BIOGRAPHIES: Walter Lowry MORRISON, Chetek Township, Barron Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Transcribed by Kate Wilson. Edited and submitted by Vic Gulickson 5 January 2004 ************************************************************************ Walter Lowry Morrison, at one time county clerk, and for many years a prominent citizen of Chetek Township, was born in Ohio July 2, 1849, and as a young man came to Wisconsin. He was married March 29, 1870, to Caroline Sexton, who was born in Richland County, Wis., Nov. 3, 1851, the daughter of Morris and Caroline (Fellows) Sexton, Wisconsin pioneers. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Morrison lived in Richland County for a number of years. In the late seventies, Mr. and Mrs. Sexton and Mr. and Mrs. Morrison came to Barron County, and each secured homesteads in section 24, Chetek Township. Both families had similar experiences. They lived in a sparsely settled community where comforts were few and hardships many. They broke the cleared their land, erected buildings as necessity required, and in time developed good farms. Walter L. Morrison farmed until his death, May 8, 1897. His widow now makes her home with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nielsen. Mr. and Mrs. Morrison were the parents of four children: Albert Sexton, Kate, Mattie and Minnie. Albert Sexton is a farmer in Chetek Township. Katie married Amos Clemmons and they operate a farm just outside the city limits of Chetek, Mr. Clemmons also working as clerk in the Cooperative store. They have nine children: Roy, Harold, Fay, Lucille, Guy, Walter, Amos, Roger and Dorothy. Mattie married Gus Barlindal and they live in Ferndale, Wash. They have five children: Clarence, Hope, Percey, Frances and Fern. Minnie is the wife of Carl Nielsen of Chetek Township, and they have three children: Lena Marie, Wilda Louise and Evelyn Jeanette. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1922, pp. 547-548. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm