BIO: Winfield Scott Morrison, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA.

                             CHAPTER XLIV.

                           DICKINSON TOWNSHIP.

463  DICKINSON TOWNSHIP.

  WINFIELD SCOTT MORRISON was born May 12, 1844.  He enlisted, August 
11, 1862, in the One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment Pennsylvania 
Volunteer Infantry, and after taking part in the battles of Antietam, 
Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, received his discharge May 23, 
1863, and afterward enlisted in the one-hundred days' service.  He 
married in December, 1865, Della Frehn, and to them were born Harry 
Grant, Charles Monroe, Stella Blanche, and Arthur Ray.  Winfield Scott 
now holds the position of school director.  On the premises now 
occupied by him stands a willow tree, said to measure nine feet in 
circumference, which sprang from a switch that was stuck in the ground 
by his sister Sarah in 1863.  John Morrison, the subject of this 
sketch, is a life-long Republican.  He and his wife and five of their 
children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Personally, 
John Morrison is a man of robust physique, and has a very social 
disposition.  He is an upright and worthy citizen, enjoying the respect 
and esteem of the entire community.