Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Morrison, John A. 1844 - 
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Author: Warner, Beers & Co.

JOHN A. MORRISON, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, May
10, 1844. His father came to this county when our subject was nine years of age.
Our subject received a common school education, and for his occupation learned
farming, which he has followed through life, and is now the owner of 154 acres
of land in Section 7. He also gives some attention to the raising of
thoroughbred cattle. In February, 1864, he enlisted in the Eighty-second
Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company A, under Capt. James B. McConnell, and
was discharged in August, 1865. He was engaged in the battle of Resaca, Dallas,
Ga., Peach Tree Creek and the siege of Atlanta, besides numerous skirmishes. In
1868, November 26, our subject was married to Sue E., daughter of Able H. Allen,
one of the pioneers of Ohio. Mrs. Morrison was born in this county January 12,
1847, and has reared a family of five children, viz., Claude A., Allen C.,
Blanche M., John J. and Rebecca O. Mr. and Mrs. Morrison are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Morrison is a member of the Grange, and is one
of the intelligent, industrious farmers of Dudley Township.

Additional Comments:
Dudley Township

Excerpt from

"The History of Hardin County, Ohio"
           containing
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES,
 SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY
   RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT
         MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY;
             HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS
                  MATTERS, ETC., ETC.

              CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO.
                          1883

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