Alexander Morrow Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB 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. ********************************************************************** Submitted by Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: Alexander Morrow: was born in Ireland, and was married to Susan Cassady. In 1793, he accompanied with his wife and seven children, viz: John, William, James, Alexander, Margaret, Elizabeth and Nancy, emigrated to America, landing at Philadelphia, where they remained a few days, and then settled in the state of New Jersey, remaining there five years. In 1798, they all came west and located in now Hancock County. They purchased a 600 acre tract of land in 1800, a part of which is now owned by William Morrow. Mr. M. followed farming as his vocation. He died about 1820, at a good old age.