Sketch of the Morrison Family, St. Charles County, Missouri

>From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous
sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in 
Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan,
Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876.
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William, James and Jesse Morrison, were natives of the State of New
Jersey.  William settled at Kaskaskia, Illinois, and made a fortune
merchandising.  James and Jesse settled in the town of St. Charles,
in 1800.  In 1804 James went to New Orleans and purchased a hogshead
of sugar, and as he returned he peddled it out to the settlers, but
had enough left, upon his arrival in St. Charles, to supply the wants
of the people of that county for three years.  Several years after-
wards he and his brother bought the salt works at Boone's Lick, and 
operated them for sometime.  James finally bought his brother's in-
terest in the works, and the latter went to the lead mines at Galena,
Illinois.  The two brothers married sisters, French ladies, named 
Saucier, of Portage des Sioux.  James Morrison had six children:
Adeline, Caroline, Frize, William, James, and another son whose name
we could not obtain, and who was killed by an accidental discharge of
his gun, the ramrod passing through his head.  Adeline married Judge
Francis Yosti of St. Charles.  Caroline married William G. Pettis.
Frize married George Collier.  When James Morrison courted his sweet-
heart she could speak only a few words of broken English, and he could
not speak a word of French.  So their courtship had to be carried on
principally by those glances of the eye which speak love from one soul
to another, and it would doubtless have been a very slow process if 
the lady had not, with true French tact, brought matters to an immedi-
ate crisis.  When she met him at his school visit, she blushingly in-
quired: "What for you come here so much? Do you want to marry me?  If
you do, you must marry me to-morrow, or there is another man who will
marry me in two days."  That settled the matter, and they were married
forthwith.	

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