BIO: John A. MORRISON, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, historical editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Borough, Pg 36

JOHN A. MORRISON, fruit and produce dealer, was born in Hopewell Township, York 
Co., Penn., to William E. and Eliza D. (Beaty) Morrison and is the eldest son in 
a family of nine children.  His father, also, was born in Hopewell Township in 
1812.  The great-grandfather of our subject was Michael Morrison, a native of 
Scotland, who came to America prior to the Revolution, in which he was a 
soldier.  The grandfather of Mr. Morrison was a soldier in the war of 1812, and 
his father in the Rebellion.  In 1864 Mr. Morrison enlisted in Company B, Two 
Hundred and Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served one year.  Returning from 
the service he served a regular apprenticeship at the milling trade, which he 
continued for seven years.  In 1873 he came to York and engaged in the grocery 
business, which he followed until 1875, and then established his present 
business.  He is the most extensive fruit dealer in York.  The marriage of Mr. 
Morrison took place in 1869, to Miss Sarah A. Bowman, a native of Hopewell 
Township.  They have three children: Margaret J., John W. and Ida K.  
Politically Mr. Morrison is a Republican.  He has a good business education, and 
is an energetic and enterprising gentleman.  Mr. and Mrs. Morrison are members 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.