My Genealogy Hound

DAVID MORRISON, farmer, post office McKeesport, son of John and Mary Ann (Suce) Morrison, was born in New York in 1822. His parents moved to Pittsburgh in 1824; his father was a carpenter and millwright, and worked at his trade until he died, at Girty’s Run, in 1828. The mother of our subject lived until 1877, when she died near Freeport, Pa., when over ninety years of age. The children of John and Mary Ann Morrison were Isaac (deceased), Elizabeth (now Mrs. Charles Prayer, of Wheeling, W.Va.), David, Matilda (now Mrs. Andrew Irvin) and Julia A. (deceased). David was reared in this county, and in 1843 married Sarah E., daughter of William Adams, of Allegheny, and their children were Jane, Nancy, David, Martha, Mary, Robert, Benjamin, Harriet, William, Rachel and Sarah E., all now deceased except the last three named. After the marriage of David and Sarah E. they located in Allegheny City, where Mr. Morrison was a coal-operator, having mines at Saw-Mill run and Allegheny Side. He remained there until 1851, then removed to Mifflin township, and in 1868 purchased the farm he now owns in Versailles township. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Morrison were Martha J. (deceased), William J. (deceased), Rachel A. (now Mrs. Nicolas Rusha), Isaac N., Samuel, Sarah H. (now Mrs. Mabery Gates). The two last named are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Morrison is a stanch republican. His brother Isaac was a resident of Elizabeth township, and while burning charcoal fell into the pit and was burned to death.