Person:John Morrison (59)
John E. Morrison
b.Abt 1805 New York, USA
d.1884
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1 Dec 1785
  1. Joseph Morrison1788 - 1879
  2. Anna Morrison1791 - 1875
  3. John E. MorrisonAbt 1805 - 1884
  4. Edward MorrisonBef 1806 -
  5. Susanna MorrisonBef 1806 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John E. MorrisonAbt 1805 - 1884
  • W.  Eliza McKelveyAbt 1815 - 1880
m. 4 May 1830
  1. Myra Morrison
  2. Joseph E. Morrison1832 - 1891
  3. Almira R MorrisonAbt 1837 -
  4. George MorrisonAbt 1839 - 1865
  5. John Eddy Morrison1841 - 1923
  6. Susan S MorrisonAbt 1845 - 1918
  7. Mary E. MorrisonAbt 1851 - 1880
  8. Anna O Morrison1853 -
  9. Charles MorrisonAbt 1859 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][4][5][6] John E. Morrison
Alt Name[7][8][17] John Morrison
Alt Name[9] John Morrison
Gender Male
Alt Birth[14] Abt 1803 New York, USA
Alt Birth[15] Abt 1804 New York, USA
Birth[10][11] Abt 1805 New York, USA
Alt Birth[7][4] Abt 1806 New York, USA
Alt Birth[3] New York, USA
Alt Birth[13][5] New York, USA
Residence[6] Bet 1824 and 1833 Oakland, Michigan, USAwas disappointed with the progress he had made after nine years
Residence[3] 1830 Oakland, Michigan, USA
Marriage 4 May 1830 Oakland, Michigan, USAto Eliza McKelvey
Residence[3][16] 1833 Berlin, Ionia, Michigan, USAEaston township when he moved there
Property[6] Jul 1833 Berlin, Ionia, Michigan, USATownship 7, section 25, upon the river
Residence[6] Jul 1833 Berlin, Ionia, Michigan, USA
Other[3] 1838 Ionia, Michigan, USAElection Justice of the Peace
Other[3] 1838 Ionia, Michigan, USAElection Township clerk and inspector
Other[3] 1842 Ionia, Michigan, USAElection Township supervisor
Occupation[6] 1849 California, USAgold-seeker
Residence[6] 1849 California, USA
Residence[6] Aft 1849 Tennessee, USAlived there for two years
Residence[6] Aft 1849 Texas, USA
Residence[15] 1850 Berlin, Ionia, Michigan, USA
Residence[6] Aft 1851 Michigan, USA
Residence[4] 1860 Berlin, Ionia, Michigan, USA
Occupation[1] 1870 Ionia, Ionia, Michigan, USAFarmer
Residence[10] 1870 Ionia, Ionia, Michigan, USA
Occupation[7] 1880 Ionia, Ionia, Michigan, USAFarmer
Residence[7] 1880 Ionia, Ionia, Michigan, USA
Occupation[12] farmer
Occupation[3] Berlin, Ionia, Michigan, USAFarmer
Occupation[3] Ionia, Michigan, USASchool inspector
Occupation[6] Ionia, Michigan, USAsurveyor of many of the counties earliest highways
Death[3] 1884 Cause: Consumption of bowels
Alt Death[12] 20 Apr 1884 Ronald, Ionia, Michigan, USA
Alt Death[17] 20 Aug 1884 Ionia, Michigan
Burial[17] Berlin Center, Ionia, MichiganBalcom Cemetery
Nationality[3] father from Scotland
Other[6] Cass, Michigan, USAElection first clerk of Cass
Other[6] Ionia, Ionia, Michigan, USAElection first clerk on Ionia township
Other[6] Ionia, Michigan, USAElection first county treasurer

_DCAUSE: Consumption of bowels Date: 20 AUG 1884 Place: Ronald, Ionia, Michigan, USA Source: Page: http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx/scripts/individual.asp?UniqueID=472000 Data: Text: John E Morrison death Note: Quality: 3

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census (2). (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;)
    Database online. Ionia, Ionia, Michigan, post office Ionia, roll 676, page 478, image 285.

    Record for John E Morrison

  2. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census (2). (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;)
    Database online. Berlin, Ionia, Michigan, roll M432_352, page 165, image 87.

    Record for John E Morrison

  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Portrait and biographical album of Ionia and Montcalm counties, Mich.
    http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;q1=john%20e%20morrison;rgn=full%20text;idno=bad0938.0001.001;didno=BAD0938.0001.001;view=image;seq=557;page=root;size=s;frm=singleframe;print=1.

    John E Morrison Jr. biography

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census (2). (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;)
    Database online. Berlin, Ionia, Michigan, post office Ionia, roll M653_546, page 0, image 418.

    Record for John E Morrisson

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Elam Branch. History of Ionia County, Michigan: Her People, Industries and Institutions, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Genealo. (Name: B.F. Bowen & Co.; Date: 1916;)
    p. 303 http://books.google.com/books?id=yz4VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA303&dq=%2B%22mckelvey%22%2Bionia&ei=uoDYSJHkL5S4yQTdvujrDg#PPA303,M1.

    On October 15 1873 Marcellus J Allen was united in marriage to Susan S Morrison who was Ixjrn on a farm in what is now South Ionia March 14 1844 daughter of John E and Eliza McKelvey Morrison both natives of New York state and pioneers of this county who spent their last days here the former dying at the age of eighty and the latter at the age of seventy six John E Morrison was the youngest of five children of Joseph Morrison a soldier of the American Revolution and wife the others having been Joseph Anna Susanna and Edward Joseph Morrison was a prominent resident of Elmira New York where he and his wife spent their last days Grandfather McKelvey and wife were among the earliest residents of Ionia county having settled here about six months after the coming of the Dexter colony the first recorded settlers Among their children who grew to maturity here were John Eliza Catherine and Elizabeth John E Morrison and wife were the parents of eight children George who died during his service as a Union soldier in the Civil War Joseph Myra John Susan S Mary Anna and Charles Susan S Morrison received her education in the Ionia schools and was a public school teacher at the time of her to Mr Allen

  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 History of Ionia County, Michigan. (Name: Published by B.F. Bowen & Co.; Date: 1916;)
    p. 71 http://books.google.com/books?id=pfoBfEoLRrgC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=%2B%22john+e.+morrison%22%2Boakland&source=web&ots=skXxab0vyK&sig=edEfBCfzeHUPz1KBcJx3t_tBLwc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA71,M1.

    The first land entry in the present township of Berlin was probably made in July 1833 by John E Morrison who was likewise the first person to make a settlement in the township The land he entered occupies the northeast corner of the township upon section 25 in township 7 and lies upon the river Mr Morrison penetrated into Oakland county Michigan in 1824 and after nine years experience as a pioneer in that locality was dissatisfied with the progress he had made Conceiving that better land could be found farther westward he determined to investigate the matter and endeavored to impress some of his neighbors with similar sentiments His efforts in that direction were however unavailing They declared themselves suited with what they had and intimated to Morrison that he had better remain content or it might be worse for him Young Morrison was however not to be dissuaded and in July 1833 set out alone on horseback over the old Indian trail from Pontiac bound west In narrating that portion of his Michigan experience Mr Morrison remarked that he was more determined than ever to push his project since others opposed it He added with a glow of satisfaction that he never backed out of any enterprise into which he entered although he would have backed out in 1849 when on a tour across the plains to California he was taken sick and felt sure that he would die He had to stick however because there was no help for it As he expected he did find better land farther west and in section 25 as earlier noticed he chose a farm to his liking He hastened back to Oak... Mr Morrison resided later in Ionia township on the south side of the river but not far from the place of his first settlement in Berlin He was prominent in county history not only as the first county treasurer first clerk of Ionia township and first clerk of Cass but as a surveyor of many of the county's earliest highways He was something of a wanderer too He joined the army of California gold seekers in 1849 lingered awhile in Texas and lived two years in Tennessee but Michigan proved his best love and to Michigan he returned to find rest for the soles of his feet and a home that would remain his as long as he needed one on earth

  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census (2). (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;)
    Database online. Ionia, Ionia, Michigan, ED 94, roll T9_583, page 128.4000, image 0796.

    Record for John Morrison

  8. ↑ Eddy Family Association
    http://www.eddyfamily.com/gen6_7.htm#id1350.

    731. Rebecca7 Eddy (Samuel6, Samuel5, Samuel4, Obadiah3, Samuel2, William1Eddye) was born at Middleboro, Massachusetts, USA. She married Joseph Morrison on 1 Dec 1785 at Coleraine, Massachusetts, USA. Children of Rebecca7 Eddy and Joseph Morrison were as follows: * i. John8; b. at USA; d. at USA. * ii. Joseph; b. at USA; d. at USA. * iii. Susan; b. at USA; d. at USA; m. (--?--) Hutchinson at USA. * 1598. iv. Anna, m. Zadok Huggins; b. 1 Aug 1791 at Fort Anne, New York, USA.

  9. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census (2). (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;)
    Database online. , Oakland, Michigan Territory, roll 69, page 100, image 201.

    Record for John Morrison

  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census (2). (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;)
    Database online. Ionia, Ionia, Michigan, post office Ionia, roll 676, page 478, image 285.

    Record for John E Morrison Quality: 4

  11. ↑ United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625)
    Database online. York, Washtenaw, Michigan, ED , roll , page , image 346.

    Record for Almira Shaw

  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Genealogical Death Indexing System. (Name: Michigan Department of Community Health; Location: Michigan;)
    http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx/scripts/individual.asp?UniqueID=472000.

    John E Morrison death

    MORRISON, JOHNE

    Date of death: 20-Aug-1884
    Ledger Page: 345
    Record Number: 140
    Place of death: RONALD
    County of Death: Ionia
    Sex: Male
    Race: WHITE
    Marital Status: Widowed
    Age: 81 years
    Cause of Death: CONSUMPTION OF BOWELS
    Birthplace: NEW YORK
    Occupation: FARMER
    Father's Name: Unknown,
    Father's Residence: UNKNOWN
    Mother's Name: UNKNOWN,
    Mother's Residence: UNKNOWN
    Date of record: 22-May-1885

  13. ↑ Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census (2). (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;)
    Database online. Berlin, Ionia, Michigan, ED 100, roll T9_584, page 252.2000, image 0226.

    Record for Charles Morrison

  14. ↑ Genealogical Death Indexing System. (Name: Michigan Department of Community Health; Location: Michigan;)
    http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx/scripts/individual.asp?UniqueID=472000.

    John E Morrison death

    MORRISON, JOHNE

    Date of death: 20-Aug-1884
    Ledger Page: 345
    Record Number: 140
    Place of death: RONALD
    County of Death: Ionia
    Sex: Male
    Race: WHITE
    Marital Status: Widowed
    Age: 81 years
    Cause of Death: CONSUMPTION OF BOWELS
    Birthplace: NEW YORK
    Occupation: FARMER
    Father's Name: Unknown,
    Father's Residence: UNKNOWN
    Mother's Name: UNKNOWN,
    Mother's Residence: UNKNOWN
    Date of record: 22-May-1885

  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census (2). (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;)
    Database online. Berlin, Ionia, Michigan, roll M432_352, page 165, image 87.

    Record for John E Morrison Quality: 4

  16. ↑ Walter Romig. Michigan Place Names. (Name: Wayne State University Press; Date: 1986;)
    p. 58.

    Berlin, Ionia County - first land entry here was made by the first settler, John Morrison, in July 1833

  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Www.findagrave.com/
    burial.
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