JOHN MORRISON

Washington, Indiana County, Pennsylvania was John's birthplace, in 1809, on the western side of the state. He had four brothers and two sisters at their family farm.

 John's father, Robert Morrison, purchased about 33 acres of land in Jackson Township, Crawford County, Ohio, in 1826, to make sure that all of his children would have a good inheritance. This new location, along the Whetstone Creek, was probably an ideal place to have a farm. Soon after the family settled in, however, the head of the household died at the age of 74, during the winter of 1828.

John and his siblings continued to work the family farm but they were also finding mates and building their own homes and farming their inherited acres. John married his sweetheart, a neigbour girl, Mary Brokaw, as soon as she turned 18, in February 1833.

John and Mary had ten fine, healthy children filling them with love and pride.  When Mary's parents retired from farming, John invited them to live with his family. All in all, I feel certain that John Morrison was a kind, loving family man and a successful farmer.

John Morrison
Born: 22 Feb 1809 in Washington, Indiana, PA
Married: 21 Feb 1833 in Jackson, Crawford, OH
Died: 7 Nov 1885 in Galion, Crawford, OH

Sources: Censuses from 1810 to 1880; Morrison family's Land deeds; Robert Morrison's will of 1828; Cemeteries of Crawford Co.,Vol.II,compiled and published by Crawford Co; Marriage Record from Bucyrus Courthouse, Crawford, OH; Book: "Our Brokaw/Brocaw Heritage"compiled by Mrs. Elsie E. Foster.