Dr. John Wilson Morrow, M.D. and Martha Jane Uncapher

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Husband Dr. John Wilson Morrow, M.D. ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 2 Jun 1837 - Armstrong Co, PA 1 2 4
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           Died: 5 Aug 1905 2
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         Father: William Morrow (1807-1873) 3 5 6
         Mother: Martha Hutchinson (      -1867) 3 5 6

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       Marriage: 8 Sep 1887 1 7 8

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   Other Spouse: Rebecca Malinda MacFarland (1842-1885) 1 2 8 - 3 Feb 1863 1 2 8

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Wife Martha Jane Uncapher ^{1 7 8 9}

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           Born: 2 Aug 1835 9
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           Died: 20 Oct 1913 7 10
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         Father: Philip Uncapher (1810-1889) 9
         Mother: Mary Wilson (1807-1864) 7 8 9

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Children

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1 F Carrie Evyln Stuchell ¹⁰

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           Born: 10 Sep 1893 10
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           Died: 
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         Status: Foster Child

         Spouse: Dr. Louis Laverne Bourquin (      -      ) 10
           Marr: May 1913 10

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. John Wilson Morrow, M.D.

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On account of ill health, he was unable to take an A. B. degree, so after a thorough preparation he became a teacher, which profession he followed for thirteen years, the last year of that period in the Vicksburg (MS) Freedman's College, as principal of that school. After preparatory studies under J. M. Pettigrew, M. D., of Rural Valley, he attended Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, where he graduated March 13, 1873. Dr. Morrow commenced the practice of medicine at Atwood, Pennsylvania, and continued there till 1881, when he removed to Tionesta. While a resident of Atwood he took an active part in everything that was for the betterment of the community. He was the means of a high school for academical instruction being organized in the village, and was president of the board. Upon the Doctor's removal to Tionesta, he became identified with all the various activities of that place, educational, religious and social, in all of which he maintained a keen interest till his death. At various times he was given positions of honor and trust in the county, especially in connection with his work as a physician. He assisted in organizing Capt. George Stowe Post, No. 137, G. A. R., and was its adjutant for more than twenty years, having served as corporal of Company M, 5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, during the last year of the Civil war; was a member of the board of medical examiners for Forest County, and was especially helpful to the veterans of the Civil war in obtaining pensions. For many years he was a member of the Venango County Medical Society; was a member of the Medical Society of Pennsylvania, and a member of the Medical Society of America; was also an elder in the United Presbyterian Church. [HVC 1919, 711]

He was of Scotch-Irish descent. He was reared in his native county, and educated at McElroy's school, Rural Village, and in Dayton Union Academy. In 1870 he began the study of medicine with Dr. J. M. Pettigrew, of Rural Village, and in the fall of 1871 entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, being graduated March 13, 1873. Prior to his study of medicine he taught school thirteen years. In the Civil war he served one year in Company M, Fifth Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, and was honorably discharged at the close of the struggle. In 1869 he took charge of the United Presbyterian Freedman's Mission School, at Vicksburg, Mississippi. In 1872 he began the practice of his profession in Atwood, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and there he remained until 1881, and was postmaster eight years. He then removed to Tionesta, Forest County, where he thereafter resided, building up a large and lucrative practice. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, the Venango County Medical Society, and of the G. A. R. Politically he was a Republican, and served multiple terms as coroner of Forest County. The Doctor was secretary of the board of pension examiners, which was appointed in Tionesta August 23, 1889.

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General Notes: Wife - Martha Jane Uncapher

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from Indiana Co, PA

Her paternal ancestors in Pennsylvania and Virginia antedate the American Revolution, and she was a descendant of James Millen (Miller) and his wife Anna Sherbley, by reason of whose services she became a member of the Tidioute Chapter, D. A. R.
A niece of Mrs. Morrow's, Mrs. Carrie (Walter) Stuchell, wife of Austin Stuchell, of Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, died in September, 1893, leaving an infant daughter, Carrie Evlyn (born Sept. 10th of same month), who became a member of the Morrow family when three weeks old, and who was reared and educated by them. Carrie Evlyn became the wife of Dr. Louis Laverne Bourquin, of Louisville, KY.

1 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 937.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 711.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 53.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 54.

5 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 475.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 710.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 712.

8 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 55.

9 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1384.

10 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 56.