Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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WILLIAM MORROW

William MORROW, member of the Board of Supervisors, located on section 16, of Raglan Township, accompanied his parents to this county in 1856. They located in Raglan Twp, and he remained with them until he had attained his majority, when his father gave him 160 acres of land, upon which he erected a frame house, granary, and other outbuildings, and set out an artificial grove as well as an orchard. He remained on this place nine years and then exchanged it for his present place, consisting of 240 acres, which at that time was wild land. Here he erected a story and a half frame house, 18 x 24 feet, with an addition of 12 x 16 feet, and another, 18 x 24 feet. He also built a basement barn, good granary, sheds and cribbing. He obtained the purest water from three living springs which run to his different stock yards. He set out an orchard of 300 trees, and beautified his place by growing a charming grove of shade trees. He has added to his original land until he now has 672 acres, 130 being under the plow, while the balance is in meadow and pasture land, the entire tract being surrounded by a substantial fence. With the exception of the original quarter section, for which his father paid $1.25 per acre, our subject has made the balance by his own exertions.

Mr. MORROW is a native of the Emerald Isle, having been born in Ireland, December 30, 1836. His parents were Patrick and Elizabeth MORROW, natives of the same country. They were the parents of the following children -- Jane, William, Elizabeth, Anna, Hugh P., David (deceased), Mary (deceased), David, Joseph(deceased), Salathiel S., and Matilda. Four of these children were born in Ireland, six in Canada, and one in Iowa. Our subject left his native land when six years of age, coming to Canada, where he remained until nineteen years old, at which time he came to Harrison County, Iowa. At an early day, in this county, he owned a horse of great speed, and he related how that in four instances he ran a deer down and killed it with his pocket knife. During the grasshopper years in this county the little winged pests destroyed every acre of his growing corn.

He was united in marriage in April, 1859, to Nancy McCAUGHRIN, the daughter of Alexander and Margaret McCAUGHRIN, natives of Ireland, who were the parents of three children -- Nancy, Martha and John. Mrs. MORROW was his faithful companion until May 24, 1879, when she was called upon to lay down the burden of life. Our subject and his wife were the parents of Margaret J., born March 3, 1860; Hugh H., deceased, June 18, 1861; William A., February 12, 1863; Sarah A., November 5, 1864; Stephen A., deceased, June 18, 1866; Joseph P., November 24, 1867; Elizabeth M., May 20, 1869; Catharine E., March 13, 1871; Stephen E., January 1, 1873, and Daniel A., October 24, 1874.

Mr. MORROW is a member of the Roman Catholic Church, as was his wife.

Politicaly, our subject affiliates with the Democratic party. He was elected as a member of the Board of Supervisors in 1889, and is proving himself an efficient officer.

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