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HENRY McDOWELL MORROW, farmer, post office Wilkinsburg, is a grandson of Henry Morrow, who came from Ireland and settled in Penn township in 1795. James, a son of Henry, was born in 1794 in Cumberland county, married Sarah Morrow, a cousin, and a native of this county, and remained on his father’s farm, where John Morrow now lives, and here Henry McDowell was born Feb. 14, 1824. Henry Morrow died in 1841 and James in 1874; the latter’s wife died in 1860 in her sixtieth year. Their children were H. McD., Sarah Hannah, Mary Jane, James, John and Harriet. Elizabeth died in infancy, and all the daughters are now deceased. The sons reside in Penn township. James Morrow was an elder in Beulah Presbyterian Church, and helped establish Hebron U. P. Church, in which he was an elder until his death. He was a republican, and collected the taxes when Wilkins included Penn. Henry McDowell Morrow remained at home until 1854, when he bought the farm whereon he now resides; he has seventy acres, and follows general farming. In 1854 he married Rebecca Long, who was born in Penn, a daughter of John and Sarah (Brown) Long, of English parentage. The family is connected with Hebron U. P. Church. Mr. Morrow is a republican, and was school director nine years. His children are Sarah Anna, at home; Elizabeth Emma (Telford), in Penn township; James L., in Chicago; Mary H., Lavenia Ella and John H., at home.