Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Morrison, Charles B.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Southampton Township


   CHARLES B. MORRISON hotel proprietor, P.O. Feasterville, 
is a son of Joseph and Ellen Morrison.  The family is of 
Scotch-Irish descent.  His grandfather was John Morrison, 
who came from Delaware county to Northampton township and 
died there, aged 92.  His son Joseph, father of Charles B., 
was born in Delaware county, October 18, 1794, and learned 
the trade of a miller with Amos Addis.  He subsequently 
married the latter's daughter Ellen.  A few years later he 
bought a mill at Rocksville, Northampton township, which he 
ran for fifty years, when he bought the old Anchor tavern in 
Wrightstown, and lived there until his death, on July 30, 
1880.  His wife was born December 11, 1802, and died January 
8, 1870.  He then married Mrs. Mary Ann Lashley, who died in 
1855.  He was one of the noted men of the county, and a 
democrat in politics.  In the days of the militia he held 
all the commissions from captain to brigadier-general.  He 
was county commissioner and county treasurer, and in 1851 
was elected recorder for three years.  In 1863 he was 
elected associate judge, and by subsequent re-election 
served fifteen years, until the office was abolished.  He 
died full of years and honors.  His children, all by his 
first wife, were:  John, who died in Tennessee while in the 
Union army, and Hannah Rebecca, also deceased.  Those living 
are:  Amos Addis, Johnson, Ruth Ann, Eliza, Mary Ellen, 
Andrew Jackson, and Charles B., who was born March 31, 1832. 
 He learned his father's trade at home, following that 
business until 1859, when for six years he engaged in 
mercantile business.  He then sold out and for four years 
lived at home, when, in 1869, he engaged in the hotel 
business at Jamison's Corners, Warwick township, where he 
stayed for five years, after which he engaged in the same 
business in Philadelphia for a year, subsequently returning 
to his old place for eight years.  In 1883 he went to 
Richboro and kept a hotel there for a year, when he took the 
old stand known as the "Buck," in this township.  In 1854 he 
married Mary A., daughter of Aaron and Eliza Feaster, who 
were of the well-known family from which Feasterville 
derived its name.  To their union four children have been 
born:  William H., Joseph, Emma E. and Alfred J.  Mr. 
Morrison is a member of Northern Star Lodge, No. 54, I. O. 
O. F., of Richboro.