Hon. Levi Morrison and Caroline S. Philips

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Husband Hon. Levi Morrison ¹

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           Born: 8 Aug 1839 - Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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         Father: Daniel Morrison (      -1884) 2
         Mother: Julia Ann Snyder (      -1864) 2

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       Marriage: 28 May 1867 4

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Wife Caroline S. Philips ⁵

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         Father: Isaac Philips (1803-Aft 1888) 6 7
         Mother: Emily Church (1807-1885) 6 8

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Children

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1 M John Leland Morrison ^{4 9}

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           Born:  - Sheakleyville, Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA
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         Spouse: Daisy Thorne (      -      ) 3

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2 F Anna Morrison ⁴

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           Born: Abt 1874
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           Died: 1884 4
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3 F Nellie Morrison ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Levi Morrison

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He was educated at the common schools, completing his education at the Sheakleyville High-school. In 1860 he engaged in the drug and grocery business at Sheakleyville, Mercer County, PA, in which he was engaged for fifteen years. In 1870, in connection with his brother-in-law, W. P. Couse, he engaged in the manufacture of shingles and staves, manufacturing the first sawed staves in this section of the country, and was one of the firm of Morrison & Couse, operating extensively in that line at Elizabeth, Wirt County, WV. He took an active interest in the public affairs of his county and borough, serving as school director for many years, treasurer, township clerk, etc., and in 1882 was a member of the State Legislature, being the only Republican elected from the county that year. He was also a prominent member of the Baptist Church of Sheakleyville; was elected clerk in 1868. In 1885 he was elected moderator of the French Creek Baptist Association, held at Greenville, PA. Politically he was a Republican. In 1863 he enlisted in Company H, Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania Militia, which was transferred to the United States service. He was a member of the G. A. R., Elijah Thompson Post, of Sheakleyville, PA, also of the Royal Arcanum, French Creek Council 828, of Meadville.

At one time he owned the “Advance Argus” and eventually was a founder of the “Evening Record,” the two publications which were merged into the “Record-Argus”.

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1099, 1101.

2 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1099.

3 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 9.

4 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1100.

5 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1100, 1101.

6 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1101.

7 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1070.

8 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 555.

9 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 8.