My Genealogy Hound

WINFIELD SCOTT MORRISON, his eldest son, was born in Dickinson township May 9, 1844. He was educated in the district schools, and at the age of seventeen began work on his father’s farm. On Aug. 11, 1862, he enlisted in the 130th P. V. I., and participated in the historic contests of Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. He was honorably discharged May 23, 1863, and in 1864 enlisted in the one hundred days’ service, being stationed at Frederick City. The fall of that year found him again at work on his father’s farm. After his marriage he rented the Peffer farm in Dickinson township, and he later rented the Glen Farm, where he remained thirteen years, or until he came to the old home farm of his father, ninety acres of which he bought and where he now lives. On his premises formerly stood a willow tree nine feet in circumference, which had grown from a switch planted by his sister Sarah in 1863, and which was cut down about 1894.

In December, 1865, Mr. Morrison married Delia Frehn, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Frehn, and to this union came children as follows: Harry, born in June, 1867, is married and has two children; Mills E., born June 25, 1870, is now deceased; Charles, born in 1874, married Mary Peffer, has one child, and lives in Harrisburg; Stella B. and Arthur R. are at home.

Mr. Morrison is, like his father, a stanch Republican. Although Dickinson township is a Democratic section, they have elected Mr. Morrison school director five terms. Thus it can be seen that in many ways he is a worthy successor of a most esteemed father.