of James, Sr.) was born November 11, 1798. On December 4, 1823, she married Andrew Allison, son of Judge James Allison, and resided on the Allison homestead, in Chartiers township, where her husband died, Jan- uary 26, 1854, at the age of fifty-nine years. After the death of her husband, she removed to Canonsburg, where she resided for some years. Afterward she removed to the home of her daugh- ter, Henrietta, in Warren county, Ohio, where she resided until her death, November 19,1878. They had issue: Mary, James, George, Rachel, Margaret, Elizabeth, Henrietta and Andrew, Jr. Of the family of Elizabeth, Mary, George and Margaret died in January, 1836. James (son of Elizabeth) was born April 16, 1826; he completed a classical course in Jefferson College, but died soon after- ward, on January 21, 1849. Rachel (daughter of Elizabeth) died, July 26, 1857, in early woman- hood. Elizabeth (daughter of Elizabeth) was born October 21, 1836; on March 29, 1855, she mar- ried Dr. John W. Martin, a physician of Can- onsburg, who afterward entered the mercantile business in which he has been engaged ever since; slie died September 14, 1881; they had issue: James Allison (deceased), Charles Edward, John Clark, Ralph, and Mary (wife of William A. Dickson). Henrietta (daughter of Elizabeth) was born March 31, 1840; on May 3, 1865, she married Joseph W. Culbertson, and removed to Warren county, Ohio, where she still resides; they have issue: Mary (wife of John Harkrader), James Mar- tin (deceased) and Isabella. Andrew, Jr. (youngest of the family of Elizabeth) was born January 26, 1845; he graduated in the classical course at Jeffer- son College in 1865; he completed a course in medicine in Jefferson Medical College, Philadel- phia, and removed to Westchester, in Butler Co., Ohio, where he was engaged in the practice of medicine until his death, September 26, 1871; he was unmarried.

James, Jr. (son of James, Sr.) was born Novem- ber 28, 1800. He settled on the portion of the homestead, which he had inherited from his father, where he resided until his death September 27,

1875. He left his inheritance to his son James, who still owns the property. James, son of James, Jr., was born April 26, 1835. On December 11, 1866, he married Elizabeth McPeak, and for a time re- sided on the homestead. Some years ago he re- moved to Canonsburg, where he has resided ever since. They have no issue.

Guyon Morrison, whose portrait appears in con- nection with this sketch of the Morrison family, and who is a son of James Morrison, Sr., was born August 5, 1804. He attended Jefferson College for some time, but did not graduate. On May 23, 1833, he married Jane Johnston, daughter of Richard and Jane (Bradford) Johnston, and re- moved to Belmont county, Ohio, where for a time he was engaged in mercantile business. In 1836 he removed to the adjoining county of Harrison, and resided on a farm near Franklin until 1870. In that year he purchased from his brother John the homestead inheritance, in Chartiers township, Washington county. In the same year he returned to the home of his boyhood, where he resided until his death, December 11, 1876. The death of his wife occurred June 2, 1888, at the age of sev- enty-seven years. They had issue: John.

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Commemorative biographical record of Washington County, Pennsylvania, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families, Part 107

Author: J.H. Beers & Co Publication date: 1893 Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers Number of Pages: 1540

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers
Number of Pages: 1540