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Samuel Morrison, hardware merchant and dealer in farming implements at Salem, Mo., was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, in 1839, being the son of William and Sarah (Kimberly) Morrison. William Morrison was born in Holmes County, Ohio, in 1807, and was of Scotch-Irish descent. He was a farmer by occupation, and died in Coshocton County, Ohio, in 1852. His wife, Sarah Kimberly, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, in 1809, and died in 1864. They were the parents of five children, two of whom are living. Samuel Morrison was the eldest of this family. He remained on the farm until eighteen years of age, when he went to Minnesota, and remained two years. From 1859 to 1860 he was part of the time in Iowa and part of the time in Illinois. In December of the last named year he went to Vigo County, Ind., and was there at the breaking out of the war. April 17, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Thirteenth Indiana Infantry Volunteers, and served for three years. He was in the fight at Rich Mountain; was with McClellan on the Peninsula, Winchester, Morris Island, Jacksonville, Fla., Cold Harbor, siege of Petersburgh, Fort Fisher, Goldsborough, Raleigh, and was discharged at Indianapolis September 19, 1865. He was mustered out as captain of his company the last eight months, but previous to that he was first lieutenant. During his service he was neither wounded nor captured. After the war he resided for two years in his native county, and then went to Missouri, and, locating in Salem, engaged as salesman in a store. In 1869 he was appointed deputy sheriff of Dent County, and served four years. While filling that office he became a partner of Rufus Kenworthy in a hardware and tin shop, the firm title being Morrison & Kenworthy for thirteen years. In 1883 Mr. Kenworthy sold his interest to Mr. Morrison, and since that time Mr. Morrison has conducted the business on his own responsibility. He was married in 1872 to Miss Eliza R. Linsey, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1852. An interesting family of five children were the fruits of this union: William S., Grace L., Clarence M., Guy W. and Carl T. Mr. Morrison is a Republican in politics, is a member of the I. O. O. F., charter member, also a member of the G. A. R., and was one of the charter members. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he is a member of the A. O. U. W., and a charter member of the Select Knights. Samuel’s grandfather, William Morrison, was a native of Virginia, and about the year 1801 he went to what is now Holmes County, Ohio. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, also in the War of 1812; was first lieutenant of Adam Johnson’s company; was mustered into service August 25, 1812, and mustered out September 25 of the same year. In the War of 1812 he wore a yellow hunting shirt, trimmed with white fringe, and carried a trusty rifle, tomahawk and scalping knife. His company was called “The Mansfield Frontier.’’ Samuel Morrison had two brothers, Marcus and John Morrison, in the army. Marcus was in Company G, Eightieth Indiana, and died of typhoid fever at Danville, Ky., in September, 1863. John was a member of Company D, One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment, Ohio, and died of chronic diarrhoea in the hospital at City Point, Va., in August, 1864.