Dr. Mathew Porter Morrison

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Husband Dr. Mathew Porter Morrison ¹

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           Born: 14 Dec 1826 1
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         Father: John Morrison (1789-1837) 2
         Mother: Margaret Porter (1798-1882) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Mathew Porter Morrison

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He received his first academic training at home in the academy conducted by the Rev. E. S. Blake, and T. R. Hazzard, Esq. He was a graduate of Washington College in the class of 1847. Among his class­mates were the Hon. James G. Blaine; John H. Hampton, of Pittsburgh; Alexander Wilson, Esq., of Washington, PA; Hon. William H. H. Pusey, of Iowa, and Dr. John H. Storer, of West Vir­ginia. After leaving college he was engaged in teaching school for a short time at home. Having read a course of medicine with Dr. Samuel M. King, he attended a full course of lectures for two years at Jefferson College, Philadelphia, and re­ceived his degree of “Doctor of Medicine” in the spring of 1851. He subsequently attended special courses of lectures, and hospital practice, in Phil­adelphia and Boston. In May, 1851, he opened an office for the practice of his profession at the “Old Home” in Monongahela. Not long after­ward he became associated in practice, as a part­ner, with Dr. R. F. Biddle. When the war of the Rebellion broke out, he joined the Union army in the field, August 6, 1861, as assistant sur­geon of the One Hundred and Second Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Col. Rowley's “Old Thirteenth.” He was promoted to surgeon with the rank of major September 12, 1862, and at the close of the war was mustered out June 28, 1865, being at the time surgeon of the Second Division of the Sixth Corps. His professional life covered a period of nearly thirty-five years of active and arduous practice-all, save the four years in the army, among his friends and neighbors in the vi­cinity of the “Old Home.” Col. Hazzard. in The Republican, gave expression to the feelings of many hearts when he penned this tribute to his memory: “Of his worth as a friend; his judgment and sagacity as a physician; his learning as a scholar; his integrity and nobility of character in the walks of civil life; and of his devotion to his country as a soldier; his warm-hearted friendship; his stern adherence to right living and thinking; of the warm placebo held in the hearts of the fam­ilies he visited, both as physician and friend-of these things, we need not speak-they are the choicest memories of this sad hour in a thousand hearts. Dr. M. P. Morrison brought to his pro­fession a mind thoroughly familiar with the prin­ciples and practice of medicine. He honored the profession in which he was eminently successful. His death brings a genuine sorrow, brightened only by the words which his lips framed almost with his last breath, 'Not my will, but Thine.' ” Extract from a letter of Hon. J. G. Blaine: “It was a great surprise and personal sorrow to me. Though we have seen each other but twice since our grad­uation (more than thirty-eight years ago), I have a strong impression of his qualities of mind and heart, and a vivid recollection of his person. He was a gentle spirit-kind, considerate and gener­ous-tenderly regarded by his class-mates. I al­ways felt he had chosen wisely in his profession. I can well imagine that his ministrations in the sick-room were a great solace to patients. To lose such a brother must be a lasting grief, and I ten­der you my sincere condolence.” [CBRWC, 142]

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 142.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 141.