Bio of MORRISON, Frank L. (b.1865), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 337-338
FRANK L. MORRISON
Frank L. Morrison, prominently identified with the Pillsbury milling interests
in Minneapolis, working his way upward by sheer pluck, merit and ability, is
today one of the best known figures in connection with the business in this
great flour center of the country. Mr. Morrison is a native son of Minnesota,
his birth having occurred in Pickwick, Winona county, on the llth of May, 1865,
his parents being J. C. and Emily (Bingham) Morrison, who were farming people
from Pennsylvania. They arrived in Minnesota in pioneer times and the father was
driver of a stage coach between Winona and Rochester ere the era of railroad
building in the Northwest was introduced.
The educational opportunities of Frank L. Morrison were only such as could be
enjoyed on the western frontier and at the age of sixteen years he started out
in the milling business as a laborer in a flour mill at Stillwater. Industry and
capability constitute the difference between success and failure. From the
beginning Frank L. Morrison cultivated those qualities, gradually gaining
greater knowledge of the busi­ness in the methods of operating the mills and in
the processes of manufacturing the flour. From time to time he won advancement
in recognition of his faithfulness and thoroughness and after working in the
mills in Stillwater, Minnesota, and in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, until 1885, he
came to Minneapolis. Ere a year had passed he was earning a dollar and
seventy-five cents per day as an oiler in the Pillsbury B mill, working under
the direction of J. H. Miller and steadily progressing until in 1891 he was
called to the responsible position of bolter in the B mill and two years later
was made second miller in the Pillsbury A mill. On the 1st of May, 1911, he was
advanced to the position of head miller in the Pillsbury A mill, following the
death of his superior, J. H. Miller, on the 28th of February, 1910. Thus he
attained to the highest operative position in the-largest flour mill in the
world and is directly responsible for one-half of the whole output of the
Pillsbury Milling Company. He personally directs the activ­ities of those who
serve under him, giving his attention to the work throughout business hours and
most studiously inspecting every department and branch of the operation. The
daily ordinary output of Pillsbury A mill aggregates eleven thousand barrels of
flour. The working force includes one hundred bolters, oilers, grinders and
sweepers and the total number of operatives is regularly about four hundred and
fifty. A contemporary writer has said of him: "Mr. Morrison handles this large
force with the skill of an accomplished general and his demeanor toward all the
employes is that of a courteous, considerate gentleman. He is true and loyal to
the interests of his employers to the limit of requirement, but he is also fair,
just and equitable to the workmen under him and always strictly upright and
straightforward toward the pur­chasing and general public."
In 1902, in Minneapolis, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Morrison and Miss
Belle Franklin, a native of Michigan, and they became parents of one daughter,
Vellita, who is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Morrison have membership in the First
Con­gregational church in Minneapolis and he is interested in all that pertains
to the public welfare and the general upbuilding of the community. He has never
sought to figure prominently in any public connection, doing his part in a
quiet, unostentatious manner, yet never failing to perform that duty. Fidelity
has ever been one of his marked characteristics and has constituted a most
potent force in bringing him to his present prominent position in connection
with the milling interests of the Northwest