James Elmore Morrow, Ph.D. and Clara J. Johnson

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Husband James Elmore Morrow, Ph.D. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 28 Mar 1837 - Brooke Co, VA (later Hancock Co, WV) 1
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         Father: Alexander Morrow (      -      ) 1
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       Marriage: 1867 1

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Wife Clara J. Johnson ^{1 2}

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         Father: John J. Johnson (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Rebecca M. [Unk] (Abt 1815-Aft 1904) 1

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Children

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1 F Agnes Morrow ^{1 2}

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         Spouse: Richard B. Scandrett, Esq. (      -      ) 1 2

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2 M Jay Johnson Morrow ^{1 2}

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3 F Alice Morrow ^{1 2}

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4 M Dwight Whitney Morrow ^{1 2}

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5 F Hilda Morrow ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Oct 1874 - West Liberty, Ohio Co, WV 2
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         Spouse: Rev. Edwin Linton McIlvaine (1873-      ) 3 4 5
           Marr: 10 Jul 1900 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2

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6 M Earl Morrow ^{1 2}

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7 M Fred Morrow ^{1 2}

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8 M Ralph Morrow ^{1 2}

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General Notes: Husband - James Elmore Morrow, Ph.D.

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He was graduated from Jefferson college in 1856, A. B., with an A. M. in 1875, and a Ph. D. in 1889. He began teaching in 1856, studied law and was licensed in Decem-ber, 1859, and practiced until the beginning of the Civil war, when he enlisted as private, serving as such and as a sergeant until Feb. 20, 1862, when he was promoted to second lieutenant, a little later first lieutenant, and in 1863 was promoted to the rank of captain of Company F, 1st Virginia volunteer infantry, and was on staff duty until his discharge, Dec. 10, 1864. After the war, he resumed his teaching, being principal of the fifth ward schools in Allegheny from 1879 to 1889. He then became principal of the Pennsylvania State normal school at Slippery Rock, which he organized in March, 1889; and in 1891 was elected teacher, and in 1892 principal, of the Allegheny high school.

He was a life-long teacher and professor. He served as recruiting officer for West Virginia, western Pennsylvania and Ohio, served through the civil war, and rose to the rank of captain of volunteers.

1 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 401.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1070.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 201.

4 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 641.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1068.