J. B. MORRISON

MORRISON, MORRIS

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 7/14/2009 at 20:43:47

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

J. B. MORRISON, of Morrison & Hicks, dealers in general merchandise, Union St., Unionville; residence same; born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1839; in 1846 came to this county with his parents, Andrew and Mary Morrison, whose biography we publish elsewhere; he remained with his parents until during the late war. He enlisted with the 8th I.V.C., Co. F, Capt. E. Cummins, as Orderly, June 16, 1863; was all through the campaign in Georgia, fighting nearly every day ntil the 30th of July 1864, when his regiment of 600 men were captured forty miles southwest of Atlanta; they were taken to Andersonville, held until the 2d of September following, and removed from place to place until paroled at Charleston, S.C. and sent to Annapolis, Md.; mustered out as 2d Lieutenant in August 1865 at Clinton, Iowa. After returning home, engaged in farming; he owns his place of business, residence and farm on Sec. 23, containing 200 acres valued at $6,000. Is Notary Public. Married Miss Maria Morris in 1868; she was born in Ohio in 1840; they have three children - Charles G., born in 1869; Henry E., 1871; John R., 1877; Republican; members of the M.E. Church; he is a member of A.F.&A.M., Lodge No. 119, Unionville.