John Morrison and Margaret Ray Lawson

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Husband John Morrison ^{1 2}

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Wife Margaret Ray Lawson ²

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           Born: Abt 1803 - Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV
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           Died: 1887 2
         Buried:  - Congress Hill Cemetery, Sandy Creek Twp, Venango Co, PA

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Children

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1 M Alexander C. Morrison ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1826 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 3
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           Died: 1891
         Buried:  - Congress Hill Cemetery, Sandy Creek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Adeline [Unk] (1837-1921)

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2 F Mary S. Morrison ²

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         Spouse: James Adams (      -      ) 5

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3 F Margaret L. Morrison ^{1 2}

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           Born: 23 Mar 1840 2
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           Died: 1919
         Buried:  - Congress Hill Cemetery, Sandy Creek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Davidson McElphatrick (1833-1907) 1 2
           Marr: 22 Jun 1865 2 6

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General Notes: Husband - John Morrison

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He was a pensioner of the Revolutionary war, having been twenty-one years old when that struggle started and served faithfully in the cause of the Colonies. Having received a grant of land from the government, he located in Sandy Creek Township, where the Big Sandy empties into the Allegheny River, and developed a valuable farm there, retaining its ownership all his life. He lived to the age of ninety-six years. He was the first court crier of Venango County, which in those days included two other counties in its legal jurisdiction, and continued to fill that position until his death. He was a devoted Bible student, and it is matter of record that he traded the plot of ground where the Episcopal Church stands in Franklin for a Bible. He married Margaret Ray Lawson, a native of Wheeling, W. Va., who died in 1887, aged eighty-four years, and is buried in Congress Hill cemetery. He is buried in the old cemetery at Franklin. They had three children, Alexander C., Mary S. (who married James Adams) and Margaret L. (widow of Davidson McElphatrick). [CAB, 956] [Note: Something seems amiss in the information given here. Perhaps there is confusion beween a father and grandfather.]

Buried in the Old Franklin Cemetery:
John Morrison, died Feb. 19, 1848, age 98y, 11m.
Rachel Morrison, died Apr. 10, 1827, age 77y.
Could this have been the original couple, and the husband of Margaret Lawson was, perhaps, their son?

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1125.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 956.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 641.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Sandycreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1999), Pg 13.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 957.

6 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 638.