Marin-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Morrisy, Peter 1831 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers (1880)

  Peter Morrisy. Was born in Youghal, county Cork, Ireland, June 27, 1831. He
was educated in private and at National schools. When fifteen years old he was
bound apprentice to Henry Thomas & Son, to learn the carpenter's trade,
remaining with them three years. At the age of eighteen he emigrated to the
United States, and arrived in Boston July 26, 1849. He at once proceeded to
Sangus, Essex county, Massachusetts, where he resided one Winter, and the
following Spring moved to West Newton, in that State, where he remained for a
period of two years, and was employed by Andrew J. Allen. He then proceeded to
Stony Brook, Massachusetts, engaging work with the proprietor of a paper mill by
the name of John Roberts, continuing in his employ till the Spring of 1853; then
went to South Dedham, where Tyler Thayer employed him to work at carpentering;
thence to Charlestown in 1854. He emigrated to Dunleith, Jo Davies county,
Illinois, in the Fall of 1854, where he remained during the Winter; then moved
to St. Peters, and located Government land in the center of Le Sueur county.
Here he built a cabin and was living in it at the time of the Spirit Lake
Massacre in March, 1857. In the Fall of 1858 he sold out his land interests and
moved to Dubuque, Iowa, but the following Spring went to Memphis, Tennessee;
thence to Coldwater. Mississippi, going into business with Mr. Richardson, which
partnership lasted about eighteen months, when the affairs of the concern were
conducted by Mr. Morrisy. At the onset of the breaking out of the Rebellion in
1861, he was conscripted by the Southern Confederacy and ordered to the camp at
Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, to join Beauregard. Before leaving he got a permit
to go and work in the Navy Yards at Chickasaw City, Tennessee, where he assisted
in building the rebel gun boat "Arcansaw." He remained here till the capture of
Memphis, Tennessee, when he applied to one of the officers of our Government
fleet for work, which was given him. After assisting in the repair of a boat at
that place he was given a permit to go to Cairo and there worked in the
Government Navy Yard, remaining till he volunteered for three months as ship's
carpenter in the Government fleet then lying at Vicksburg. He was retained here
nine months, after which he went to to Cairo, received his pay, and again
returned to the fleet, remaining till March, 1864; then left via Cairo for the
East, and landed in Massachusetts the latter part of that month. He left New
York on the steamer "Champion" for Panama; thence on the "St. Louis" to San
Francisco, arriving in May, 1864. He remained in that city about one month; then
came to Tomales, Marin county, where he has since lived. He was elected one of
the Supervisors of this county.

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HISTORY OF MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA;
INCLUDING ITS
Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatography;
TOGETHER WITH
A Full and Particular Record of the Mexican Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the most Authentic Sources; Names of Original Spanish
and American Pioneers;

A Full Record of its Organization; A Complete Political History, including a
Tabular Statement of Office-holders since the Formation of the County;

Separate Histories of Bolinas, Nicasio, Novato, Point Reyes, San Antonio, San
Rafael, Saucelito, and Tomales Townships;

Incidents of Pioneer Life, and Biographical Sketches of its Early and Prominent
Settlers and Representative Men;
ALSO
An Historical Sketch of the State of California,
In which is embodied the Raising of the Bear Flag

ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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