Morrison Web Generation Two

6. JOSEPH² MORRISON (Hugh¹); born 1803 in Pennsylvania; died 21 February 1874; buried Sutton Hill Cemetery,¹⁷¹ Deerfield Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania; married ANN BEATTY, born circa 1804 in Pennsylvania.

Joseph Morrison eventually moved to the Tidioute area, Deerfield Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania.¹⁷² By 1870, Ann apparently was dead and Joseph was living with his son Robert D. and family in Deerfield Township, where Joseph was enumerated as a carpenter.¹⁷³

There is an International Genealogical Index item for Pennsylvania Morrisons, listing the following children of Joseph Morrison of Franklin, Crawford County [sic], Pennsylvania: William Morrison, born circa 1829; James Henry Morrison, born circa 1830; Chalmois Condit Morrison, born 16 April 1833 (Franklin); Philetus Morrison, born 4 July 1835; Charles Morrison, born 16 April 1837; and Eliz Jane Morrison, born circa 1840.

**Children of Joseph and Ann (Beatty) Morrison (all believed born in Pennsylvania):**

+	37	i.	Sarah³ Morrison, born 26 November 1824; died 30 March 1909 in Jackson Township, Venango County; married Washington Karns.
+	38	ii.	Robert Dilworth Morrison, born 30 June 1826; died 12 November 1914 in Deerfield Township, Warren County; buried in Sutton Hill Cemetery, Warren County; married Isabella Morrison
+	39	iii.	William M. Morrison, born 10 July 1829, died 18 February 1906; married Jane Beatty.
+	40	iv.	James Henry Morrison, born circa 1831; married (first) Minerva Sturgis, born circa 1832 in Pennsylvania; married (second) Esther Thompson, born circa 1825.
+	41	v.	Chambers Condit Morrison, born 16 April 1833; died 6 June 1901; married Eleanora Bowser.
	42	vi.	Philetus Morrison, born 4 July 1835; died 21 November 1853; buried in Old Tidioute Cemetery, Deerfield Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania.¹⁷⁴
	43	vii.	Charles Morrison, born 16 April 1838; died 23 April 1854; buried in Old Tidioute Cemetery, Warren County
	44	viii.	Eliza Jane Morrison, born circa 1840.

7. WILLIAM² MORRISON (Hugh¹), born 8 July 1805;¹⁷⁵ died circa 1885 in Derrick City, Foster Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania; married, ELIZABETH MCMASTERS, born 1815; died 1869 in Forestville, New York.¹⁷⁶

Elizabeth McMasters (also McMaster) was a sister of Margaret McMasters who married William’s brother John B. Morrison. William Morrison and family lived in the Pleasantville, Allegheny Township, Venango County, area. William was a farmer and has a biographical sketch with son Thomas Anderson Morrison in Jordan (1913), see after son Thomas (#46). Thomas and family were enumerated in Allegheny Township, Venango County, in 1850.¹⁷⁷

**Children of William and Elizabeth McMasters Morrison:¹⁷⁸**

+	45	i.	Mary³ Jane Morrison, born circa 1838; died 1911; married James Farrell.
+	46	ii.	Thomas Anderson Morrison, born 4 May 1840; married Helen Gardner.
	47	iii.	Isabella Morrison, born circa 1841; died 1892 in Forestville, Chautauqua County, New York; married Milton Hyde, born June 1844 in New York state. Milton was a farmer. After Isabella died, Milton married Sophia [—?—], born March 1844 in New York state. In 1870, Isabella's father, William, and William's daughter Fidelia Morrison were living with the family. Children of Milton and Isabella known from the federal censuses (all born in New York state):¹⁷⁹ (a) Fred Hyde, born circa 1868. (b) Alva Hyde, born December 1873. (b) Ralph Hyde, born December 1885.
+	48	iv.	William C. Morrison, born March 1843; William married Mahala [—?—].
+	49	v.	Fidelia Morrison, born circa 1846; married Albert McQuiston.
	50	vi.	Sarah Adelaid Morrison, born circa 1821-1831.

8. JOHN² B. MORRISON (Hugh¹), born 22 August 1808;¹⁸⁰ died 1877 in Kingsville, Ohio; buried in Lulu Falls Cemetery, Ashtabula County, Ohio; married MARGARET MCMASTERS (also McMaster), born circa 1808 in Pennsylvania.¹⁸¹ Margaret's sister Elizabeth McMasters married John B. Morrison's brother William Morrison (#7). Margaret’s father was William McMasters, re the Morrison–Fleming ejectment suit.

From Venango County Appearance Docket 9, August Term, 1845, page 178, via the Venango County Genealogical Club Newsletter, Fall 1990:

William Russel and Isabella Russel, his wife, formerly Isabella McMasters; John B. Morrison and Margaret his wife, formerly Margaret McMasters; William Morrison and Elizabeth his wife, formerly Elizabeth McMasters; John McMasters; Cornelius Wilson and Mary his wife, formerly Mary McMasters; heirs at law of William McMasters, deceased vs. the Flemings; ejectment suit for tract in Sugarcreek Township.

I do not know the outcome of this ejectment suit. These Flemings were the Sugarcreek Flemings, apparently not related to the Oil Creek Flemings.

In 1850, John and Margaret Morrison and family were enumerated in Cornplanter Township, Venango County, where John was listed as a farmer.¹⁸² On 9 May 1857, John B. Morrison and Margaret Morrison were presented a certificate from a Pleasantville church to receive membership in the Concord Congregation, Allegheny Township, Venango County.¹⁸³. By 1870, John, Margaret, and children James and Harriet E. were in Amboy, Kingsville Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, where John was still listed as a farmer (census page 222).

There is a marriage record reported by the Venango County Genealogical Club,. Spring 1996: Marriage 18 January 1828, John Morrison and Mary M. Lawson. I can not place this John Morrison. Perhaps Mary M. Lawson was a first wife of John B. Morrison, and she died without issue.

**Children of John and Margaret (McMasters) Morrison (all born in Pennsylvania):¹⁸⁴**

51	i.	William³ Harry Morrison, born circa 1833.
52	ii.	Nancy Morrison, born circa 1833.¹⁸⁵
53	iii.	Eldridge Morrison, born circa 1836.
54	iv.	Hugh G. Morrison, born circa 1837; married Christie [—?—], born circa 1835 in Pennsylvania. In 1870, the family was living in Brokenstraw Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania (census page 12), where both Hugh (as H. G.) and Christie were both enumerated as school teachers. Children known from the 1870 federal census: (a) Luna Morrison, born circa 1864 (b) male Morrison, born circa 1866 (can not decipher name). (c) Lilly? (not sure) Morrison, born circa 1868. (d) Lenore? Morrison, born circa 1869.
55	v.	John R. Morriosn, born circa 1840.
56	vi.	Mary A. Morrison, born circa 1843; married William Ray and lived in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.¹⁸⁶
57	vii.	Samuel Morriosn, born circa 1845.
58	viii.	Joseph B. Morrison, born circa 1847.
59	ix.	Harriet E. Morrison, born circa 1850.
60	x.	James W. Morrison; no information.

9. ELIZABETH² MORRISON (Hugh¹), born circa 1813 in Pennsylvania (she was erroneously reported born in Ireland for the 1870 federal census); married, 2 March 1845,¹⁸⁷ ROBERT JORDAN NEILL, born 19 September 1800 in Pennsylvania; died 13 April 1871; buried in Neilltown Cemetery, Harmony Township, Forest County, Pennsylvania. Robert Neill’s first wife was Nancy McCasland, born 30 March 1810; died 31 July 1841; buried in Neilltown Cemetery. Nancy was a daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Lytle) McCasland—see also #8 in the Lytle web site.

Robert Neill, a farmer, and families lived in the Neilltown, Forest County, Pennsylvania, area; but in 1850 and 1860 were in Venango County, Pennsylvania. In an 8 September 2007 email (see under #61 Mary Neill), Nancy Briggs reported that by 1870, Robert, Elizabeth and daughter Mary had moved to Kingsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio, where Robert was still farming and daughter Mary, not yet married by the time of the census, was enumerated as a teacher.^187b

Robert Jordan Neill’s will was written 20 February 1870, recorded 16 September 1871.¹⁸⁸ The will mentions wife Betsy Mae, daughters Sarah and Nancy Jane and grandson Robert Black. These were daughters and a grandson by Robert’s first wife Nancy (McCasland) Neill.

**Child of Robert and Elizabeth (Morrison) Neill:¹⁸⁹**

+	61	i.	Mary³ Neill, born April 1844 in Pennsylvania; married Alexander Mercill.

Oil Creek Morrisons

of mainly Venango and Warren Counties, Pennsylvania

Generation Two