SHELBY COUNTY OHIO - BIO: James Morrow (1883) ************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgenwebarchives.org http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ ************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Tina Hursh ribbit@clubnet.isl.net December 2002 *********************************************************************** Transcribed by Marcella Messer. History of Shelby County 1883 Sutton Pg. 196 Orange Township c The name Morrow is a modification of the Scotch name of Murray. The great-grandfather of James Morrow emigrated to America from Londenderry about 1730. John Morrow, father of James was born near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, about the time of the Revolutionary War. He was a brother of Jeremiah Morrow, who was the first Representative in Congress from Ohio: and also was Governor of Ohio from 1822-1826. Governor Morrow came to the territory of Ohio in 1795. He was a member of the first convention that framed the Constitution of the State. John Morrow, a younger brother of the Governor, came to Ohio at the beginning of the present century, and located in Butler County. Here he married Mary Robinson about 1805. James was the second some of this marriage. He was born in Butler County in 1810. In 1818 his father entered three-quarter sections of land in what is now Shelby County. This land he gave to his children. In 1838 James married Miss Mary Clark, and the same year moved to his present home in section 34, Orange Township. They have raised a family of six children, viz., Mary A., Margaret J., Rebecca, Sarah, Robert C, and Elijah J. Mrs. Morrow died in 1860, since which time Mr. M. has lived with his children.