Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Rice Morrison and Dolly Richards




Husband Rice Morrison 1

           Born: 11 Dec 1798 - Lycoming Co, PA 1
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           Died: 21 Nov 1885 1
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         Father: James Morrison (1778-1854) 2 3
         Mother: Abigail Murdock (1780-1855) 3


       Marriage: 1822 4



Wife Dolly Richards 1

           Born: 26 Sep 1802 - Lisle, Broome Co, NY 4
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Children
1 F Eliza Ann Morrison 4

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           Died: Bef 1887
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2 F Abigail Morrison 4

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         Spouse: Windsor Knapp (      -Bef 1887) 4


3 F Maria L. Morrison 4

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4 M Warren L. Morrison 4

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5 F Helen A. Morrison 4

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6 F Cynthia E. Morrison 4

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         Spouse: Charles Sparks (      -      ) 4



General Notes: Husband - Rice Morrison


He came with the family of his father, and settled in Warren, PA, in the year 1801. He was the oldest child of the family. He came to Kinzua and built a mill about the year 1817. For many years he was a pilot on the Allegheny River. He was also an extensive lumber­man. In politics he was a radical Democrat.

He died March 20, 1884. [HWC 1887, lxxi]

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Sources


1 D. Kipp Melat, The Melat Family 1799 - 1989 (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1989), Pg 128.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 720.

3 D. Kipp Melat, The Melat Family 1799 - 1989 (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1989), Pg 127.

4 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg lxxi.


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